What does CUSIP 66987V109 represent in this 13F holders report?

CUSIP 66987V109 is the security identifier for NVS - NOVARTIS AG - Ordinary Shares used to aggregate holder disclosures.

How many institutions held NVS - NOVARTIS AG - Ordinary Shares in Q1 2017?

905 institutional investors reported NVS - NOVARTIS AG - Ordinary Shares for Q1 2017. Use the holders table for investor-level position and value details.

NOVARTIS AG - Ordinary Shares (NVS)

CUSIP: 66987V109

Q1 2017 13F Holders as of 31 Mar 2017

Security type / class: Equity / Ordinary Shares
Total 13F shares: 269,234,694
Total 13F value: $19,983,591,444
Share change: +17,384,410
Put/Call ratio: 235%
SEC-reported price per share: $74.27
Number of holders: 905
Value change: +$1,289,749,366
Number of buys: 401
Number of sells: 395
Shares outstanding: 2,181,288,547

Security key

66987V109

Report period

Q1 2017

Institutions

905

Top holders

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Ownership snapshot

Top reported holders of NVS - NOVARTIS AG - Ordinary Shares (13F + 13D/G + 3/4/5)

Grouped by holder across the latest SEC ownership disclosures. Start with comparable ownership when available, then verify the linked 13F, 13D/G, or 3/4/5 evidence.

Comparable stake leader

DODGE & COX

Disclosed value leader

DODGE & COX

Comparable rows

15/15

Latest evidence

31 Dec 2016

13F Lead comparable stake: 2.1% Showing 1-6 of 15 holder rows.

Quick read

DODGE & COX leads the comparable SEC ownership view at 2.1%.

15 of 15 rows have a safely comparable ownership percentage. Use this as a filing-backed starting point, then open the detailed table for source links, reporting role, position value, share count, and filing date.

Open SEC evidence Opens DODGE & COX's linked filing trail.

Comparable ownership Top 5

DODGE & COX 2.1%

PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.97%

FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.68%

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO 0.5%

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.37%

Ownership % is shown only when SEC disclosures are safely comparable across share classes.

Detailed SEC evidence table Showing 1-6 of 15 holder rows

Holder	Evidence	Ownership %	Position	12M Net Δ	As of
DODGE & COX	13F Company 13F	2.1%	$3,330,137,000 45,718,521 shares	—	31 Dec 2016
PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/	13F Company 13F	0.97%	$1,547,619,000 21,246,828 shares	—	31 Dec 2016
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC	13F Company 13F	0.68%	$1,074,650,000 14,753,570 shares	—	31 Dec 2016
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO	13F Company 13F	0.5%	$799,147,000 10,971,272 shares	—	31 Dec 2016
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN	13F Company 13F	0.37%	$590,915,000 8,112,500 shares	—	31 Dec 2016
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/	13F Company 13F	0.31%	$496,790,000 6,820,295 shares	—	31 Dec 2016

How to read this table

Rows are grouped by holder and ranked first by SEC-reported ownership % when it is safely comparable, then by disclosed holdings value. — indicates unavailable or non-comparable values; "mixed-class rows" means the latest filing spans non-comparable classes.

13F holder rows

Institutional holders as of Q1 2017

Investor-level positions for this CUSIP, loaded as an interactive table.

Institutions

905

269,234,694

Rows available

905

Investor	Option	Weight %	Change %	SEC-reported value	* Price	Shares	Share Change	Activity	Report Period

^* SEC-reported price is the security price as of the portfolio date and can indicate the last known price at which the security was still held. The marker flags a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Compare Q1 2017 vs Q1 2017 Across Filers

Q1 2017 holders

905

Q1 2017 holders

905

Holder diff

Investor	Q1 2017 Shares	Q1 2017 Shares	Share Diff	Share Chg %	Q1 2017 value	Q1 2017 value	Value change	Value Chg %