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Investment Highlights

0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 13%, Dividend Yield is 5.3%, ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is 8.7%, FCF Yield is 9.1%
Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -67%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -105%
Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg 3Y AvgRevenue Change % averaged over trailing 3 years is -12%
1 Attractive operating margins
Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is 26%
  
2 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 24%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 19%, CFO LTM is 15 Bil, FCF LTM is 12 Bil
  
3 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 25%
  
0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 13%, Dividend Yield is 5.3%, ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is 8.7%, FCF Yield is 9.1%
1 Attractive operating margins
Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is 26%
2 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 24%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 19%, CFO LTM is 15 Bil, FCF LTM is 12 Bil
3 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 25%
4 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -67%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -105%
5 Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg 3Y AvgRevenue Change % averaged over trailing 3 years is -12%

Market Valuation

 9/16/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$23.98$25.18$25.75$43.83$48.93
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)136.3142.7145.4246.1274.6
Total Debt ($ Bil)60.963.670.834.937.0
Total Cash ($ Bil)13.220.512.722.731.1
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)184.0206.3216.2281.0311.6
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM2.12.42.72.84.1
P/EBIT TTM10.213.549.78.012.9
P/E TTM12.718.776.79.215.1
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)3.83.64.14.57.3
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)-1.6-1.3-1.4-1.3-2.9
P/E TTM (Sector)-1.9-1.6-1.5-1.4-2.9
 9/16/2520242023
Share Price CYE$23.98$25.18$25.75
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)136.3142.7145.4
Total Debt ($ Bil)60.963.670.8
Total Cash ($ Bil)13.220.512.7
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)184.0206.3216.2
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM2.12.42.7
P/EBIT TTM10.213.549.7
P/E TTM12.718.776.7
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)3.83.64.1
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)-1.6-1.3-1.4
P/E TTM (Sector)-1.9-1.6-1.5

Business Description

Pfizer Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells biopharmaceutical products worldwide. It offers medicines and vaccines in various therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular metabolic and women's health under the Premarin family and Eliquis brands; biologics, small molecules, immunotherapies, and biosimilars under the Ibrance, Xtandi, Sutent, Inlyta, Retacrit, Lorbrena, and Braftovi brands; and sterile injectable and anti-infective medicines, and oral COVID-19 treatment under the Sulperazon, Medrol, Zavicefta, Zithromax, Vfend, Panzyga, and Paxlovid brands. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
PFE Return-2%67%-10%-41%-2%-5%-20%
Peers Return7%30%20%-3%7%-3%67%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: LLY, JNJ, MRK, BMY, PFE. See PFE Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/15/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

PFELLYJNJMRKBMYMedian
NamePfizer Eli LillyJohnson .Merck Bristol-. 
Mkt Price23.97748.19177.4081.0246.3581.02
Mkt Cap136.3671.8426.9203.494.1203.4
Rev LTM63,83353,25890,62763,61647,63663,616
Op Inc LTM16,66322,88222,22819,8217,87019,821
FCF LTM12,438-5016,39714,72213,08613,086
FCF 3Y Avg9,304-15616,92612,89912,22512,225
CFO LTM15,18810,93823,02818,53414,31015,188
CFO 3Y Avg12,5847,23022,24816,76613,41913,419

Growth & Margins

PFELLYJNJMRKBMYMedian
NamePfizer Eli LillyJohnson .Merck Bristol-. 
Rev Chg LTM13.5%36.8%4.7%1.8%4.6%4.7%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg-12.4%23.4%4.0%3.7%0.5%3.7%
Rev Chg Q10.3%37.6%5.8%-1.9%-5.6%5.8%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM2.2%8.7%1.5%-0.5%-1.4%1.5%
Op Mgn LTM26.1%43.0%24.5%31.2%16.5%26.1%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg20.2%35.6%26.3%22.6%17.3%22.6%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM1.8%1.8%-0.2%-0.8%4.3%1.8%
CFO/Rev LTM23.8%20.5%25.4%29.1%30.0%25.4%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg18.8%17.8%25.7%27.2%28.9%25.7%
FCF/Rev LTM19.5%-0.1%18.1%23.1%27.5%19.5%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg13.8%0.5%19.6%20.9%26.4%19.6%

Valuation

PFELLYJNJMRKBMYMedian
NamePfizer Eli LillyJohnson .Merck Bristol-. 
Mkt Cap136.3671.8426.9203.494.1203.4
P/S2.112.64.73.22.03.2
P/EBIT10.237.815.110.011.611.6
P/E12.748.718.812.417.417.4
P/CFO9.061.418.511.06.611.0
Total Yield13.2%2.8%8.1%12.0%11.0%11.0%
Dividend Yield5.3%0.7%2.8%3.9%5.2%3.9%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg5.7%0.1%4.5%5.1%12.4%5.1%
D/E0.40.10.10.20.50.2
Net D/E0.30.10.10.10.40.1

Returns

PFELLYJNJMRKBMYMedian
NamePfizer Eli LillyJohnson .Merck Bristol-. 
1M Rtn-4.7%6.7%1.2%-2.8%-4.3%-2.8%
3M Rtn-0.1%-7.2%15.1%1.1%-4.7%-0.1%
6M Rtn-4.6%-8.9%10.7%-12.8%-21.9%-8.9%
12M Rtn-12.4%-18.4%10.6%-27.0%-2.5%-12.4%
3Y Rtn-38.6%148.4%16.0%1.0%-27.4%1.0%
1M Excs Rtn-6.8%7.3%0.0%-3.4%-5.3%-3.4%
3M Excs Rtn-11.3%-19.2%3.1%-9.5%-17.5%-11.3%
6M Excs Rtn-20.7%-24.9%-6.6%-29.2%-37.9%-24.9%
12M Excs Rtn-32.6%-37.2%-8.0%-45.4%-20.5%-32.6%
3Y Excs Rtn-105.1%78.0%-47.6%-63.0%-90.3%-63.0%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20242023202220212020
Biopharma58,23799,82679,55740,72438,013
Other business activities1,3161,3491,7319262,892
Total59,553101,17581,28841,65040,905


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity103,465,144
Short Interest: % Change Since 8152025-9.1%
Average Daily Volume36,433,348
Days-to-Cover Short Interest2.84
Basic Shares Quantity5,685,000,000
Short % of Basic Shares1.8%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
8/5/20255.2%4.5%5.4%
4/29/20253.2%3.6%2.5%
2/4/2025-1.3%-1.3%-1.0%
10/29/2024-1.4%-3.8%-9.3%
7/30/20242.2%-3.2%-6.2%
5/1/20246.1%8.4%11.7%
1/30/2024-1.7%-3.3%-1.6%
10/13/20233.6%-4.5%-8.5%
...
SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive131110
# Negative111314
Median Positive3.2%3.2%7.0%
Median Negative-1.4%-3.3%-5.1%
Max Positive6.1%11.7%26.4%
Max Negative-5.0%-6.4%-12.7%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
6302025805202510-Q 6/29/2025
3312025505202510-Q 3/30/2025
12312024227202510-K 12/31/2024
93020241104202410-Q 9/29/2024
6302024805202410-Q 6/30/2024
3312024508202410-Q 3/31/2024
12312023222202410-K 12/31/2023
93020231108202310-Q 10/1/2023
6302023809202310-Q 7/2/2023
3312023510202310-Q 4/2/2023
12312022223202310-K 12/31/2022
93020221109202210-Q 10/2/2022
6302022810202210-Q 7/3/2022
3312022511202210-Q 4/3/2022
12312021224202210-K 12/31/2021
93020211112202110-Q 10/3/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0BLAYLOCK RONALD E 2142025Buy25.6519,457499,072710,685Form
1Gottlieb Scott 10312024Buy28.241,00028,240282,400Form