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 2018?

1006 institutional investors reported NVS - NOVARTIS AG - Ordinary Shares for Q1 2018. Use the holders table for investor-level position and value details.

NOVARTIS AG - Ordinary Shares (NVS)

CUSIP: 66987V109

Q1 2018 13F Holders as of 31 Mar 2018

Security type / class: Equity / Ordinary Shares
Total 13F shares: 255,853,374
Total 13F value: $20,683,549,265
Share change: +4,145,749
Put/Call ratio: 55%
SEC-reported price per share: $80.85
Number of holders: 1,006
Value change: +$332,779,564
Number of buys: 434
Number of sells: 435
Shares outstanding: 2,181,288,547

Security key

66987V109

Report period

Q1 2018

Institutions

1,006

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 2017

13F Lead comparable stake: 2% Showing 1-6 of 15 holder rows.

Quick read

DODGE & COX leads the comparable SEC ownership view at 2%.

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%

PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 1%

FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.68%

PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.43%

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO 0.42%

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%	$3,742,885,000 44,579,387 shares	—	31 Dec 2017
PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/	13F Company 13F	1%	$1,837,937,000 21,890,624 shares	—	31 Dec 2017
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC	13F Company 13F	0.68%	$1,246,163,000 14,842,330 shares	—	31 Dec 2017
PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC	13F Company 13F	0.43%	$793,865,000 9,455,274 shares	—	31 Dec 2017
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO	13F Company 13F	0.42%	$771,729,000 9,191,630 shares	—	31 Dec 2017
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN	13F Company 13F	0.36%	$661,188,000 7,875,038 shares	—	31 Dec 2017

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 2018

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

Institutions

1,006

255,853,374

Rows available

1,006

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 2018 vs Q1 2018 Across Filers

Q1 2018 holders

1,006

Q1 2018 holders

1,006

Holder diff

Investor	Q1 2018 Shares	Q1 2018 Shares	Share Diff	Share Chg %	Q1 2018 value	Q1 2018 value	Value change	Value Chg %