NVS vs. SMMT: Novartis vs. Summit Therapeutics Stock Comparison

Company Profile

Novartis (NVS) and Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) both fall under the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences industry group, but NVS is classified in Pharmaceuticals while SMMT is classified in Biotechnology.

Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) trades as ordinary local shares, while Novartis (NVS) trades as an ADR — compare with FX exposure, depositary-program fees, and dividend-withholding-tax differences in mind.

Price Performance

Cumulative Growth

Trailing Returns

Calendar-Year Returns

Performance Metrics

Risk Profile

Drawdown History

Return Distribution

Risk Metrics

Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) reports a negative beta of -1.51, suggesting inverse market sensitivity over the measurement window. That is uncommon for ordinary equities and can reflect commodity-linked or hedge-like exposure, but it can also come from statistical noise. Novartis (NVS) has a non-negative beta of 0.41.

Risk-Adjusted Performance

Risk-Return Positioning

Risk-Adjusted Metrics

Profitability

Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) reports a negative ROE of -220.01%; negative ROE can reflect losses or negative shareholders’ equity, so it is harder to read as capital efficiency. Meanwhile Novartis (NVS) reports 24.33%, ranking against industry peers normally.

Novartis (NVS) at 17.49% retains a top-quartile share of revenue as profit, ahead of Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) at 0.00%, which keeps about the industry-typical share.

Novartis (NVS) at 34.27% operates in the top operating margin quartile, ahead of Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) at 0.00%, which runs around its industry’s norm.

Profitability Metrics

Growth

Only one side can be read here: Novartis (NVS) reports revenue growth of 9.57%, ranked against its industry; Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) has no revenue growth figure this period.

Only one side can be read here: Novartis (NVS) reports EPS growth of 21.81%, ranked against its industry; Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) has no EPS growth figure this period.

Growth Metrics

Financial Strength

Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) at 5.99 keeps current ratio within its industry’s typical mid-range, while Novartis (NVS) at 0.88 runs in the tighter-liquidity quartile — a thinner cushion against current liabilities for NVS.

Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) at 0.04 carries an industry-typical debt-to-equity mix, while Novartis (NVS) at 1.29 uses more debt funding than most peers.

Financial Strength Metrics

Dividends

Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) pays no dividend (yield 0.00%) — it may be reinvesting, using buybacks, or simply not returning cash through dividends. Meanwhile Novartis (NVS) reports a yield of 2.88%, ranking against industry peers normally.

Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) pays no dividend (payout 0.00%) — it may be reinvesting, using buybacks, or simply not returning cash through dividends. Meanwhile Novartis (NVS) reports a payout of 90.46%, ranking against industry peers normally.

Dividend Metrics

Valuation

An earnings multiple is available for just one side: Novartis (NVS) trades at 31.02 times trailing earnings, ranked against its peers, while Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) has no P/E ratio this period.

A sales-based read is only available for Novartis (NVS), whose P/S ratio of 5.35 ranks against industry peers; Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) reports no figure this period.

Both look rich against book: Novartis (NVS) at 8.25 sits in the upper P/B ratio quartile, and Summit Therapeutics (SMMT) at 23.13 prices even higher, above its industry range.

Valuation Metrics