Pfizer, Inc. PFE

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
43/100
Developing

Ranked against 19 peers in Drug Manufacturers - General

About Pfizer, Inc.

Pfizer Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells biopharmaceutical products in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Biopharma, PC1, and Pfizer Ignite. The company offers internal medicine products, including cardiovascular metabolic diseases products under the Eliquis brand; migraine products under the Nurtec ODT/Vydura and Zavzpret brand; vaccines under the Prevnar family, Abrysvo, Nimenrix, FSME/IMMUN-TicoVac, and … Full PFE analysis →

Key strengths

  • Operating Expense Control OpEx growth is controlled (score 0.72), demonstrating operating leverage.

Key risks

  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.06), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.25), raising refinancing risk.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where PFE ranks in Drug Manufacturers - General

Pfizer, Inc. ranks #15 of 20 scored companies in Drug Manufacturers - General by moat score — the top 75%. The widest moat in the group is Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) at 74/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
11 GSK plc GSK 52/100 Moderate
12 Grifols, S.A. GRFS 50/100 Developing
13 Eli Lilly and Company LLY 45/100 Developing
14 AbbVie Inc. ABBV 43/100 Developing
15 Pfizer, Inc. PFE 43/100 Developing
16 Organon & Co. OGN 36/100 Developing
17 Scilex Holding Company SCLX 27/100 Developing
18 Scilex Holding Company SCLXW 26/100 Developing
19 Amarin Corporation plc AMRN 23/100 Weak

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How PFE scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 49 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 67 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 19 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 39 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 35 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 55 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding PFE's moat

What is Pfizer, Inc.'s moat score?

Pfizer, Inc. (PFE) scores 43 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #15 of 20 scored companies in Drug Manufacturers - General, the top 75%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 19 companies in Drug Manufacturers - General. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (67/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (19/100).

How does Pfizer, Inc. compare with other Drug Manufacturers - General companies?

Pfizer, Inc. ranks #15 of 20 scored companies in Drug Manufacturers - General by moat score. The widest moat in Drug Manufacturers - General is Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) at 74/100. The companies ranked closest are AbbVie Inc. (ABBV) at 43 just above it and Organon & Co. (OGN) at 36 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 19 companies in Drug Manufacturers - General. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Pfizer, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Pfizer, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and PFE scores: Pricing Power (49), Cost Advantage (67), Customer Stickiness (19), Capital Efficiency (39), Resilience (35), Scale & Market Position (55). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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