Pfizer (PFE) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Pfizer (PFE) reported Research & Development of $2.5 billion for Q1 2026, up 13.03% year-over-year from $2.2 billion in Q1 2025, and down 22.33% quarter-over-quarter from $3.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Pfizer (PFE) Research & Development (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Pfizer (PFE) has 18 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $2.5 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $2.5 billion, up 13.03% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $10.7 billion (up 7.35% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $10.4 billion, down 3.56% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development slipped to $2.5 billion in Q1 2026 per PFE's latest filing, from $3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $3.2 billion in Q4 2025 and troughed at $2.2 billion in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $2.6 billion and a median of $2.6 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Research & Development climbed 25.73% in 2022, then declined 11.63% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $2.7 billion in 2022, then gained by 4.41% to $2.8 billion in 2023, then fell by 7.71% to $2.6 billion in 2024, then increased by 23.4% to $3.2 billion in 2025, then decreased by 22.33% to $2.5 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PFE's Research & Development at $2.5 billion in Q1 2026, $3.2 billion in Q4 2025, and $2.5 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Gsk 92,316,836.42 Bn 92,316,831.46 Bn 7.76 Bn -2.28 Bn
2 Eli Lilly 983.57 Bn 978.29 Bn 16.22 Bn 3.51 Bn
3 Johnson & Johnson 553.56 Bn 531.50 Bn 15.96 Bn 3.53 Bn
4 AbbVie 383.35 Bn 374.00 Bn 10.78 Bn 2.47 Bn
5 Merck 281.71 Bn 276.06 Bn 12.09 Bn 12.59 Bn
6 Amgen 182.20 Bn 170.16 Bn 5.87 Bn 1.72 Bn
7 Gilead Sciences 153.71 Bn 145.98 Bn 5.52 Bn 1.37 Bn
8 Pfizer 143.75 Bn 130.98 Bn -1.21 Bn 2.49 Bn
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 109.71 Bn 99.25 Bn 8.07 Bn 2.65 Bn
10 Novartis Ag 108.28 Bn 107.60 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 2.49 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 3.21 Bn
Sep 28, 2025 2.55 Bn
Jun 29, 2025 2.48 Bn
Mar 30, 2025 2.20 Bn
Sep 29, 2024 2.60 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 2.70 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.49 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.82 Bn
Oct 1, 2023 2.71 Bn
Jul 2, 2023 2.65 Bn
Apr 2, 2023 2.51 Bn
Oct 2, 2022 2.70 Bn
Jul 3, 2022 2.82 Bn
Apr 3, 2022 2.30 Bn
Oct 3, 2021 2.68 Bn
Jul 4, 2021 2.24 Bn
Apr 4, 2021 1.99 Bn
Sep 27, 2020 2.30 Bn
Jun 28, 2020 2.08 Bn