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Pfizer (LIM:PFE) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 7.90 (As of Dec. 15, 2024)


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What is Pfizer 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Pfizer's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 7.90.


The historical rank and industry rank for Pfizer's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

LIM:PFE' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.13   Med: 4.52   Max: 8.07
Current: 7.9


During the past 13 years, Pfizer's highest Yield on Cost was 8.07. The lowest was 3.13. And the median was 4.52.


LIM:PFE's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
88.58% of 508 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 2.185 vs LIM:PFE: 7.90

Competitive Comparison of Pfizer's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Pfizer's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Pfizer's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Pfizer's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pfizer's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



Pfizer 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Pfizer is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost=Dividend Yield %*(1+Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Pfizer  (LIM:PFE) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.


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Pfizer Business Description

Address
66 Hudson Boulevard East, New York, NY, USA, 10001-2192
Pfizer is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms, with annual sales close to $50 billion (excluding covid-19-related product sales). While it historically sold many types of healthcare products and chemicals, now prescription drugs and vaccines account for the majority of sales. Top sellers include pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar 13, cancer drug Ibrance, and cardiovascular treatment Eliquis. Pfizer sells these products globally, with international sales representing close to 50% of total sales. Within international sales, emerging markets are a major contributor.