The trading price of Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) closed higher on Friday, May 23, and closing at $23.55, 0.96% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $23.365 and $23.58. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 17.06, while its 5Y monthly beta was 0.502. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $31.54 and a 52-week low of $20.92. Over the past month, the stock has gained 2.73% in value.
Pfizer Inc, whose market valuation is $133.86 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Apr-28. The dividend yield on the company stock is 7.22%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 1.70. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest PFE has a 50% Sell on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Sell, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Sell.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned PFE a recommendation rating is 16. Out of them, 7 rate it a Hold, while 7 recommend Buy, whereas 1 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Pfizer Inc (PFE) as Underweight, while 1 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
A quick review shows that PFE’s price is currently 1.49% off the SMA20 and -0.14% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 53.58, and weekly volatility stands at 1.85%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 2.28%. Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.54, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.60. With analysts defining $24-$32 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $28 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about -1.91% off the estimated low and -35.88% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if PFE’s share price rises to $28, which is the median consensus price. At that level, PFE’s share price would be -18.9% below current price.
To see how Pfizer Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: PFE stock’s performance was 0.96% in the latest trading, and -20.46% in the past year. Pfizer Inc has a P/E ratio of 17.06.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) indicates that the 3-month average is 53.62 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 47.31.
Currently, records show that 5.68 billion of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.18% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 67.06%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-04-30, stood at 115.16 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 2.0 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 203.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in April were up slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 97.49 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen -11.25% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even lower.
