Pfizer Valuation

Is PFE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of PFE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: PFE (CA$11.94) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$37.3)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PFE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PFE?

Key metric: As PFE is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PFE. This is calculated by dividing PFE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PFE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio34x
EarningsUS$4.27b
Market CapUS$145.36b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does PFE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for PFE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.7x
GTII Green Thumb Industries
33.7x33.2%CA$3.0b
CPH Cipher Pharmaceuticals
17.2x12.7%CA$380.3m
SAN Sanofi
25.9x17.9%€116.8b
NOVN Novartis
17.8x7.0%CHF 187.3b
PFE Pfizer
34x16.8%CA$145.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PFE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34x) compared to the peer average (23.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PFE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the North American Pharmaceuticals Industry?

13 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
PFE 34.0xIndustry Avg. 18.8xNo. of Companies13PE01224364860+
13 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PFE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34x) compared to the North American Pharmaceuticals industry average (18.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PFE's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PFE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio34x
Fair PE Ratio43.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PFE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (43.6x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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