Pfizer Inc.

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Pfizer Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $62.6 billion, down 1.65% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−0.43%
EPS
−7.98%
Free cash flow
+20.0%
Total debt
+1.55%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

29.96 0.83 −2.70%
Market cap
$170.3B
P/E
42.2×
Fwd P/E
18.9×
Dividend yield
7.18%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.03
Beneish M
−2.52
Dividend safety
28/100

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) Return on invested capital

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Pfizer Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.19%, down 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.45%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.54% (fiscal 2023) to 20.5% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is in line with the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 6.26% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 6.45% 0.59
FY2024 5.86% 5.32
FY2023 0.54% (19.98)
FY2022 20.5% 6.20
FY2021 14.3% 8.66
FY2020 5.66% 1.70
FY2019 3.96% (0.13)
FY2018 4.09% (4.92)
FY2017 9.01% (0.02)
FY2016 9.03% (0.14)

Against its own ten years

Low 0.54% High 20.5%
Ten-year median 6.45%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 28.7%
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 14.3%
BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Company compare 13.2%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 12.3%
NVS Novartis AG compare 12.1%
GSK GSK PLC Sponsored ADR compare 9.61%
SNY Sanofi compare 7.05%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 6.19%
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare −4.51%
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 6.26%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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