7 Basic Materials Stocks to Buy to Anchor Your Portfolio
The movement of basic materials stocks requires investors to keep a keen eye on the state of the economy to determine profitability. Raw materials such as plastic, steel, and lumber will always be in demand. Here are 7 stocks to take advantage of the growing demand!
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Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 2,256,819,968 |
| Shares Float | 2,111,415,003 |
| Shares Short | 6,696,425 |
| Insider Holdings | 0% |
| Institution Holdings | 10.08% |
About Novartis AG
Novartis AG researches, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Innovative Medicines and Sandoz. The Innovative Medicines segment offers prescription medicines for patients and healthcare providers. It also provides ophthalmology, neuroscience, immunology, hepatology and dermatology, respiratory, established, and cardiovascular, renal and metabolism medicine products. The Sandoz segment provides active ingredients and finished dosage forms of small molecule pharmaceuticals to third parties across a range of therapeutic areas, as well as finished dosage form anti-infectives. It also provides active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates primarily antibiotics; protein- or other biotechnology-based products, including biosimilars; and biotechnology manufacturing services. Novartis AG has a license and collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to develop, manufacture, and commercialize inclisiran; and an agreement with CureVac to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine candidate CVnCoV. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.
General
| Name | Novartis AG |
| Ticker | NVS |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Industry | Drug Manufacturers-General |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 105,794 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 104.67 |
| Market Cap | 192,553,582,592 |
| PE Ratio | 14.75 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.19 |
| EBITDA | 17,270,999,040 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 6.37 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 1.58 |
| Profit Margin | 0.16 |
| Return on Assets | 0.06 |
| Return on Equity | 0.14 |
| Revenue | 49,762,000,896 |
| Earnings Per Share | 3.52 |
| Revenue Per Share | 21.85 |
| Gross Profit | 35,362,000,000 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.02 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 24.24 |
| Forward PE | 13.44 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 3.90 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 3.38 |
Dividend
Novartis AG pays out a dividend of $3.40 per share, with a dividend yield of 3.64%.
NVS's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on March 15, 2021.
They pay out 58.44% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Apr 19, 2024 | $3.74 |
| Mar 20, 2023 | $3.47 |
| Mar 17, 2022 | $3.36 |
| Mar 15, 2021 | $3.38 |
| Mar 12, 2020 | $3.04 |
| Mar 13, 2019 | $2.83 |
| Apr 25, 2018 | $2.94 |
| Apr 20, 2017 | $2.72 |
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