Growth Metrics

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

Pfizer (PFE) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.04% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed changed N/A to 0.04% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.04% through Dec 2025, changed N/A year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.12% for FY2025, 33.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.04% at Pfizer, up from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 0.37% in Q4 2022, with the low at 0.17% in Q4 2023.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.07%, with a median of 0.04% recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed grew 21bps in 2021, then crashed -40bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.23% in 2021, then soared by 62bps to 0.37% in 2022, then crashed by -145bps to 0.17% in 2023, then soared by 43bps to 0.09% in 2024, then surged by 139bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods came in at 0.04%, 0.05%, and 0.01% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.