Growth Metrics

Pfizer (PFE) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Pfizer (PFE) reported Debt to Equity of $0.72 for Q1 2026, up 4.39% year-over-year from $0.69 in Q1 2025, and down 4.53% on a QoQ basis from $0.75 in Q4 2025.

Pfizer (PFE) has 18 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.72 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt to Equity rose 4.39% year-over-year to $0.72 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $0.72 (up 4.39% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $0.75, up 3.7% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity slipped to $0.72 in Q1 2026 per PFE's latest filing, from $0.75 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $0.81 in Q4 2023 and bottomed at $0.35 in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.69 (2025), against an average of $0.63.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt to Equity slumped 64.38%; it then jumped 115.54% in 2023.
  • Tracing PFE's Debt to Equity over 5 years: stood at $0.37 in 2022, then jumped by 115.54% to $0.81 in 2023, then decreased by 10.25% to $0.72 in 2024, then rose by 3.7% to $0.75 in 2025, then dropped by 4.53% to $0.72 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PFE Debt to Equity figures stand at $0.72 (Q1 2026), $0.75 (Q4 2025), and $0.66 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Novartis Ag 107,124,802.25 Bn 107,124,802.25 Bn - -
2 Eli Lilly 969.00 Bn 963.72 Bn 16.22 Bn 1.39
3 Johnson & Johnson 539.46 Bn 517.41 Bn 15.96 Bn 0.68
4 AbbVie 376.92 Bn 367.57 Bn 10.78 Bn -9.70
5 Merck 285.00 Bn 279.35 Bn 12.09 Bn 1.07
6 Amgen 177.58 Bn 165.55 Bn 5.87 Bn 6.24
7 Gilead Sciences 163.22 Bn 155.50 Bn 5.52 Bn 0.94
8 Pfizer 145.86 Bn 133.09 Bn -1.21 Bn 0.72
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 111.90 Bn 101.44 Bn 8.07 Bn 2.22
10 Gsk 88.34 Bn 83.66 Bn - 1.08

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 0.72
Dec 31, 2025 0.75
Sep 28, 2025 0.66
Jun 29, 2025 0.69
Mar 30, 2025 0.69
Dec 31, 2024 0.72
Sep 29, 2024 0.73
Jun 30, 2024 0.79
Mar 31, 2024 0.75
Dec 31, 2023 0.81
Oct 1, 2023 0.65
Jul 2, 2023 0.66
Apr 2, 2023 0.35
Dec 31, 2022 0.37
Oct 2, 2022 0.39
Jul 3, 2022 0.46
Apr 3, 2022 0.44
Dec 31, 2021 0.49
Oct 3, 2021 1.11
Jul 4, 2021 0.56
Apr 4, 2021 0.58
Dec 31, 2020 0.63
Sep 27, 2020 1.85
Jun 28, 2020 0.99
Mar 29, 2020 0.80
Dec 31, 2019 0.82
Sep 29, 2019 1.49
Jun 30, 2019 0.78
Mar 31, 2019 0.76
Dec 31, 2018 0.65
Sep 30, 2018 0.57
Jul 1, 2018 0.58
Apr 1, 2018 0.58
Dec 31, 2017 0.61
Oct 1, 2017 0.72
Jul 2, 2017 0.74
Apr 2, 2017 0.75
Dec 31, 2016 0.70
Oct 2, 2016 0.69
Jul 3, 2016 0.70
Apr 3, 2016 0.62
Dec 31, 2015 0.60
Sep 27, 2015 0.58
Jun 28, 2015 0.53
Mar 29, 2015 0.53
Dec 31, 2014 0.51
Sep 28, 2014 0.47
Jun 29, 2014 0.49
Mar 30, 2014 0.48
Dec 31, 2013 0.48
Sep 29, 2013 0.47
Jun 30, 2013 0.47
Mar 31, 2013 0.49
Dec 31, 2012 0.46
Sep 30, 2012 0.48
Jul 1, 2012 0.48
Apr 1, 2012 0.47
Dec 31, 2011 0.47
Oct 2, 2011 0.46
Jul 3, 2011 0.47
Apr 3, 2011 0.46
Dec 31, 2010 0.50
Oct 3, 2010 0.50
Jul 4, 2010 0.50
Apr 4, 2010 0.51
Dec 31, 2009 0.48
Sep 27, 2009 0.59
Jun 28, 2009 0.63