Growth Metrics

Pfizer (PFE) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Pfizer (PFE) reported Operating Expenses of $5.5 billion for Q1 2026, down 6.97% year-over-year from $5.9 billion in Q1 2025, and down 32.38% on a QoQ basis from $8.1 billion in Q4 2025.

Pfizer (PFE) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $5.5 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 6.97% year-over-year to $5.5 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $25.4 billion (up 29.83% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $25.8 billion, down 6.38% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses declined to $5.5 billion in Q1 2026 per PFE's latest filing, from $8.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $9.0 billion in Q4 2023 and bottomed at $5.1 billion in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $6.1 billion (2022), against an average of $6.4 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Operating Expenses advanced 19.64%; it then dropped 22.54% in 2025.
  • Tracing PFE's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $6.3 billion in 2022, then soared by 43.37% to $9.0 billion in 2023, then sank by 31.47% to $6.2 billion in 2024, then jumped by 32.15% to $8.1 billion in 2025, then plunged by 32.38% to $5.5 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PFE Operating Expenses figures stand at $5.5 billion (Q1 2026), $8.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $6.0 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (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 6.72 Bn
3 Johnson & Johnson 539.46 Bn 517.41 Bn 15.96 Bn 9.59 Bn
4 AbbVie 376.92 Bn 367.57 Bn 10.78 Bn 11.01 Bn
5 Merck 285.00 Bn 279.35 Bn 12.09 Bn 19.82 Bn
6 Amgen 177.58 Bn 165.55 Bn 5.87 Bn 5.95 Bn
7 Gilead Sciences 163.22 Bn 155.50 Bn 5.52 Bn 4.37 Bn
8 Pfizer 145.86 Bn 133.09 Bn -1.21 Bn 5.50 Bn
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 111.90 Bn 101.44 Bn 8.07 Bn 8.25 Bn
10 Gsk 88.34 Bn 83.66 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 5.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 8.13 Bn
Sep 28, 2025 5.97 Bn
Jun 29, 2025 5.82 Bn
Mar 30, 2025 5.91 Bn
Sep 29, 2024 6.16 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 7.52 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 6.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 8.98 Bn
Oct 1, 2023 6.15 Bn
Jul 2, 2023 6.28 Bn
Apr 2, 2023 5.88 Bn
Oct 2, 2022 6.26 Bn
Jul 3, 2022 6.05 Bn
Apr 3, 2022 5.09 Bn
Oct 3, 2021 6.22 Bn
Jul 4, 2021 5.16 Bn
Apr 4, 2021 4.79 Bn
Sep 27, 2020 4.95 Bn
Jun 28, 2020 5.08 Bn
Mar 29, 2020 4.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 5.11 Bn
Sep 29, 2019 5.63 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 5.21 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 5.05 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 5.47 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 5.50 Bn
Jul 1, 2018 5.38 Bn
Apr 1, 2018 5.20 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 168.00 Mn
Oct 1, 2017 -19.00 Mn
Jul 2, 2017 -45.00 Mn
Apr 2, 2017 -98.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -137.00 Mn
Oct 2, 2016 -33.00 Mn
Jul 3, 2016 34.00 Mn
Apr 3, 2016 -76.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 -67.00 Mn
Sep 27, 2015 68.00 Mn
Jun 28, 2015 67.00 Mn
Mar 29, 2015 -66.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 7.37 Bn
Sep 28, 2014 5.34 Bn
Jun 29, 2014 5.36 Bn
Mar 30, 2014 4.70 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 6.45 Bn
Sep 29, 2013 5.22 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 5.27 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 5.06 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 7.36 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 5.69 Bn
Jul 1, 2012 5.45 Bn
Apr 1, 2012 6.63 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 6.52 Bn
Oct 2, 2011 7.72 Bn
Jul 3, 2011 7.23 Bn
Apr 3, 2011 7.49 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 11.09 Bn
Oct 3, 2010 7.29 Bn
Jul 4, 2010 7.84 Bn
Apr 4, 2010 6.65 Bn
Dec 31, 2009 12.28 Bn
Sep 27, 2009 5.11 Bn
Jun 28, 2009 5.22 Bn
Mar 29, 2009 5.14 Bn