Novartis AG

NVS

Compliant
Exchange
Sector
Headquarters
Group
NYSE
Healthcare
Switzerland
Mega Cap

Novartis AG is Shariah Compliant. It passes 5/5 Shariah standards we screen against.

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Impure Income*

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Purification*

$0.034

Zakat*

Financials

Market cap Group
Analysts' Rating
Price Target (Mean)
Total Analysts
Revenue Growth
Mega Cap
HOLD
$141.88
20
2.23%
Operating Margin
Net Profit Margin
Quick Ratio
Current Ratio
EPS Growth
33.03%
24.79%
0.89
1.12
13.63%

Shariah Compliance

  • Updated on June 4, 2026
Debt
11.5%
✓
Non-Compliant Assets
0.42%
✓
Impure Income

AAOIFI Rulebook:

  • Non-compliant Liabilities (like Interest-based Debt) < 30% of Market cap
  • Non-compliant Assets (like Interest-based Investments) < 30% of Market cap
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: AAOIFI SS21

Debt
14.6%
✓
Impure Income

S&P Sharia Rulebook:

  • Interest-based Debt < 33% of 36-mo avg. Market cap
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: S&P Shariah Methodology

Debt
14.04%
✓
Impure Income

Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) Rulebook:

  • Interest-based Debt < 33% of 24-mo avg. Market cap
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: DJIM Methodology

Debt
31.88%
✓
Cash
10.49%
✓
Cash & AR
18.59%
✓
Impure Income

FTSE Shariah Rulebook:

  • Interest-based Debt < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Cash and interest-bearing items < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Accounts receivable and cash < 50% of Total Assets
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: FTSE RUSSELL

Debt
31.88%
✓
Cash
10.49%
✓
Cash & AR
18.59%
✓
Impure Income

MSCI Islamic Rulebook:

  • Interest-based Debt < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Cash and interest-bearing items < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Accounts receivable and cash < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: MSCI Islamic Indexes

Impure Income Breakdown

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Interest Income
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Note on Purification and Zakat:

  • Purification and Zakat (for long-term investing) calculations are in USD per share and based on AAOIFI methodology. AAOIFI requires purification every financial period (e.g. quarterly). 
  • If you follow S&P Shariah’s Dividend-only purification, then remove the impure income % from the dividends you receive. No purification required for non-dividend paying stocks, according to S&P Shariah.
  • For Zakat, if you did not invest in a company from a long term perspective, then consider the shares as trading goods and give 2.5% of the total value if a year has passed on them. 

Company Profile

Novartis AG is a Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company. The Company develops, manufactures, and markets branded and generic prescription drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), biosimilars and ophthalmic products. The Company uses science and digital technologies for treatments in the disease areas of immunology, dermatology, cancer, ophthalmology, neuroscience, respiratory, cardiovascular, renal and metabolism. The business activities of the Company are divided into two segments: Innovative Medicines, which includes innovative patent-protected prescription medicines for blood pressure, cancer and other ailments, and Sandoz, which includes generic pharmaceuticals and biosimilars.