If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Pfizer Inc is 0.90, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Pfizer was 1.32. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 0.50.
Pfizer's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.41.
During the past 12 months, Pfizer's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.60% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Pfizer was 22.60% per year. The lowest was -14.70% per year. And the median was 10.20% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Pfizer Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Pfizer's Dividend Yield % 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
Dividend Yield %
3.68
4.13
2.64
3.12
5.70
Pfizer Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
Dividend Yield %
3.12
3.95
4.42
4.91
5.70
Competitive Comparison
For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Pfizer's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % 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 Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Pfizer's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Pfizer's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Pfizer Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Pfizer Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.420
2024-01-25
2024-01-26
2024-03-01
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.410
2023-11-09
2023-11-10
2023-12-04
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.410
2023-07-27
2023-07-28
2023-09-05
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.410
2023-05-11
2023-05-12
2023-06-09
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Pfizer's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1.65
/
25.39
=
6.50 %
Current Share Price is $25.39.
Pfizer's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.65.
Pfizer's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1.68
/
25.39
=
6.62 %
Current Share Price is $25.39.
Pfizer's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.42 * 4 = $1.68.
* 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.
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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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.
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