Which funds own NVS
Novartis AG in the Q2 2026 filings. At least 7 of the 91 current managers on file reported a position, worth $828m between them. It is among the largest positions of fewer than a fifth of the current managers on file. Buying and selling roughly cancelled this quarter, which is what a name looks like when the argument is still live.
- Managers holding
- 7
- at least, of 91 current
- Combined value
- $828m
- as reported
- Opened
- 3
- new this quarter
- Added to
- 1
- already held
- Trimmed or sold out
- 3
- 0 sold out entirely
Only each manager’s largest 200 positions are listed here, so a smaller holder may be missing.
Managers reporting a position
Largest first. Weight is the share of that manager’s whole reported book, which is the number worth quoting: $400m is a rounding error in one book and a defining bet in another.
| Manager | Value | Weight | Shares | Change on the quarter | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janus Henderson Group Ltd Long-only · $245bn book | $348m | 0.1% | 2,221,362 | +$500k-54,576 | Trimmed |
| Holocene Advisors LP Long/short equity · $44.4bn book | $163m | 0.4% | 1,037,332 | opened1,037,332 | New |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC Quantitative · $72.6bn book | $124m | 0.2% | 788,033 | -$46m-323,800 | Trimmed |
| Dodge & Cox Activist · $191bn book | $119m | 0.1% | 759,373 | -$945m-6,208,010 | Trimmed |
| Farallon Capital Management LLC Long/short equity · $21.7bn book | $57m | 0.3% | 363,000 | opened363,000 | New |
| Glenview Capital Management LLC Long/short equity · $5.5bn book | $14m | 0.2% | 86,909 | opened86,909 | New |
| Maverick Capital Ltd Long/short equity · $11.3bn book | $4.4m | 0.0% | 27,789 | +$2.0m+12,542 | Added |
Ownership through time
At least 9 of the 95 managers whose filings are on file listed NVS in Q2 2026, against 10 in Q2 2013. 3 managers more than in Q1 2026: 4 started positions; 1 no longer listed it among the positions read, which can mean a holding below the listed range or a filing not yet made.
Each manager’s largest 500 positions a quarter are read, so a small holding in a very large book can be missing, and a manager is counted as leaving only where its own filing shows it.
- Q2 2013: 10
- Q3 2013: 8
- Q4 2013: 9
- Q1 2014: 10
- Q2 2014: 9
- Q3 2014: 14
- Q4 2014: 14
- Q1 2015: 13
- Q2 2015: 14
- Q3 2015: 15
- Q4 2015: 15
- Q1 2016: 15
- Q2 2016: 10
- Q3 2016: 12
- Q4 2016: 8
- Q1 2017: 12
- Q2 2017: 14
- Q3 2017: 14
- Q4 2017: 11
- Q1 2018: 17
- Q2 2018: 17
- Q3 2018: 11
- Q4 2018: 17
- Q1 2019: 14
- Q2 2019: 13
- Q3 2019: 15
- Q4 2019: 13
- Q1 2020: 15
- Q2 2020: 10
- Q3 2020: 10
- Q4 2020: 10
- Q1 2021: 9
- Q2 2021: 13
- Q3 2021: 10
- Q4 2021: 14
- Q1 2022: 14
- Q2 2022: 13
- Q3 2022: 13
- Q4 2022: 11
- Q1 2023: 15
- Q2 2023: 11
- Q3 2023: 10
- Q4 2023: 10
- Q1 2024: 9
- Q2 2024: 9
- Q3 2024: 7
- Q4 2024: 8
- Q1 2025: 9
- Q2 2025: 9
- Q3 2025: 7
- Q4 2025: 7
- Q1 2026: 6
- Q2 2026: 9
- Q2 2013: $4.4bn
- Q3 2013: $4.7bn
- Q4 2013: $4.7bn
- Q1 2014: $4.9bn
- Q2 2014: $5.5bn
- Q3 2014: $5.8bn
- Q4 2014: $5.7bn
- Q1 2015: $6.2bn
- Q2 2015: $6.1bn
- Q3 2015: $5.0bn
- Q4 2015: $4.8bn
- Q1 2016: $4.1bn
- Q2 2016: $4.5bn
- Q3 2016: $4.3bn
- Q4 2016: $3.9bn
- Q1 2017: $4.5bn
- Q2 2017: $4.9bn
- Q3 2017: $4.6bn
- Q4 2017: $4.5bn
- Q1 2018: $4.5bn
- Q2 2018: $4.5bn
- Q3 2018: $5.2bn
- Q4 2018: $5.6bn
- Q1 2019: $6.4bn
- Q2 2019: $5.2bn
- Q3 2019: $4.9bn
- Q4 2019: $5.3bn
- Q1 2020: $4.2bn
- Q2 2020: $4.1bn
- Q3 2020: $3.8bn
- Q4 2020: $3.7bn
- Q1 2021: $3.1bn
- Q2 2021: $3.8bn
- Q3 2021: $3.9bn
- Q4 2021: $4.4bn
- Q1 2022: $4.4bn
- Q2 2022: $3.8bn
- Q3 2022: $3.2bn
- Q4 2022: $3.9bn
- Q1 2023: $3.5bn
- Q2 2023: $3.0bn
- Q3 2023: $2.9bn
- Q4 2023: $2.5bn
- Q1 2024: $2.3bn
- Q2 2024: $2.5bn
- Q3 2024: $2.7bn
- Q4 2024: $2.2bn
- Q1 2025: $2.6bn
- Q2 2025: $2.6bn
- Q3 2025: $2.3bn
- Q4 2025: $2.0bn
- Q1 2026: $1.7bn
- Q2 2026: $999m
Between the quarter ends of Q1 2026 and Q2 2026. Each change in shares is valued at the Q2 2026 price, so the price’s own move is left out; a 13F shows the two quarter ends, not when in between anything was bought or sold.
Started in Q2 2026
Largest increases, by shares
- Holocene Advisors LPnew: 1,037,332 shares+$163m
- Millennium Management LLCnew: 758,029 shares+$119m
- Farallon Capital Management LLCnew: 363,000 shares+$57m
- Glenview Capital Management LLCnew: 86,909 shares+$14m
- Maverick Capital Ltd15,247 to 27,789 shares+$2.0m
Largest decreases, by shares
- Dodge & Cox6,967,383 to 759,373 shares-$973m
- Renaissance Technologies LLC1,111,833 to 788,033 shares-$51m
- Janus Henderson Group Ltd2,275,938 to 2,221,362 shares-$8.6m
Left it
No manager on file is shown leaving it.
| Manager | Value over time | First listed | Largest | Q2 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janus Henderson Group Ltd | Q4 2014 | $455m | $348m | |
| Holocene Advisors LP | Q3 2023 | $163m | $163m | |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | Q3 2013 | $724m | $124m | |
| Dodge & Cox | Q2 2013 | $4.9bn | $119m | |
| Millennium Management LLC | Q3 2014 | $120m | $119m | |
| Farallon Capital Management LLC | Q2 2026 | $57m | $57m | |
| Marshall Wace LLP | Q4 2014 | $173m | $52m | |
| Glenview Capital Management LLC | Q2 2026 | $14m | $14m | |
| Maverick Capital Ltd | Q2 2013 | $62m | $4.4m | |
| Fidelity (FMR LLC) | Q1 2015 | $834m | last listed Q4 2019 | |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | Q4 2018 | $480m | last listed Q3 2025 | |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | Q2 2013 | $469m | last listed Q3 2022 | |
| Arrowstreet Capital LP | Q1 2017 | $450m | last listed Q4 2025 | |
| Invesco Ltd | Q2 2013 | $336m | last listed Q2 2020 | |
| Two Sigma Advisers LP | Q2 2013 | $258m | last listed Q1 2023 | |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Q2 2013 | $237m | last listed Q4 2024 | |
| Two Sigma Investments LP | Q2 2013 | $170m | last listed Q2 2025 | |
| Point72 Asset Management LP | Q2 2014 | $167m | last listed Q1 2026 | |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | Q4 2015 | $159m | last listed Q4 2024 |
Reported as options rather than shares
A put or a call on a name is not a position in it, and the filing states the notional rather than what the option cost. These lines are listed apart for that reason and are not counted in anything above.
- Walleye Capital LLC · puts$27m notional
- Walleye Capital LLC · calls$26m notional
What NVS is worth
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A Form 13F reports US-listed long equity and nothing else: no shorts, no bonds, no cash and no non-US listings. It arrives forty-five days after the quarter ends, so a manager who sold in July still shows the position in a filing published in August. This page reads the managers on file here rather than every filer in the market, and each manager’s largest positions rather than the whole table, so a small position in a very large book may not appear. Say “their last filing showed” rather than “they own”, and the distinction will do you credit.
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