Pfizer PFE
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Pfizer (PFE) Other Operating Expenses (2010 - 2017)

Pfizer's (PFE) quarterly Other Operating Expenses came in at -$7.1 billion in Q4 2017, up 10.9% year-over-year from -$6.4 billion in Q4 2016, and down 26.23% quarter-over-quarter from -$5.6 billion in Q4 2017.

Analysis

Pfizer (PFE) Other Operating Expenses (2010 - 2017) Analysis & Trends

Pfizer (PFE) has reported Other Operating Expenses for 8 consecutive years, with -$7.1 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2017.

  • On a quarterly basis, Other Operating Expenses rose 10.9% year-over-year to -$7.1 billion in Q4 2017; TTM through Sep 2018 was -$7.1 billion, a 70.72% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2017 full-year figure at -$23.3 billion, up 5.31% from the prior year.
  • Other Operating Expenses was -$7.1 billion for Q4 2017 at Pfizer, down from -$5.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Other Operating Expenses peaked at $1.1 billion in Q2 2013 and troughed at -$7.9 billion in Q4 2016.
  • A 5-year average of -$3.9 billion and a median of -$5.2 billion in 2016 frame the typical range for Other Operating Expenses.
  • Across the five-year window, Other Operating Expenses surged 255.52% in 2013 and tumbled 9784.91% in 2015, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Other Operating Expenses stood at $18.0 million in 2013, then soared by 194.44% to $53.0 million in 2014, then slumped by 14730.19% to -$7.8 billion in 2015, then slipped by 2.46% to -$7.9 billion in 2016, then climbed by 10.9% to -$7.1 billion in 2017.
  • The last three Other Operating Expenses figures came in at -$7.1 billion (Q4 2017), -$5.6 billion (Q4 2017), and -$5.4 billion (Q3 2017), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Johnson & Johnson 650.65 Bn 629.89 Bn 17.26 Bn
2 AbbVie 466.34 Bn 459.82 Bn 12.70 Bn
3 Merck 362.11 Bn 355.02 Bn 12.21 Bn
4 Novartis Ag 267.81 Bn 260.52 Bn 11.24 Bn
5 Pfizer 157.31 Bn 145.91 Bn 10.94 Bn
6 Bristol Myers Squibb 128.75 Bn 117.69 Bn 9.25 Bn
7 Sanofi 51.80 Bn 44.84 Bn 10.79 Bn
8 Revolution Medicines 40.91 Bn 40.91 Bn -
9 BeOne Medicines 39.65 Bn 34.55 Bn 1.53 Bn
10 Incyte 25.18 Bn 20.65 Bn 1.57 Bn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2017 -7.08 Bn
Oct 1, 2017 -5.61 Bn
Jul 2, 2017 -5.41 Bn
Apr 2, 2017 -5.21 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -7.95 Bn
Oct 2, 2016 -6.00 Bn
Jul 3, 2016 -5.50 Bn
Apr 3, 2016 -5.18 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -7.75 Bn
Jun 28, 2015 -5.13 Bn
Mar 29, 2015 -5.12 Bn
Jun 29, 2014 53.00 Mn
Mar 30, 2014 -623.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 18.00 Mn
Sep 29, 2013 -411.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 1.07 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 -145.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -758.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 -937.00 Mn
Jul 1, 2012 -688.00 Mn