Company Analysis

Pfizer Inc. (PFE)

NYSE: PFE · Pharmaceutical Preparations · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.9
◀ Past 6.7● Present 6.7▶ Future 4.1

The company now

Pfizer is classed as a product business in the pharmaceutical preparations industry. Pfizer tags all its revenue as Biopharma, with $61.2 billion in fiscal 2025. By geography in fiscal 2025, the United States accounts for 59% of revenue, Developed Markets 26%, and Emerging Markets 15%. 35

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Where the revenue comes from

fiscal 2025, as filed

Revenue by region, fiscal 2025

RegionFiscal 2025Fiscal 2024Share of revenue
United States$37.08B$38.69B59.2%
Developed Markets$16.19B$16.06B25.9%
Emerging Markets$9.31B$8.88B14.9%

As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026 ↗), read from the SEC's financial statement data sets. The year before is the figure the record holds for the prior fiscal year.

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The record in brief

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A newer quarterly report (Form 10-Q, filed 2026-11-03) and current report (Form 8-K, filed 2026-11-03) is on file; this report was written before it, and the desk writes it again on request.

Past

Pfizer's revenue grew from $42 billion in fiscal 2020 to $63 billion in fiscal 2025, up 8.5% a year, rising in 3 of 5 years; net income was positive in all 6 of those years. The deepest fall was 41% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023. Over the past three fiscal years, the diluted share count shrank about 0.1% a year. Dividends declared per share rose from $1.22 in fiscal 2016 to $1.72 in fiscal 2025. Pfizer's filings since 2017 show no warning events: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice. 12

Present

In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Pfizer reported revenue of $63 billion and a profit of $7.8 billion. In fiscal 2025, Pfizer earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money; its products earned about 22 cents per dollar of everything the company owns; it owed about 58 cents per dollar of assets; and its share count grew 0.2% over the year. Pfizer's revenue of $63 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 1% by size among 315 names in its industry family; a net margin of 12.4% ranks in the top 16%; revenue growth of -14.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 23%. 31

The chief executive on the record is Bourla, Albert, filing under that title since 2019-01-02, 7.8 years; the 24 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.6 years; 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-10-21, against the 24 people in charge now. 1

Future

A quarterly report (Form 10-Q) for the quarter ending 2026-09-30 is due by 2026-11-09 under the SEC's rules. An annual report (Form 10-K) for the fiscal year ending 2026-12-31 is due by 2027-03-01 under the SEC's rules. 4

Pfizer's cash of $1.1 billion against debt of $62 billion leaves -29.1% of its assets as net cash, in the bottom 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14.5% of revenue (top 18%); a gross margin of 74.3% (top 43%); research spending of 16.7% of revenue (bottom 21%). Revenue grew -14.8% a year over the last three filed years against 8.5% over all 6, slowing; the newest year grew -1.6%; research spending grew -3% a year; capital spending grew -6.7% a year. 1

How the company operates

Pfizer is classed as a product business in the pharmaceutical preparations industry. Pfizer tags all its revenue as Biopharma, with $61.2 billion in fiscal 2025. By geography in fiscal 2025, the United States accounts for 59% of revenue, Developed Markets 26%, and Emerging Markets 15%. 35

New moves

On 2026-06-18, Pfizer filed a Form 8-K disclosing information to investors under Regulation FD. On 2026-06-18, Pfizer filed a Form 8-K reporting an officer or director change. On 2026-02-03, Pfizer filed a Form 8-K releasing results. On 2025-12-16, Pfizer filed a Form 8-K disclosing information to investors under Regulation FD. On 2025-11-21, Pfizer filed a Form 8-K reporting another event. 4

Sources

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The record in brief 5 sources · written Oct 22, 2026
  1. PFE: the nine metricsthis site's record
    show the quoted wordsTrack record (past, graded 6.2 of 10, weighs 45% of the past): Pfizer Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $42 billion in fiscal 2020 to $63 billion in fiscal 2025, up 8.5% a year; it rose in 3 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 41% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 6 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).Shareholder treatment (past, graded 5.5 of 10, weighs 22% of the past): Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Pfizer Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements).Surviving crises (past, graded 8.2 of 10, weighs 33% of the past): Pfizer Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).Financial health (present, graded 6.3 of 10, weighs 45% of the present): Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Pfizer Inc. earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 22 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 58 cents per dollar of assIndustry position (present, graded 6.9 of 10, weighs 33% of the present): Pfizer Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $63 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 1% by size; a net margin of 12.4% ranks in the top 16%; revenue growth of -14.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 23% (its annual reports).Leadership (present, graded 7.3 of 10, weighs 22% of the present): Pfizer Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Bourla, Albert (Chairman & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-01-02, 7.8 years (top 24% of its family); the 24 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median oRoom to expand (future, graded 4.1 of 10, weighs 45% of the future): Pfizer Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.1 billion against debt of $62 billion leaves -29.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14.5% of revenue (top 18%); a gross margin of 74.3% (top 43%); research spending of 16.7% of rGrowth drivers (future, graded 3.9 of 10, weighs 33% of the future): Pfizer Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -14.8% a year over the last three filed years against 8.5% over all 6, slowing (bottom 23% of its family); the newest year grew -1.6% (bottom 35%); research spending grew -3% a year (bottom 43%); capital spending grew -6.7% a year (top 45%) (its annua
  2. PFE: the statements' history (names, splits, dividends per share)a filing
    show the quoted wordsDividends declared per share (USD per share, what it declared for each share in the period), by fiscal year: FY2025 1.72; FY2024 1.69; FY2023 1.65; FY2022 1.61; FY2021 1.57; FY2020 1.53; FY2019 1.46; FY2018 1.38; FY2017 1.3; FY2016 1.22.
  3. PFE: the company filethis site's record
    show the quoted wordsIn its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $63 billion and a profit of $7.8 billion (its filed statements).Product business (prior from its industry code (SEC 2834, Pharmaceutical Preparations); the filing read can change it).Where the revenue comes from, fiscal 2025, as tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-02-26): by geography: United States 59%, Developed Markets 26%, Emerging Markets 15%.
  4. PFE: the filing record, ten yearsa filing
    show the quoted wordsDeadline ahead: Quarterly report (Form 10-Q) for the quarter ending 2026-09-30 is due by 2026-11-09; large accelerated filers have 40 days after the quarter ends; quarter ends are taken to the month end. A deadline under the SEC's rules, not a prediction of when it will file.Deadline ahead: Annual report (Form 10-K) for the fiscal year ending 2026-12-31 is due by 2027-03-01; large accelerated filers have 60 days after the fiscal year ends. A deadline under the SEC's rules, not a prediction of when it will file.Document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78003/000007800326000094 2026-06-18: Form 8-K, Current report (Investor disclosure (Regulation FD), item 7.01). The news lane: a disclosure to investors under Regulation FD.Document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78003/000007800326000087 2026-06-18: Form 8-K, Current report (Officer or director change, item 5.02). Leadership: the officer or director change count.Document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78003/000007800326000013 2026-02-03: Form 8-K, Current report (Results released, item 2.02). The results release on the overview and the calendar; the quarterly money story once the quarterly report lands.Document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78003/000007800326000005 2025-12-16: Form 8-K, Current report (Investor disclosure (Regulation FD), item 7.01). The news lane: a disclosure to investors under Regulation FD.Document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78003/000007800325000167 2025-11-21: Form 8-K, Current report (Other event, item 8.01), for the period ended 2025-11-18. The news lane: another event the company chose to report.
  5. PFE: the money and the checks, as fileda filing
    show the quoted wordsRevenue by line of business, FY2022 (USD billions): Biopharma 99.83. Revenue by line of business, FY2023 (USD billions): Biopharma 58.24. Revenue by line of business, FY2024 (USD billions): Biopharma 62.4. Revenue by line of business, FY2025 (USD billions): Biopharma 61.2.
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