Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
Back to Pfizer Inc.
How Pfizer Inc. stacks up
PFE · against 24 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
68/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #17 of 25 · scores higher than 25% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score5 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including PFE · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 68?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin, which is stronger than most Healthcare peers.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.2% vs peer median 1.7%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 7.4% vs peer median 4.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 83% of peers. Operating margin: 21.7% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PFE, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | PFE | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 25 reported | 7.4% | 7.4% | 50% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 25 reported | 21.7% | 21.4% | 54% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 25 reported | 2.2% | 7.8% | 17% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 23 reported | 5.0% | 14.0% | 9% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 25 reported | 74.7% | 65.6% | 83% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PFE| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 177.5B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 2 | 134.5B USD | 96 | 70 | |
| 3 | 155.7B USD | 94 | 64 | |
| 3 | 302.7B USD | 94 | 63 | |
| 5 | 249.4B USD | 90 | 55 | |
| 15 | 108.6B USD | 72 | 66 | |
| 16 | 258.2B USD | 71 | 47 | |
| 17 | 189.3B USD | 68 | 45 | |
| 17 | 161.8B USD | 68 | 50 | |
| 17 | 171.0B USD | 68 | 45 | |
| 20 | 84.5B EUR (≈$92.9B) | 60 | 51 | |
| 20 | 126.5B USD | 60 | 56 | |
| 22 | 89.7B USD | 52 | 50 | |
| 23 | 116.9B USD | 44 | 47 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score