Pfizer Inc.

PFE Healthcare Drug Manufacturers General

Pfizer Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $62.6 billion, down 1.65% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 2.60%, EPS fell 107.8%, free cash flow grew 125.2% and total debt rose 2.26%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

29.58 0.14 +0.48%
Market cap
$167.8B
P/E
38.9×
Fwd P/E
12.2×
Dividend yield
7.27%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.03
Beneish M
−2.52
Dividend safety
28/100

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) Return on equity

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Pfizer Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 4.97%, down 3.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.87%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.29% (fiscal 2023) to 36.2% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 5.87% and above the Healthcare sector median of −31.3%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 8.87% (0.16)
FY2024 9.03% 6.74
FY2023 2.29% (33.90)
FY2022 36.2% 5.00
FY2021 31.2% 16.76
FY2020 14.4% (10.77)
FY2019 25.2% 8.72
FY2018 16.5% (15.94)
FY2017 32.4% 20.86
FY2016 11.6% 1.37

Against its own ten years

Low 2.29% High 36.2%
Ten-year median 14.4%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 91.5%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 60.8%
BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Company compare 46.6%
GSK GSK PLC Sponsored ADR compare 30.7%
NVS Novartis AG compare 30.4%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 22.0%
SNY Sanofi compare 5.87%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 4.97%
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare −20.7%
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 5.87%
Healthcare sector median −31.3%
Market median 1.35%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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