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

Pfizer (PFE) posted quarterly Other Operating Expenses of -$7.0 billion for Q4 2017, up 14.67% year-over-year from -$6.1 billion in Q4 2016, and down 27.39% quarter-over-quarter from -$5.5 billion in Q4 2017.

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

Pfizer (PFE) has reported Other Operating Expenses for 8 consecutive years, with -$7.0 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2017.

  • In Q4 2017, Other Operating Expenses rose 14.67% year-over-year to -$7.0 billion; the TTM figure through Sep 2018 stood at -$7.0 billion (up 71.09% YoY), while the FY2017 annual figure was -$22.7 billion, up 7.25% from the prior year.
  • Other Operating Expenses eased to -$7.0 billion in Q4 2017 per PFE's latest filing, from -$5.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Other Operating Expenses topped out at $1.1 billion in Q2 2013 and bottomed at -$8.2 billion in Q4 2016.
  • Historically, Other Operating Expenses has averaged -$3.8 billion across 5 years, with a median of -$5.1 billion in 2015.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2013 — Other Operating Expenses soared 255.52% — and 2015, when it slumped 9715.09%.
  • Pfizer's Other Operating Expenses stood at $18.0 million in 2013, then surged by 194.44% to $53.0 million in 2014, then slumped by 14339.62% to -$7.5 billion in 2015, then retreated by 8.84% to -$8.2 billion in 2016, then grew by 14.67% to -$7.0 billion in 2017.
  • Business Quant data shows PFE's Other Operating Expenses at -$7.0 billion in Q4 2017, -$5.5 billion in Q4 2017, and -$5.3 billion in Q3 2017.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Johnson & Johnson 652.20 Bn 631.44 Bn 17.26 Bn
2 AbbVie 469.51 Bn 462.94 Bn 12.70 Bn
3 Merck 376.81 Bn 369.67 Bn 12.21 Bn
4 Novartis Ag 303.04 Bn 295.35 Bn 11.24 Bn
5 Astrazeneca 257.61 Bn 252.71 Bn 12.86 Bn
6 Amgen 237.37 Bn 223.38 Bn 7.24 Bn
7 Gilead Sciences 181.73 Bn 178.55 Bn 6.22 Bn
8 Pfizer 159.66 Bn 147.96 Bn 10.94 Bn
9 Gsk 106.24 Bn 102.07 Bn 8.24 Bn
10 Sanofi 55.07 Bn 47.69 Bn 10.79 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2017 -7.01 Bn
Oct 1, 2017 -5.50 Bn
Jul 2, 2017 -5.31 Bn
Apr 2, 2017 -5.21 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -8.21 Bn
Oct 2, 2016 -6.00 Bn
Jul 3, 2016 -5.33 Bn
Apr 3, 2016 -5.07 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -7.55 Bn
Jun 28, 2015 -5.10 Bn
Mar 29, 2015 -4.97 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