Growth Metrics

Pfizer (PFE) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Pfizer has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 18 years, most recently at 10.2% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 467.0% to 10.2% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 10.2% through Mar 2026, down 467.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 11.93% for FY2025, 3326.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 10.2% for Q1 2026 at Pfizer, up from 10.29% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 37.02% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 23.16% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 9.23% (2024), against an average of 1.17%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed surged 1419bps in 2022 and then tumbled -4594bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 37.02% in 2022, then crashed by -163bps to 23.16% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 60bps to 9.23% in 2024, then fell by -12bps to 10.29% in 2025, then rose by 1bps to 10.2% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PFE's Return on Capital Employed are 10.2% (Q1 2026), 10.29% (Q4 2025), and 19.18% (Q3 2025).