Jim Cramer Says He is a “Buyer of Novartis”

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) is one of the stocks that was recently put under the microscope by Jim Cramer. During the lightning round, a caller asked if they should buy, sell, or hold the stock. In response, Cramer said, “Oh, come on, Vas [CEO Vasant (Vas) Narasimhan] is a winner… I’m a buyer of Novartis.”

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Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines across cardiovascular, immunology, neuroscience, oncology, and hematology areas. Loomis Sayles stated the following regarding Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) in its Q1 2025 investor letter:

“Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) is a diversified global healthcare company with market leadership in branded pharmaceuticals across a broad range of treatment areas, including oncology (30% of revenues), immunology (almost 20% of revenues), cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic (almost 20%), and neurology (10%). The company also derives over 20% of revenues from mature branded products in non-core therapy areas. With the October 2023 spinoff of the company’s Sandoz generics and biosimilars division, which followed the 2019 spinoff of ophthalmologic equipment maker Alcon and 2018 divestiture of a consumer health joint venture, the company is now purely focused on innovative medicines, which accounted for about 80% of revenue and 85% of core operating income prior to the Sandoz spinoff. The company generates over 50% of revenue from the Americas, approximately 30% from Europe, and almost 20% from the rest of the world.

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