Pfizer is a general drug manufacturer company located in New York, United States, which is part of the Healthcare sector, and is traded under the ticker PFE on the NYSE exchange.
Pfizer stock last closed at $25.40, up 0.55% from the previous day, and has decreased 34.25% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Drug Manufacturers - General industry by 0.47 percentage points. Pfizer stock is currently +0.79% from its 52-week low of $25.20, and -37.07% from its 52-week high of $40.37.
As of Apr 26, 2024, there are 5.65B shares of PFE outstanding. The market cap of PFE is $143.43B. In the last 24 hours, 46.01M PFE shares were traded.
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Out of 7 Equities analysts who give ratings on PFE, the consensus analyst rating on PFE is a Buy
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Carter Gould, a top 21% analyst from Barclays maintains PFE with a hold rating and lowers their PFE price target from $34.00 to $28.00, on Dec 14, 2023.
Barclays's Carter Gould lowered their price target on Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) by 17.6% from $34 to $28 on 2023/12/14. The analyst maintained their Hold rating on the stock.
In an unusual move, on 2023/12/13, Pzifer management updated its FY 2024 guidance well in advance of the date [2024/01/29] of the company's next quarterly report - for Q4 and FY 2023.
Gould said their price target cut reflected the fact that FY 2024 guidance "disappointed as Pfizer once again attempts to reset the conversation."
In its press release and call with analysts, Pzifer guided for FY 2024:
Making the announcement, Chairman & CEO Dr. Albert Bourla said: “Pfizer’s product portfolio remains strong.
"In 2024, Comirnaty and Paxlovid are expected to deliver combined revenues of approximately $8 billion and our remaining portfolio of combined Pfizer and Seagen products is expected to achieve year-over-year operational revenue growth in the range of 8% to 10%.
“In addition, we expect our cost realignment program to deliver savings of at least $4.0 billion by the end of 2024, which puts us on a path to potentially regain our pre-pandemic operating margins.
“We look forward to joining forces with Seagen and using our combined strengths to bring us ever closer to delivering long-promised cures for certain cancers.”
Terence Flynn, a top 7% analyst from Morgan Stanley maintains PFE with a hold rating and lowers their PFE price target from $39.00 to $37.00, on Nov 1, 2023.
You can dig deeper into what analysts are saying on the Pfizer stock forecast page.
Last year, PFE earnings were $2.12B. Over the past 5 year, PFE's earnings have grown by -27.52% per year. This was slower than the Drug Manufacturers - General industry average of 0.54%.
Last year, PFE revenue was $58.50B. During the last 5 year, PFE's revenue has gone up by 7.46% per year. This was faster than the Drug Manufacturers - General industry average of 7.18%.
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In the past 12 months, executives and large shareholders at PFE have sold more shares than they have bought.
Christoffel Boshoff, Executive Vice President of PFE, was the latest PFE insider to sell. They sold $112,216.00 worth of PFE shares on Feb 28, 2024.
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Pfizer pays a dividend of 6.5%, compared to the Drug Manufacturers - General industry's average dividend yield of 3.4%. If you owned $1,000 of PFE stock, you would have been paid $64.96 last year.
Pfizer dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
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