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KALV vs NVS

Side-by-side comparison of KalVista Pharmaceuticals Inc. (KALV) and Novartis AG (NVS): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both KALV and NVS operate in Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
  • NVS is the larger of the two at $273.78B, about 190.9x KALV ($1.43B).
  • Over the past year, KALV is up 101.4% and NVS is up 23.9% - KALV leads by 77.5 points.
  • KALV has hit the wire 17 times in the past 4 weeks while NVS has been quiet.
  • NVS has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 8 for KALV).
PerformanceKALV+101.38%NVS+23.90%
2025-06-03+0.00%2026-06-03
MetricKALVNVS
Company
KalVista Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Novartis AG
Price
$26.95-0.02%
$143.69+0.15%
Market cap
$1.43B
$273.78B
1M return
+0.99%
-0.64%
1Y return
+101.38%
+23.90%
Industry
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
2015
News (4w)
17
0
Recent ratings
8
25
KALV

KalVista Pharmaceuticals Inc.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes small molecule protease inhibitors for diseases with unmet needs. The company's product portfolio comprises small molecule plasma kallikrein inhibitors targeting hereditary angioedema (HAE) and diabetic macular edema (DME); and oral plasma kallikrein inhibitors. Its products include KVD001, a plasma kallikrein inhibitor that completed a Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of DME; KVD900, which has completed Phase II clinical trial for an oral on-demand therapy for acute HAE attacks; and KVD824, an oral product candidate for the treatment of HAE. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

NVS

Novartis AG

Novartis AG researches, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Innovative Medicines and Sandoz. The Innovative Medicines segment offers prescription medicines for patients and healthcare providers. It also provides ophthalmology, neuroscience, immunology, hepatology and dermatology, respiratory, established, and cardiovascular, renal and metabolism medicine products. The Sandoz segment provides active ingredients and finished dosage forms of small molecule pharmaceuticals to third parties across a range of therapeutic areas, as well as finished dosage form anti-infectives. It also provides active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates primarily antibiotics; protein- or other biotechnology-based products, including biosimilars; and biotechnology manufacturing services. Novartis AG has a license and collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to develop, manufacture, and commercialize inclisiran; an agreement with CureVac to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine candidate CVnCoV; a collaboration with Artios Pharma Limited to create next generation DDR cancer therapies; and a clinical collaboration with Kura Oncology, Inc. to evaluate the combination of Tipifarnib and Alpelisib in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

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