Pfizer Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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 ($25.39) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($79.66)

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?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

PFE key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA17.9x
PEG Ratio3x

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 Average47.3x
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb
12.1x8.2%US$97.8b
ZTS Zoetis
29.8x8.1%US$69.4b
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
18.3x5.0%US$348.9b
LLY Eli Lilly
129x27.1%US$672.6b
PFE Pfizer
67.5x22.1%US$145.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PFE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (67.4x) compared to the peer average (47.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a21.0%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Industry Avg.n/a21.0%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PFE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (67.4x) compared to the US Pharmaceuticals industry average (20.4x).


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 Ratio67.4x
Fair PE Ratio41.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PFE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (67.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

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

The above table shows the analyst PFE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$25.39
US$31.62
+24.5%
15.4%US$45.00US$26.00n/a22
Apr ’25US$27.72
US$32.70
+18.0%
18.6%US$50.00US$26.00n/a22
Mar ’25US$26.59
US$32.71
+23.0%
18.4%US$50.00US$26.00n/a23
Feb ’25US$27.29
US$33.00
+20.9%
19.3%US$50.00US$26.00n/a22
Jan ’25US$28.79
US$33.05
+14.8%
19.9%US$50.00US$23.00n/a22
Dec ’24US$28.91
US$40.41
+39.8%
23.1%US$75.00US$32.00n/a22
Nov ’24US$30.51
US$40.91
+34.1%
22.4%US$75.00US$32.00n/a22
Oct ’24US$33.17
US$44.41
+33.9%
21.3%US$75.00US$32.00n/a22
Sep ’24US$35.78
US$44.27
+23.7%
21.0%US$75.00US$32.00n/a23
Aug ’24US$35.61
US$45.69
+28.3%
19.9%US$75.00US$35.00n/a23
Jul ’24US$36.68
US$46.31
+26.3%
19.2%US$75.00US$35.00n/a22
Jun ’24US$38.02
US$46.68
+22.8%
18.8%US$75.00US$35.00n/a22
May ’24US$39.21
US$49.09
+25.2%
16.1%US$75.00US$40.00n/a22
Apr ’24US$40.80
US$50.50
+23.8%
16.0%US$75.00US$40.00US$27.7222
Mar ’24US$40.18
US$51.35
+27.8%
15.3%US$75.00US$40.00US$26.5921
Feb ’24US$43.97
US$51.59
+17.3%
15.1%US$75.00US$40.00US$27.2921
Jan ’24US$51.24
US$54.49
+6.3%
12.3%US$75.00US$44.00US$28.7921
Dec ’23US$51.08
US$53.78
+5.3%
12.6%US$75.00US$44.00US$28.9121
Nov ’23US$48.01
US$53.65
+11.7%
13.7%US$75.00US$44.00US$30.5119
Oct ’23US$43.76
US$55.75
+27.4%
13.1%US$75.00US$44.00US$33.1719
Sep ’23US$46.63
US$56.53
+21.2%
12.9%US$75.00US$48.00US$35.7819
Aug ’23US$50.61
US$56.69
+12.0%
12.6%US$75.00US$48.00US$35.6119
Jul ’23US$52.31
US$57.00
+9.0%
13.6%US$75.00US$46.00US$36.6821
Jun ’23US$52.37
US$57.50
+9.8%
13.2%US$75.00US$48.00US$38.0222
May ’23US$49.07
US$58.74
+19.7%
13.7%US$76.00US$48.00US$39.2121
Apr ’23US$51.57
US$58.26
+13.0%
14.5%US$76.00US$46.00US$40.8021

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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