NYSE:PFE - Pfizer Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Pfizer declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 16th. Investors of record on Friday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.38 per share on Friday, March 6th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.66%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 30th. This is an increase from Pfizer's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Pfizer's Dividend History.

Pfizer announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Friday, December 14th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $10,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 3.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The biopharmaceutical company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.02. The biopharmaceutical company had revenue of $12.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $12.73 billion. Pfizer had a return on equity of 27.23% and a net margin of 31.44%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.64 EPS. View Pfizer's Earnings History.

Pfizer is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Pfizer.

Pfizer issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.82-$2.92 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.72. The company issued revenue guidance of $48.5-$50.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $47.44 billion.

12 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Pfizer's shares. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate Pfizer's stock price to reach $41.66 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Pfizer.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pfizer in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Pfizer.

Press coverage about PFE stock has trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Pfizer earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the biopharmaceutical company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Pfizer.

Pfizer saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 61,030,000 shares, an increase of 7.1% from the January 30th total of 56,970,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 20,840,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View Pfizer's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Pfizer include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), AbbVie (ABBV), Eli Lilly And Co (LLY), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Allergan (AGN), Zoetis (ZTS), Mylan (MYL), Perrigo (PRGO), The Medicines (MDCO), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Horizon Therapeutics (HZNP), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Pacira Biosciences (PCRX) and Corcept Therapeutics (CORT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Pfizer investors own include AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Intel (INTC), General Electric (GE), AbbVie (ABBV), Bank of America (BAC), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Walt Disney (DIS).

Pfizer's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (5.27%), Capital World Investors (3.41%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.61%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.08%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.94%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.72%). Company insiders that own Pfizer stock include Alexander R Mackenzie, Charles H Hill, Dawn Rogers, Douglas M Lankler, Frank A Damelio, Ian C Read, Kirsten Lund-Jurgensen, Laurie J Olson, Loretta V Cangialosi, Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer Inc, Rady A Johnson, Sally Susman, Scott Gottlieb 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 Capital International Investors, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, PGGM Investments, California Public Employees Retirement System, LSV Asset Management, CI Investments Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and KBC Group NV. Company insiders that have sold Pfizer company stock in the last year include Alexander R Mackenzie, Dawn Rogers, Frank A Damelio, Mikael Dolsten and Rady A Johnson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Pfizer.

PFE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Macquarie Group Ltd., Sanders Capital LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, FIL Ltd and Sound Shore Management Inc. CT. Company insiders that have bought Pfizer stock in the last two years include Pfizer Inc and Scott Gottlieb. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PFE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.63.

Pfizer has a market capitalization of $180.58 billion and generates $51.75 billion in revenue each year. The biopharmaceutical company earns $16.27 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.95 on an earnings per share basis. Pfizer employs 92,400 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Pfizer.

The official website for Pfizer is http://www.pfizer.com/.

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.