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Novartis AG (NVS) annual results, year to 31 December 2016: revenue USD 48,518 million, from the 20-F

Novartis AG files a 20-F with the SEC once a year, in US dollars. In the year to 31 December 2016 it reported revenue from the sale of goods of USD 48,518 million. Its profit attributable to shareholders was USD 6,712 million, and diluted earnings per share USD 2.80.

The year to 31 December 2016

Year toDec 2016
Revenue from the sale of goods48,518
Cost of sales17,520
Gross profit31,916
Research and development9,039
Selling, general and administrative14,192
Operating profit8,268
Profit before tax7,817
Income tax1,119
Profit for the year6,698
Profit attributable to shareholders6,712
Filing20-F

USD million, from the 20-F on the SEC's EDGAR, linked in the last row, on the IFRS tags the company filed. A line the company does not file under the standard tag is left out rather than estimated.

Year toDec 2016
Diluted EPS2.80
Basic EPS2.82
Filing20-F

USD per ordinary share, as filed.

Cash flow

Year toDec 2016
Cash from operations11,475
Purchase of property, plant and equipment1,862
Free cash flow9,613
Dividends paid6,475
Filing20-F

USD million. Free cash flow is cash from operations less the purchase of property, plant and equipment, arithmetic on the two filed lines.

Balance sheet at year end

Year toDec 2016
Equity attributable to shareholders74,891
Cash and cash equivalents7,007
Filing20-F

USD million, at each fiscal year end.

Ratios on the filed lines

Year toDec 2016
Return on year-end equity9.0%
Effective tax rate14.3%
Filing20-F

Arithmetic on the filed lines of the same year.

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Source

20-F for the year to 31 December 2016, filed 30 January 2019, accession 0001370368-19-000002: the filing on EDGAR. All of Novartis AG's filings: EDGAR company page. The figures are in US dollars as filed.

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