Pfizer Inc. (PFE)

Slow Grower

FairStock Score: 46/100 — MIXED

Key Financials

Current Price$30.67
Market Cap$174.8B
P/E Ratio40.36
ROE5.01%
Dividend Yield6.22%
SectorHealthcare

AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I approach Pfizer as a Graham-style bargain hunter: price versus defensible value first, narrative second. The business is a large, scaled drug and vaccine maker with familiar brands and a broad portfolio; that scale and patent-protected products can be a moat, but patents expire and pipeline execution matters. The recent record is mixed. In fiscal Q2 2026, the quarter ended 2026-06-28, revenue was $15.0B, net income was -$248.0M, and diluted EPS was -$0.04. For fiscal 2025, year ended 2025-12-31, revenue was $62.6B, net income $7.8B, and diluted EPS $1.36, down from fiscal 2024 revenue $63.6B, net income $8.0B, and diluted EPS $1.41. FairStock's calculated ROE is 5.01% and ROCE 5.78%, which are modest for the risk. Balance sheet leverage is D/E 0.74, and Piotroski 4/9 and Altman 1.85 suggest only middling financial strength. Cash generation is a positive: trailing FCF is $11.0B, a 6.5% FCF yield, alongside a 6.22% dividend yield, though I would want the payout covered by durable earnings. At the 2026-10-26 close of $29.79, FairStock's P/E is 39.20, P/B 1.99, and Graham Number $15.99, leaving a -87.80% margin of safety, meaning price is well above that conservative value estimate. FairStock scores it 48/100 and classifies it as SLOW GROWER — Shrinking: profit -3.2% a year over five years, revenue 8.5%. I see a high-yield, cash-generative but currently low-return company whose price demands recovery.

In plain English: Pfizer makes medicines and vaccines and sells them around the world. Revenue is large, but profit has been weak, including a loss in the latest reported quarter. Compared with its recent profits and assets, the shares look expensive, though the dividend yield is high.

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Data as of 2026-10-26 close · note generated 2026-10-28 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-28) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-29) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-28) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-29) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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