NYSE:PFE

Pfizer - PFE Stock Forecast, Price & News

$51.78

+1.54 (+3.07%)

(As of 12/8/2022 12:00 AM ET)

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Today's Range: $50.02
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$51.87
50-Day Range: $41.75
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$51.78
52-Week Range: $41.44
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$61.71

Volume: 26.04 million shs
Average Volume: 24.51 million shs
Market Capitalization: $290.66 billion

P/E Ratio: 9.96
Dividend Yield: 3.18%
Price Target: $56.47

Pfizer MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Hold
2.36 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 9.1% Upside
$56.47 Price Target
Short Interest: Healthy
1.25% of Shares Sold Short
Dividend Strength: Strong
Based on Four Factors
Sustainability: -2.00
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment: 0.34
Based on 39 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: N/A
Proj. Earnings Growth: -24.92%
From $6.46 to $4.85 Per Share

Overall MarketRank^™

MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

2.67 out of 5 stars

Medical Sector

79th out of 1,022 stocks

Pharmaceutical Preparations Industry

32nd out of 499 stocks

2.2

Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Pfizer has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.36, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $56.47, Pfizer has a forecasted upside of 9.1% from its current price of $51.78.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Pfizer has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

3.0

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
1.25% of the outstanding shares of Pfizer have been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
Pfizer has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in Pfizer has recently increased by 28.07%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

4.2

Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
Pfizer pays a meaningful dividend of 3.18%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.
Dividend Growth
Pfizer has been increasing its dividend for 11 years.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of Pfizer is 30.77%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
Dividend Sustainability
Based on earnings estimates, Pfizer will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.99% next year. This indicates that Pfizer will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

4.4

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
Pfizer has received a 67.66% net impact score from Upright. The largest positive contribution comes from its "Physical diseases" impact, which is mostly driven by its "Covid-19 vaccines", "Apixaban", and "Pneumococcal vaccines" products. See details.
Environmental Sustainability
The Environmental Impact score for Pfizer is -2.00.

1.9

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
Pfizer has a news sentiment score of 0.34. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.45 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 39 news articles for Pfizer this week, compared to 22 articles on an average week.
Search Interest
Only 199 people have searched for PFE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -24% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
Only 76 people have added Pfizer to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -14% compared to the previous 30 days.

1.7

Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Pfizer insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 0.05% of the stock of Pfizer is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
67.90% of the stock of Pfizer is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

2.5

Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Pfizer are expected to decrease by -24.92% in the coming year, from $6.46 to $4.85 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Pfizer is 9.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 123.28.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Pfizer is 9.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Medical sector average P/E ratio of about 112.62.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
Pfizer has a PEG Ratio of 0.85. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Pfizer has a P/B Ratio of 3.75. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) Stock

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. The company also provides medicines and vaccines in various therapeutic areas, such as pneumococcal disease, meningococcal disease, tick-borne encephalitis, and COVID-19 under the Comirnaty/BNT162b2, Nimenrix, FSME/IMMUN-TicoVac, Trumenba, and the Prevnar family brands; biosimilars for chronic immune and inflammatory diseases under the Xeljanz, Enbrel, Inflectra, Eucrisa/Staquis, and Cibinqo brands; and amyloidosis, hemophilia, and endocrine diseases under the Vyndaqel/Vyndamax, BeneFIX, and Genotropin brands. In addition, the company is involved in the contract manufacturing business. It serves wholesalers, retailers, hospitals, clinics, government agencies, pharmacies, and individual provider offices, as well as disease control and prevention centers. The company has collaboration agreements with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Astellas Pharma US, Inc.; Myovant Sciences Ltd.; Akcea Therapeutics, Inc; Merck KGaA; Valneva SE; BioNTech SE; and Arvinas, Inc. Pfizer Inc. was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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PFE Stock News Headlines

December 8, 2022 | marketbeat.com

Can Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson Continue Outperforming the Index? (PFE)

Large-cap pharmaceuticals Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson are outperforming the broader market in the past year, particularly in the past three months.

December 7, 2022 | marketbeat.com

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December 7, 2022 | marketbeat.com

Stocks slip on Wall Street following a 4-day losing streak

Stocks edged lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street, keeping the major indexes on track for a fifth-straight drop

December 5, 2022 | marketbeat.com

Pfizer asks FDA to clear updated COVID shot for kids under 5

Pfizer is asking U.S. regulators to authorize its updated COVID-19 vaccine for children under age 5

December 2, 2022 | marketbeat.com

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Shares have retreated in Asia after a mixed day on Wall Street

November 30, 2022 | marketbeat.com

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November 30, 2022 | marketbeat.com

Chinese vaccine plans spark hope for end of 'zero COVID'

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November 18, 2022 | marketbeat.com

Pfizer booster spurs immune response to new omicron subtypes

Pfizer said its updated COVID-19 booster may offer some protection against newly emerging omicron mutants even though it’s not an exact match

November 16, 2022 | marketbeat.com

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November 16, 2022 | marketbeat.com

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