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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	$53.80 +1.4%	$58.07	$39.35 ▼ $63.33	$109.47B	0.41	12.82 million shs	24.32 million shs
IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	$3.27 +14.7%	$4.31	$2.70 ▼ $14.23	$1.07B	1.05	7.32 million shs	17.76 million shs
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$81.82 +3.6%	$89.12	$76.00 ▼ $134.63	$206.67B	0.4	11.37 million shs	22.92 million shs
NVS Novartis	$104.04 +2.0%	$108.95	$92.35 ▼ $120.92	$212.66B	0.56	1.53 million shs	3.60 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	+1.57%	-9.72%	-14.61%	-5.20%	+4.26%
IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	+14.74%	-7.63%	-12.33%	-54.39%	-75.26%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	+3.86%	-5.54%	-13.99%	-18.05%	-35.43%
NVS Novartis	+2.20%	-6.11%	-9.92%	+3.79%	+8.60%

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Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	3.769 of 5 stars	1.2	3.0	4.2	4.0	3.5	3.3	0.0
IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	4.2831 of 5 stars	4.4	1.0	0.0	4.2	2.6	2.5	0.6
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	5 of 5 stars	4.3	5.0	5.0	3.9	2.5	3.3	3.8
NVS Novartis	2.8355 of 5 stars	1.9	5.0	2.5	0.0	3.4	0.0	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	2.32	Hold	$57.67	7.19% Upside
IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	2.88	Moderate Buy	$20.25	519.27% Upside
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	2.64	Moderate Buy	$115.50	41.17% Upside
NVS Novartis	1.80	Reduce	$123.38	18.58% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest IOVA, NVS, BMY, and MRK Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/8/2025	BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Neutral	$67.00 ➝ $55.00
3/3/2025	IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$25.00 ➝ $15.00
3/3/2025	IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$22.00 ➝ $19.00
3/3/2025	IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	Chardan Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$34.00 ➝ $30.00
2/28/2025	IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$24.00 ➝ $20.00
2/28/2025	IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$7.50 ➝ $6.00
2/28/2025	IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	HC Wainwright Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$32.00 ➝ $32.00
2/18/2025	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$128.00 ➝ $105.00
2/13/2025	NVS Novartis	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Neutral
2/12/2025	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$122.00 ➝ $115.00
2/12/2025	NVS Novartis	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Underweight

(Data available from 4/10/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	$48.30B	2.27	$5.68 per share	9.48	$8.08 per share	6.66
IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	$164.07M	6.53	N/A	N/A	$2.28 per share	1.43
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$64.17B	3.22	$2.84 per share	28.82	$14.85 per share	5.51
NVS Novartis	$51.72B	4.11	$10.37 per share	10.03	$21.59 per share	4.82

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	-$8.95B	-$4.42	N/A	8.83	2.07	-18.53%	13.93%	2.46%	4/24/2025 (Estimated)
IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	-$444.04M	-$1.30	N/A	N/A	N/A	-451.25%	-58.43%	-45.48%	5/8/2025 (Estimated)
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$17.12B	$6.73	12.16	8.26	0.77	26.67%	45.35%	17.36%	4/24/2025 (Estimated)
NVS Novartis	$11.94B	$5.88	17.69	11.81	1.70	23.56%	37.24%	15.85%	4/22/2025 (Estimated)

Latest IOVA, NVS, BMY, and MRK Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/8/2025	Q1 2025	IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	-$0.25	N/A	N/A	N/A	$83.40 million	N/A
4/24/2025	Q1 2025	BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	$1.55	N/A	N/A	N/A	$10.77 billion	N/A
4/24/2025	Q1 2025	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$2.16	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.59 billion	N/A
4/22/2025	Q1 2025	NVS Novartis	$2.07	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.92 billion	N/A
2/27/2025	Q4 2024	IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	-$0.26	-$0.26	N/A	-$0.26	$72.17 million	$73.69 million
2/6/2025	Q4 2024	BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	$1.47	$1.67	+$0.20	$0.04	$11.57 billion	N/A
2/4/2025	Q4 2024	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$1.85	$1.72	-$0.13	$1.48	$15.51 billion	$15.62 billion
1/31/2025	Q4 2024	NVS Novartis	$1.80	$1.98	+$0.18	$1.41	$12.86 billion	N/A

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	$2.48	4.61%	+6.38%	N/A	17 Years
IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$3.24	3.96%	+5.73%	48.14%	14 Years
NVS Novartis	$2.51	2.41%	+5.34%	42.69%	N/A

Latest IOVA, NVS, BMY, and MRK Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
3/3/2025	BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	quarterly	$0.62	4.14%	4/4/2025	4/4/2025	5/1/2025
1/28/2025	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	quarterly	$0.81	3.32%	3/17/2025	3/17/2025	4/7/2025
2/20/2025	NVS Novartis		$3.8695		3/12/2025	3/12/2025	3/12/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	2.90	1.25	1.15
IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	N/A	4.22	3.90
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	0.79	1.36	1.15
NVS Novartis	0.48	1.04	0.84

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	76.41%
IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	77.03%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	76.07%
NVS Novartis	13.12%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	0.09%
IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	12.10%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	0.09%
NVS Novartis	0.01%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	34,300	2.03 billion	2.03 billion	Optionable
IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics	500	327.88 million	267.90 million	Optionable
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	69,000	2.53 billion	2.53 billion	Optionable
NVS Novartis	101,700	2.04 billion	2.04 billion	Optionable

IOVA, NVS, BMY, and MRK Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) Shares Acquired by Renaissance Technologies LLC

April 10 at 7:11 AM | marketbeat.com

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) Shares Sold by Rathbones Group PLC

April 10 at 6:45 AM | marketbeat.com

Autos, pharma, luxury and more: The global sectors soaring after Trump's tariffs walkback

April 10 at 4:45 AM | cnbc.com

NC officials agree to cancel economic incentives for Novartis, citing hiring slowness

April 9 at 5:58 PM | msn.com

Healthy Returns: Trump says major pharmaceutical tariffs coming ‘very shortly'

April 9 at 1:06 PM | cnbc.com

Healthy Returns: Trump says major pharmaceutical tariffs coming ‘very shortly'

April 9 at 1:06 PM | cnbc.com

Pharma Stocks Slide Further After Trump Reiterates Tariff Threats on Drugs

April 9 at 11:53 AM | wsj.com

Pharma Stocks Slide Further After Trump Reiterates Tariff Threats on Drugs

April 9 at 11:53 AM | wsj.com

Certior Financial Group LLC Buys New Position in Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS)

April 9 at 6:58 AM | marketbeat.com

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) Stake Lessened by Envestnet Asset Management Inc.

April 9 at 5:40 AM | marketbeat.com

Wells Fargo & Company MN Has $184.65 Million Position in Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS)

April 8 at 5:05 AM | marketbeat.com

J.P. Morgan Reaffirms Their Hold Rating on Novartis AG (NOVN)

April 8 at 4:29 AM | theglobeandmail.com

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Acquires 111,066 Shares of Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS)

April 8 at 3:36 AM | marketbeat.com

Hemenway Trust Co LLC Sells 4,335 Shares of Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS)

April 7 at 6:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) Shares Sold by Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC

April 7 at 6:39 AM | marketbeat.com

Cullen Capital Management LLC Cuts Holdings in Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS)

April 7 at 6:15 AM | marketbeat.com

Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. Raises Stock Holdings in Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS)

April 7 at 5:12 AM | marketbeat.com

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) Shares Acquired by World Investment Advisors

April 7 at 4:55 AM | marketbeat.com

National Bank of Canada FI Has $12.54 Million Stock Position in Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS)

April 7 at 4:27 AM | marketbeat.com

Novartis After Sandoz: The Business Without Generics

April 6, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) Shares Sold by Somerville Kurt F

April 6, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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IOVA, NVS, BMY, and MRK Company Descriptions

Bristol-Myers Squibb NYSE:BMY

$53.80 +0.73 (+1.38%)

Closing price 04/9/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

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$53.54 -0.26 (-0.48%)

As of 08:18 AM Eastern

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company discovers, develops, licenses, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells biopharmaceutical products worldwide. It offers products for hematology, oncology, cardiovascular, immunology, fibrotic, and neuroscience diseases. The company's products include Eliquis for reduction in risk of stroke/systemic embolism in non-valvular atrial fibrillation, and for the treatment of DVT/PE; Opdivo for various anti-cancer indications, including bladder, blood, CRC, head and neck, RCC, HCC, lung, melanoma, MPM, stomach and esophageal cancer; Pomalyst/Imnovid for multiple myeloma; Orencia for active rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis; and Sprycel for the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia. It also provides Yervoy for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma; Empliciti for the treatment of multiple myeloma; Abecma for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma; Reblozyl for the treatment of anemia; Opdualag for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma; and Zeposia to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. In addition, the company offers Breyanzi for the treatment of relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma; Onureg for the treatment of AML; Inrebic for the treatment of myelofibrosis; Camzyos for the treatment of symptomatic obstructive HCM to enhance functional capacity and symptom; Sotyktu for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis; Augtyro for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic ROS1-positive NSCLC; Revlimid, an oral immunomodulatory drug for the treatment of multiple myeloma; and Abraxane to treat breast cancer, NSCLC and pancreatic cancer. It sells products to wholesalers, distributors, pharmacies, retailers, hospitals, clinics, and government agencies. The company was formerly known as Bristol-Myers Company. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

Iovance Biotherapeutics NASDAQ:IOVA

$3.27 +0.42 (+14.74%)

Closing price 04/9/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$3.18 -0.10 (-2.91%)

As of 08:18 AM Eastern

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc., a commercial-stage biotechnology company, develops and commercializes cell therapies using autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocyte for the treatment of metastatic melanoma and other solid tumor cancers in the United States. The company offers Amtagvi, a tumor-derived autologous T cell immunotherapy used to treat adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma; and Proleukin, an interleukin-2 product for the treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. It also develops lifileucel in combination with pembrolizumab to treat frontline advanced melanoma patients; LN-145 for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and solid tumor cancers; IOV-4001, which is in Phase 1/2 IOV-GM1-201 clinical trial, for the treatment of NSCLC; and lifileucel for gynecological cancers. The company has collaborations and licensing agreements with WuXi Advanced Therapies, Inc.; National Institutes of Health; the National Cancer Institute; H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center; The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Cellectis S.A.; Novartis Pharma AG; and Boehringer Ingelheim Biopharmaceuticals GmbH. The company was formerly known as Lion Biotechnologies, Inc. and changed its name to Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. in June 2017. Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Carlos, California.

Merck & Co., Inc. NYSE:MRK

$81.82 +2.87 (+3.63%)

Closing price 04/9/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$81.71 -0.11 (-0.13%)

As of 08:19 AM Eastern

Merck & Co., Inc. is a health care company, which engages in the provision of health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products. It operates through the following segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, and Other. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets animal health products, such as pharmaceutical and vaccine products, for the prevention, treatment and control of disease in livestock, and companion animal species. The Other segment consists of sales for the non-reportable segments of healthcare services. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, NJ.

Novartis NYSE:NVS

$104.04 +2.08 (+2.04%)

Closing price 04/9/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$102.52 -1.53 (-1.47%)

As of 08:18 AM Eastern

Novartis AG engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of healthcare products in Switzerland and internationally. The company offers prescription medicines for patients and physicians. It focuses on therapeutic areas, such as cardiovascular, renal and metabolic, immunology, neuroscience, and oncology, as well as ophthalmology and hematology. Novartis AG has a license and collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to develop, manufacture, and commercialize inclisiran, a therapy to reduce LDL cholesterol; and Dawn Health for the development and commercialization of Ekiva, a digital solution designed for people living with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

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