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% quarter-over-quarter from $8.1 billion in Q4 2025.

Pfizer (PFE) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

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

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $5.5 billion, down 6.97% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $25.4 billion (up 29.83% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $25.8 billion, down 6.38% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses eased to $5.5 billion in Q1 2026 per PFE's latest filing, from $8.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $9.0 billion in Q4 2023 and troughed at $5.1 billion in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $6.4 billion and a median of $6.1 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Operating Expenses grew 19.64% in 2024, then fell 22.54% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $6.3 billion in 2022, then surged by 43.37% to $9.0 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 31.47% to $6.2 billion in 2024, then soared by 32.15% to $8.1 billion in 2025, then slumped by 32.38% to $5.5 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PFE's Operating Expenses at $5.5 billion in Q1 2026, $8.1 billion in Q4 2025, and $6.0 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Gsk 92,316,836.42 Bn 92,316,831.46 Bn 7.76 Bn -5.14 Bn
2 Eli Lilly 983.57 Bn 978.29 Bn 16.22 Bn 6.72 Bn
3 Johnson & Johnson 553.56 Bn 531.50 Bn 15.96 Bn 9.59 Bn
4 AbbVie 383.35 Bn 374.00 Bn 10.78 Bn 11.01 Bn
5 Merck 281.71 Bn 276.06 Bn 12.09 Bn 19.82 Bn
6 Amgen 182.20 Bn 170.16 Bn 5.87 Bn 5.95 Bn
7 Gilead Sciences 153.71 Bn 145.98 Bn 5.52 Bn 4.37 Bn
8 Pfizer 143.75 Bn 130.98 Bn -1.21 Bn 5.50 Bn
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 109.71 Bn 99.25 Bn 8.07 Bn 8.25 Bn
10 Novartis Ag 108.28 Bn 107.60 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