PFE vs. JNJ, ABBV, MRK, BMY, ZTS, RPRX, CORT, JAZZ, PRGO, and SUPN
Should you be buying Pfizer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pfizer include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Zoetis (ZTS), Royalty Pharma (RPRX), Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Perrigo (PRGO), and Supernus Pharmaceuticals (SUPN). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceuticals" industry.
Pfizer vs.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Johnson & Johnson has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pfizer has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Johnson & Johnson has a net margin of 18.20% compared to Pfizer's net margin of 12.62%. Johnson & Johnson's return on equity of 34.24% beat Pfizer's return on equity.
69.6% of Johnson & Johnson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of Pfizer shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Johnson & Johnson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pfizer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pfizer received 382 more outperform votes than Johnson & Johnson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Pfizer an outperform vote while only 64.74% of users gave Johnson & Johnson an outperform vote.
Johnson & Johnson pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Pfizer pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Johnson & Johnson pays out 57.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pfizer pays out 124.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Johnson & Johnson has raised its dividend for 64 consecutive years and Pfizer has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.
Johnson & Johnson has higher revenue and earnings than Pfizer. Johnson & Johnson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pfizer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pfizer had 8 more articles in the media than Johnson & Johnson. MarketBeat recorded 75 mentions for Pfizer and 67 mentions for Johnson & Johnson. Johnson & Johnson's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Pfizer's score of 1.12 indicating that Johnson & Johnson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Johnson & Johnson currently has a consensus price target of $170.88, indicating a potential upside of 9.23%. Pfizer has a consensus price target of $29.17, indicating a potential upside of 20.05%. Given Pfizer's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pfizer is more favorable than Johnson & Johnson.
Summary
Johnson & Johnson beats Pfizer on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PFE) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
