Pfizer Inc. (PFE) - Stock Analysis

Last updated: Aug 16, 2026

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Pfizer delivered an earnings beat, raised its 2026 revenue outlook, and has supportive regulatory and pipeline progress. Shares gained 15.3% over 21 sessions and closed at a new period high on August 19.

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Idea window: 8/19/2026 – 8/26/2026Sector: Healthcare

AI Analyst Overview

Last Price
$28.21
Market Cap
$155.31B
1D Return
+3.52%
YTD Return
+19.13%

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Valuation Metrics

P/E
36.0
P/B
1.8
P/S
2.4
EV/EBITDA
17.3
Div Yield
6.31%

Fundamental Analysis

5.5

Key Financial Insights: • Cash Flow Strength • Quarterly Loss Swing • Dividend Pressure Pfizer remains cash-generative and profitable on a trailing annual basis, but the latest quarter swung to losses with elevated leverage and weak dividend coverage, making the shares only moderately attractive at current levels.

Pfizer
Debt

Price Behavior

6.5

Key Price Behavior Insights: • Higher highs • $26.2 support • Near-term extension Support Level: $26.20 Resistance Level: $27.05 PFE has been in a strong last month uptrend, rising from the mid-$24s to $26.79-$27.05, with $26.2 acting as support but the stock now looking extended near resistance after a sharp rally.

bullish
extended

Sentiment & News

7.0

Key News Insights: • Q2 Beat • Non-COVID Growth • Pipeline Upside Pfizer is showing a turnaround as Q2 beats, higher 2026 guidance, and stronger non-COVID growth help offset COVID declines and patent-cliff pressure, with pipeline launches supporting sentiment.

Pfizer
Turnaround
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AI Summary

6.5
Positive

Pfizer is no longer just a post-COVID laggard: improving non-COVID growth, launch momentum, and strong free cash flow support the dividend, but the investment remains a hold until those gains clearly outpace the 2026–2028 patent cliff and recurring impairment/legal risks.

PatentCliff
FCF
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Description

Pfizer Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, markets and distributes prescription medicines and vaccines across a wide range of therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular, oncology, immunology, infectious disease and rare disorders. Its portfolio covers biologics, small molecules, immunotherapies, vaccines and biosimilars, and the company also conducts contract manufacturing and supplies products to wholesalers, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and government agencies. Founded in 1849, Pfizer is headquartered in New York and maintains strategic collaborations with several pharmaceutical and biotech companies worldwide.

Idea History

DateCloseTickerCompanySummaryStatusP/L
Aug 19Aug 26PFEPfizer Inc.
Pfizer delivered an earnings beat, raised its 2026 revenue outlook, and has supportive regulatory and pipeline progress. Shares gained 15.3% over 21 sessions and closed at a new period high on August 19.
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