Pfizer Inc (PFE) valuation

Pharmaceuticals · NYSE · Health Care

$30.52 +1.90% Close Oct 30, 2026 Live

Pfizer P/E ratio history

Pfizer trades at 40.2 times its earnings over the last twelve months and 10.5 times the earnings analysts expect over the next twelve. At its last 10 fiscal year ends its P/E ranged from 9.4 (year to Dec 2022) to 77.8 (year to Dec 2023), with a median of 18.6.

P/E at fiscal year endForward P/E at fiscal year end
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2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
At each fiscal year end. Price is our close on that day; EPS is the fiscal year's diluted earnings per share, both in today's shares.
Fiscal year endedPriceEPSP/EForward P/E
Dec 31, 2025$24.90$1.3618.38.1
Dec 31, 2024$26.53$1.4118.89.2
Dec 31, 2023$28.79$0.3777.815.5
Dec 31, 2022$51.24$5.479.49.7
Dec 31, 2021$59.05$3.8515.315.9
Dec 31, 2020$36.81$1.6322.6—
Dec 31, 2019$37.17$2.6813.9—
Dec 31, 2018$41.41$1.7723.3—
Dec 31, 2017$34.36$3.3410.3—
Dec 31, 2016$30.82$1.1127.8—

n/m: not meaningful (a loss, or earnings close to zero). The daily P/E line is a chart indicator in the app.

Pfizer valuation against its peers

At the close on Oct 30, 2026.
CompanyMarket valueP/EForward P/EPrice / sales
PfizerPFE $174B 40.210.52.7
Novo NordiskNVO $178B 9.9—3.5
Bristol Myers SquibbBMY $128B 13.89.52.6
MerckMRK $369B 119.625.05.6
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ $658B 41.523.86.6
ZoetisZTS $33.4B 13.012.63.5
Eli LillyLLY $1.33T 46.031.015.4
ViatrisVTRS $22.2B —7.31.5
Corcept TherapeuticsCORT $8.71B 193.125.710.5
Peer median41.523.84.5

Reading these multiples

The P/E divides the share price by earnings per share over the last twelve months; the forward P/E divides it by the earnings analysts expect over the next twelve. Price to sales compares the company's market value with its revenue over the last twelve months. A multiple reads differently from one industry to the next, so the peer group above is the fairer comparison.

See also: PFE financials · PFE returns

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Figures as of the close on Oct 30, 2026 unless a row says otherwise. Prices are split adjusted; returns include dividends reinvested. Data may be delayed. See the disclaimer and how TrendArc works.