Pfizer (PFE) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026)

Pfizer (PFE) posted quarterly Deferred Taxes of -$12.0 million for Q1 2026, up 98.19% YoY from -$6.1 million in Q1 2025, and up 97.23% sequentially from -$433.0 million in Q4 2025.

Pfizer (PFE) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Pfizer has disclosed Deferred Taxes across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$12.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Deferred Taxes rose 98.19% year-over-year to -$12.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$1.5 billion (up 58.75% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$2.1 billion, down 1.47% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes grew to -$12.0 million in Q1 2026, from -$433.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Deferred Taxes for PFE reached as high as -$12.0 million in Q1 2026 and fell as low as -$3.4 billion in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is -$765.0 million (2025), against an average of -$1.0 billion.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Deferred Taxes tumbled 1627.27% — and 2026, when it jumped 98.19%.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at -$3.4 billion in 2022, then soared by 45.34% to -$1.9 billion in 2023, then climbed by 8.18% to -$1.7 billion in 2024, then jumped by 74.62% to -$433.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 97.23% to -$12.0 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Deferred Taxes over the past three periods registered -$12.0 million, -$433.0 million, and -$765.0 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Eli Lilly 1,066.16 Bn 1,060.88 Bn 16.22 Bn 1.48 Bn
2 Johnson & Johnson 611.69 Bn 589.64 Bn 15.96 Bn 159.00 Mn
3 AbbVie 444.34 Bn 434.99 Bn 10.78 Bn 137.00 Mn
4 Astrazeneca 284.94 Bn 277.05 Bn 12.61 Bn -
5 Merck 224.23 Bn 218.58 Bn 12.09 Bn -315.00 Mn
6 Amgen 195.12 Bn 183.08 Bn 5.87 Bn -176.00 Mn
7 Gilead Sciences 156.45 Bn 148.73 Bn 5.52 Bn 179.00 Mn
8 Pfizer 136.01 Bn 123.24 Bn -1.21 Bn -12.00 Mn
9 Novartis Ag 113.45 Bn 113.67 Bn - -
10 Biogen 30.87 Bn 26.59 Bn 1.82 Bn 23.60 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 -12.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -433.00 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 -765.00 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 -272.00 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 -663.00 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 -1.71 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -783.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -441.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.86 Bn
Jul 2, 2023 -873.00 Mn
Apr 2, 2023 -598.00 Mn
Jul 3, 2022 -1.14 Bn
Apr 3, 2022 -2.32 Bn
Oct 3, 2021 -3.61 Bn
Jul 4, 2021 -66.00 Mn
Apr 4, 2021 203.00 Mn
Sep 27, 2020 -735.00 Mn
Jun 28, 2020 -49.00 Mn
Mar 29, 2020 82.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -1.51 Bn