NYSE:PFE - Pfizer Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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$43.12 -0.66 (-1.51 %)

(As of 10/16/2018 04:45 AM ET)

Previous Close$43.78

Today's Range$42.98 - $43.71

52-Week Range$33.20 - $45.81

Volume22.32 million shs

Average Volume21.86 million shs

Market Capitalization$262.34 billion

P/E Ratio16.27

Dividend Yield3.18%

Beta0.96

Pfizer Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells healthcare products worldwide. It operates in two segments, Pfizer Innovative Health (IH) and Pfizer Essential Health (EH). The IH segment focuses on the development and commercialization of medicines and vaccines, and consumer healthcare products in various therapeutic areas, including internal medicine, vaccines, oncology, inflammation and immunology, and rare diseases, as well as consumer healthcare, such as over-the-counter brands comprising dietary supplements, pain management, gastrointestinal, and respiratory and personal care. This segment offers products primarily under the Prevnar 13/Prevenar 13, Xeljanz, Eliquis, Lyrica, Enbrel, Ibrance, Xtandi, Advil, and Centrum brands. The EH segment offers products that would lose or have lost marketing patent protection; branded generic products; generic sterile injectable products; biosimilars; and anti-infectives. It provides products under the Lipitor, Premarin family, Norvasc, Lyrica, Celebrex, Viagra, Inflectra/Remsima, Pristiq, Zyvox, Vfend, Revatio, Inspra, Medrol, Sulperazon, Fragmin, Tygacil, Nivestim, and Retacrit brands. This segment also engages in the research and development, as well as contract manufacturing activities. Pfizer Inc. has collaboration and/or co-promotion agreements with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company for the development of Eliquis; Astellas Pharma US, Inc. for developing Xtandi; Merck KGaA for the development of Bavencio; BioNTech AG for the research and development of mRNA-based vaccines for the prevention of influenza; and Neofluidics, LLC to develop a microfluidics-based platform, as well as development agreement with Antares Pharma, Inc. to develop a combination drug device rescue pen. It serves wholesalers, retailers, hospitals, clinics, government agencies, pharmacies, and individual provider offices, as well as disease control and prevention centers. Pfizer Inc. was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange NYSE

Industry Pharmaceutical preparations

Sub-IndustryPharmaceuticals

SectorMedical

SymbolNYSE:PFE

CUSIP71708110

Webwww.pfizer.com

Phone212-733-2323

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.41

Current Ratio1.16

Quick Ratio0.91

Price-To-Earnings

Trailing P/E Ratio16.27

Forward P/E Ratio14.42

P/E Growth2.23

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales$52.55 billion

Price / Sales4.89

Cash Flow$3.6698 per share

Price / Cash11.75

Book Value$12.02 per share

Price / Book3.59

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$2.65

Net Income$21.31 billion

Net Margins42.35%

Return on Equity25.35%

Return on Assets10.29%

Miscellaneous

Employees90,200

Outstanding Shares5,952,870,000

Market Cap$262.34 billion

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) Frequently Asked Questions

What is Pfizer's stock symbol?

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

How often does Pfizer pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Pfizer?

Pfizer announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Monday, December 3rd. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.15%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 8th. View Pfizer's Dividend History.

How will Pfizer's stock buyback program work?

Pfizer announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $10,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

How were Pfizer's earnings last quarter?

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 31st. The biopharmaceutical company reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.07. The biopharmaceutical company had revenue of $13.47 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.30 billion. Pfizer had a net margin of 42.35% and a return on equity of 25.35%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.67 earnings per share. View Pfizer's Earnings History.

When is Pfizer's next earnings date?

Pfizer is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Pfizer.

How can I listen to Pfizer's earnings call?

Pfizer will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 30th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8553588231.

What guidance has Pfizer issued on next quarter's earnings?

Pfizer issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.95-3.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.95. The company issued revenue guidance of $53-55 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $54.25 billion.

What price target have analysts set for PFE?

21 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Pfizer's shares. Their predictions range from $37.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect Pfizer's share price to reach $42.7222 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Pfizer.

What is the consensus analysts' recommendation 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, 11 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Pfizer.

What are Wall Street analysts saying about Pfizer stock?

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Pfizer stock:

1. Cantor Fitzgerald analysts commented, ". After speaking with five oncologists, we see two growth drivers for Ibrance that represent meaningful upside to consensus sales and our numbers. These opportunities include: OUS expansion and the use of Ibrance in the earlier-stage adjuvant setting. Our discussions focused on answering the following questions: (1) What is the remaining growth/market penetration opportunity for CDK 4/6s in the currently approved indications?; (2) How much share erosion can we expect from other CDK 4/6s such as How high is physician conviction for PALLAS and How much will positive outcomes increase usage? Below we highlight our key takeaways." (9/13/2018)
2. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Pfizer beat estimates for both earnings and sales in the second quarter. Pfizer is facing top-line headwinds in the form of genericization of key drugs, supply challenges in the legacy Hospira portfolio, pricing pressure and rising competition. Nonetheless, we believe that new products like Ibrance, contribution from acquisitions, cost-cutting efforts, a lower tax rate and share buybacks should help the company achieve its guidance. Pfizer also boasts a strong pipeline and expects approximately 25 to 30 drug approvals through 2022, including around 15 products that have blockbuster potential. Pfizer’s growing immuno-oncology portfolio has strong potential. Bavencio is being considered a key long-term growth driver for Pfizer. In oncology, Pfizer has four potential medicines under FDA’s priority review. The shares have outperformed the industry this year so far." (8/6/2018)

Are investors shorting Pfizer?

Pfizer saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 28th, there was short interest totalling 49,879,042 shares, an increase of 1.4% from the September 14th total of 50,588,295 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 18,861,499 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Pfizer's Current Options Chain.

Who are some of Pfizer's key competitors?

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

Who are Pfizer's key executives?

Pfizer's management team includes the folowing people:

Mr. Ian C. Read, Chairman & CEO (Age 64)
Mr. Frank A. D'Amelio, Exec. VP of Bus. Operations & CFO (Age 60)
Mr. Albert Bourla D.V.M., DVM, Ph.D., COO & Director (Age 56)
Dr. Mikael Dolsten, Pres of Worldwide R&D (Age 59)
Mr. John D. Young, Group Pres of Pfizer Innovative Health (Age 53)

Who are Pfizer's major shareholders?

Pfizer's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.37%), Hexavest Inc. (0.09%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.09%), First Manhattan Co. (0.08%), Swedbank (0.06%) and Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.04%). 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, Loretta V Cangialosi, Mikael Dolsten, Rady A Johnson, Sally Susman and W Don Cornwell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Pfizer.

Which institutional investors are selling Pfizer stock?

PFE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Factory Mutual Insurance Co., Hexavest Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, PM CAPITAL Ltd, Gradient Investments LLC, Foundation Resource Management Inc., First Manhattan Co. and Deprince Race & Zollo Inc.. 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, Loretta V Cangialosi, Mikael Dolsten, Rady A Johnson, Sally Susman and W Don Cornwell. View Insider Buying and Selling for Pfizer.

Which institutional investors are buying Pfizer stock?

PFE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc., Barometer Capital Management Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Rathbone Brothers plc, DNB Asset Management AS, Kessler Investment Group LLC, Amarillo National Bank and Manning & Napier Group LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Pfizer.

How do I buy shares of 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.

What is Pfizer's stock price today?

One share of PFE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.12.

How big of a company is Pfizer?

Pfizer has a market capitalization of $262.34 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.

What is Pfizer's official website?

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

How can I contact Pfizer?

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.

MarketBeat Community Rating for Pfizer (NYSE PFE)

Community Ranking:		3.2 out of 5 ( )
Outperform Votes:		1,201 (Vote Outperform)
Underperform Votes:		656 (Vote Underperform)
Total Votes:		1,857

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This page was last updated on 10/16/2018 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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