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Pfizer (Pfizer) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 1.48% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Pfizer's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $220,977 Mil. Pfizer's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,267 Mil. Pfizer's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.48%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Pfizer's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

PFE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03   Med: 5.78   Max: 15.07
Current: 1.62

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Pfizer was 15.07%. The lowest was 0.03%. And the median was 5.78%.

PFE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
54.35% of 1093 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 2.54 vs PFE: 1.62

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Pfizer's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 30.14%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Pfizer Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pfizer's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Pfizer Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.22 3.67 7.58 11.98 1.48

Pfizer Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.98 13.51 10.63 5.92 1.48

Competitive Comparison

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Pfizer's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Pfizer Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Pfizer's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pfizer's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Pfizer Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Pfizers Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=3267/220977.34
=1.48 %

Pfizer's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3,267 Mil.



Pfizer  (NYSE:PFE) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Pfizer (Pfizer) Business Description

Industry
Address
66 Hudson Boulevard East, New York, NY, USA, 10001-2192
Pfizer is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms, with annual sales close to $50 billion (excluding COVID-19 product sales). While it historically sold many types of healthcare products and chemicals, now prescription drugs and vaccines account for the majority of sales. Top sellers include pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar 13, cancer drug Ibrance, and cardiovascular treatment Eliquis. Pfizer sells these products globally, with international sales representing close to 50% of total sales. Within international sales, emerging markets are a major contributor.
Executives
Scott Gottlieb director MOLECULAR INSIGHT PHARMACEUTICALS, 160 SECOND STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Christoffel Boshoff officer: Executive Vice President 66 HUDSON BOULEVARD EAST, NEW YORK NY 10001-2192
Jennifer B. Damico officer: SVP & Controller C/O PFIZER INC. CORPORATE SECRETARY, 235 EAST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
Payal Sahni officer: Executive Vice President ATTN: PFIZER CORP. SECRETARY, 235 EAST 42ND ST., NEW YORK NY 10017
Carapezzi William R Jr officer: Executive Vice President 600 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, MURRAY HILL NJ 07921
Douglas M Lankler officer: Senior Vice President PFIZER INC. ATTN: CORPORATE SECRETARY, 235 EAST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
Mikael Dolsten officer: Senior Vice President 5 GIRALDA FARMS, MADISON NJ 07940
David M Denton officer: Chief Financial Officer & EVP 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
William Pao officer: Executive Vice President C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY, 235 EAST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
Michael Mcdermott officer: Executive Vice President C/O PFIZER INC. CORPORATE SECRETARY, 235 EAST 42ND STREET, 235 EAST 42ND STREET NY 10017
Rady A Johnson officer: Executive Vice President PFIZER INC. ATTN CORP. SECRETARY, 235 EAST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
Alexander R Mackenzie officer: Executive Vice President C/O PFIZER CORP. SECRETARY, 235 EAST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
Sally Susman officer: Senior Vice President 767 FIFTH AVE, EOTIC LAWDER CORP, NEW YORK NY 10153
Angela Hwang officer: Group President 235 EAST 42ND STREET, ATTN: CORPORATE SECRETARY, NEW YORK NY 10017
John D Young officer: Business Unit President C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY, 235 EAST 42ND ST., NEW YORK NY 10017

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