NYSE:PFE - Pfizer Stock Price, Price Target & More

Pfizer trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PFE."

Pfizer declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 28th. Investors of record on Friday, August 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Tuesday, September 4th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 2nd. View Pfizer's Dividend History.

Pfizer announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $10,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The biopharmaceutical company reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.03. The biopharmaceutical company had revenue of $12.91 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.14 billion. Pfizer had a net margin of 41.29% and a return on equity of 25.29%. Pfizer's quarterly revenue was up 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.69 earnings per share. View Pfizer's Earnings History.

Pfizer is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Pfizer.

Pfizer issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.90-3.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.95. The company issued revenue guidance of $53.5-55.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $54.45 billion.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Pfizer's shares. Their predictions range from $36.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate Pfizer's share price to reach $40.4167 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Pfizer.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pfizer in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Pfizer saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 59,174,572 shares, a decline of 8.5% from the June 15th total of 64,685,349 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 21,034,138 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Pfizer's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Pfizer include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Novartis (NVS), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), AbbVie (ABBV), Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Sanofi (SNY), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Eli Lilly And Co (LLY), AstraZeneca (AZN), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Bayer (BAYRY), Celgene (CELG), Allergan (AGN) and Shire (SHPG).

Press coverage about PFE stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Pfizer earned a news sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the biopharmaceutical company an impact score of 45.76 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Pfizer's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.66%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.37%), Hexavest Inc. (0.10%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.09%), Swedbank (0.06%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Pfizer stock include Albert Bourla, Alexander R Mackenzie, Anthony J Maddaluna, Charles H Hill, Douglas M Lankler, Frank A Damelio, Ian C Read, Kirsten Lund-Jurgensen, Laurie J Olson, Mikael Dolsten, Rady A Johnson, Sally Susman and W Don Cornwell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Pfizer.

PFE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Swedbank, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Howard Capital Management Inc. and Hamlin Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Pfizer company stock in the last year include Alexander R Mackenzie, Charles H Hill, Douglas M Lankler, Frank A Damelio, Ian C Read, Kirsten Lund-Jurgensen, Laurie J Olson, Mikael Dolsten, Rady A Johnson, Sally Susman and W Don Cornwell. View Insider Buying and Selling for Pfizer.

PFE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, DnB Asset Management AS, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Caledonia Investments PLC, Mcrae Capital Management Inc. and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB. View Insider Buying and Selling for Pfizer.

Shares of PFE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PFE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.63.

Pfizer has a market capitalization of $223.41 billion and generates $52.55 billion in revenue each year. The biopharmaceutical company earns $21.31 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.65 on an earnings per share basis. Pfizer employs 90,200 workers across the globe.

Pfizer's mailing address is 235 EAST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10017. The biopharmaceutical company can be reached via phone at 212-733-2323.