Pfizer (PFE) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Pfizer (PFE) posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 1.12 for Q1 2026, down 18.46% YoY from 1.38 in Q1 2025, and up 106.65% sequentially from 0.54 in Q4 2025.

Pfizer (PFE) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Pfizer has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 1.12 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 18.46% year-over-year to 1.12; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.03 (down 75.63% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.08, up 11.33% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio grew to 1.12 in Q1 2026, from 0.54 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for PFE reached as high as 31.55 in Q2 2023 and fell as low as 2.04 in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.55 (2023), against an average of 2.77.
  • The widest YoY moves for FCF Payout Ratio: up 8173.45% in 2023, down 460.69% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.37 in 2022, then soared by 51.07% to 0.55 in 2023, then jumped by 220.69% to 1.77 in 2024, then sank by 69.31% to 0.54 in 2025, then surged by 106.65% to 1.12 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 1.12, 0.54, and 0.61 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Eli Lilly 1,066.16 Bn 1,060.88 Bn 16.22 Bn 0.51
2 Johnson & Johnson 611.69 Bn 589.64 Bn 15.96 Bn 2.14
3 AbbVie 444.34 Bn 434.99 Bn 10.78 Bn 0.87
4 Astrazeneca 284.94 Bn 277.05 Bn 12.61 Bn -6.01
5 Merck 224.23 Bn 218.58 Bn 12.09 Bn 0.72
6 Amgen 195.12 Bn 183.08 Bn 5.87 Bn 0.92
7 Gilead Sciences 156.45 Bn 148.73 Bn 5.52 Bn 0.43
8 Pfizer 136.01 Bn 123.24 Bn -1.21 Bn 1.12
9 Novartis Ag 113.45 Bn 113.67 Bn - -
10 Biogen 30.87 Bn 26.59 Bn 1.82 Bn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 1.12
Dec 31, 2025 0.54
Sep 28, 2025 0.61
Jun 29, 2025 -2.04
Mar 30, 2025 1.38
Sep 29, 2024 1.77
Jun 30, 2024 -0.98
Mar 31, 2024 6.15
Dec 31, 2023 0.55
Jul 2, 2023 -1.09
Apr 2, 2023 31.55
Jul 3, 2022 0.30
Apr 3, 2022 0.38
Oct 3, 2021 0.26
Jul 4, 2021 0.20
Apr 4, 2021 0.55
Sep 27, 2020 1.28
Jun 28, 2020 0.52
Mar 29, 2020 1.23
Dec 31, 2019 0.62