Growth Metrics

Pfizer (PFE) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Pfizer (PFE) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 14 consecutive years, with 0.38% as the latest value for Q4 2024.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 21.0% to 0.38% in Q4 2024 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2024 was 0.38%, a 21.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.21%, down 28.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.38% for Q4 2024 at Pfizer, down from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 1.52% in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.38% in Q4 2024.
  • A 3-year average of 0.14% and a median of 0.1% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Return on Capital Employed was -14bps in 2024; the steepest drop was -21bps in 2024.
  • Pfizer's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.16% in 2021, then plummeted by -203bps to 0.17% in 2023, then crashed by -125bps to 0.38% in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PFE's Return on Capital Employed are 0.38% (Q4 2024), 0.16% (Q3 2024), and 0.17% (Q4 2023).