What to Look For From PFE

Nov 1, 2021
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Key Takeaways

  • Analysts estimate adjusted EPS of $1.03 vs. $0.58 in Q3 FY 2020.
  • Pfizer income is predicted to develop on the quickest tempo in at the least 15 quarters, greater than doubling from Q3 FY 2020.
  • Pfizer’s current U.S. approval for emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in kids ages 5 by 11 is prone to gas extra gross sales development.


Pfizer Inc. (PFE) has skilled dramatic revenue and income development in current quarters largely pushed by gross sales of its vaccine in opposition to COVID-19 co-developed with German-based BioNTech SE (BNTX). The corporate’s gross sales are prone to preserve rising at a strong tempo amid the pandemic, particularly because the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) on Oct. 29 approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for emergency use by tens of millions of youngsters 5 by 11 years of age.

Buyers will likely be watching to see how briskly Pfizer’s revenue and income development will speed up when the corporate stories earnings on Nov. 2, 2021 for Q3 FY 2021. Analysts anticipate adjusted earnings per share (EPS) and income to to rise at their quickest tempo in at the least the previous 15 quarters.

Pfizer, in collaboration with BioNTech, was the primary firm to obtain emergency use authorization (EUA) from the FDA for its vaccine. It obtained the EUA in December 2020. On Aug. 23, 2021, Pfizer additionally grew to become the primary firm to realize full approval from the FDA to be used of its vaccine in people 16 years of age and older. The corporate stated its COVID-19 vaccine would now be marketed beneath the identify Comirnaty.

Shares of Pfizer have underperformed the broader market over the previous yr. The inventory has outperformed at varied durations all through the final yr, however has lagged the market the vast majority of the time. Pfizer’s shares have offered a complete return of 36.1% over the previous yr, under the S&P 500’s whole return of 39.1%.


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Pfizer Earnings Historical past

Pfizer reported Q2 FY 2021 earnings and income that surpassed analysts’ expectations. Adjusted EPS rose 72.8% in comparison with the year-ago quarter. Income expanded 92.4% yr over yr (YOY). It was the quickest tempo of development for both metric out of any quarter in at the least the previous three and a half years. Pfizer’s distinctive development through the interval was pushed by gross sales of its vaccine in opposition to COVID-19 that it co-developed with BioNTech. The corporate raised its steering for full-year FY 2021.

In Q1 FY 2021, Pfizer’s earnings and income beat consensus estimates. Adjusted EPS elevated 47.1% in comparison with the year-ago quarter, marking a big acceleration from the earlier quarter’s tempo of development. Income expanded 44.6% YOY. It was the second straight quarter of income development after six straight quarters of declines. Income development was boosted by gross sales of its COVID-19 vaccine. However even excluding these gross sales, Pfizer stated its operational revenues (income that excludes the impression of overseas alternate charges) grew 8%, according to its objective of delivering 6% compound annual development by 2025.

Analysts predict Pfizer’s earnings and income development to proceed accelerating in Q3 FY 2021. Adjusted EPS is forecast to rise 79.3% in comparison with the year-ago quarter on income development of 114.7%. For full-year FY 2021, analysts anticipate adjusted EPS to extend 84.0%. Annual income is forecast to rise 92.6%. It could be the quickest tempo of development for both metric in at the least the previous 4 years.

Pfizer Key Stats
  Estimate for Q3 FY 2021 Q3 FY 2020 Q3 FY 2019
Adjusted Earnings Per Share ($) 1.03 0.58 0.75
Income ($B) 21.9 10.2 12.7


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Gross sales of the COVID-19 vaccine are prone to be the primary driver of Pfizer’s income over the following yr. On Sept. 22, 2021, the FDA amended the EUA for the vaccine, approving it to be used as a single booster dose administered at the least six months after completion of the preliminary doses for the next people: these 65 years of age and older; these 18 by 64 years of age at excessive danger of extreme COVID-19; and people 18 by 64 years of age who’re continuously uncovered to COVID-19 to the extent that it places them vulnerable to struggling critical problems.