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Pfizer dividend yield PFE

Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1972.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
5.73%
10-year median
4.0%
Against its 10-year history
73rd
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
2.6% to 7.7%
Peer median
2.3%

Pfizer pays 5.73% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 4.0%, higher than on 73% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 2.6% in Dec 2021 to 7.7% in Apr 2025.

The median for 8 large drugmakers of a similar size is 2.3%.

Dividend yield over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far5.7%5.7%7.1%
20256.9%6.2%7.7%
20246.3%5.4%6.8%
20235.7%3.1%6.2%
20223.1%2.8%3.8%
20212.6%2.6%4.6%
20204.1%3.7%5.3%
20193.9%3.3%4.4%
20183.3%3.1%4.0%
20173.7%3.6%4.0%
20163.7%3.2%4.1%
20153.7%3.2%3.7%
20143.5%3.2%3.9%
20133.3%3.1%3.6%
20123.7%3.5%4.0%
20113.7%3.7%4.5%
20104.3%3.8%5.1%
20094.5%4.4%10.4%
20087.5%4.8%8.3%
20075.1%3.5%5.1%

Against its peers

Companies in Drug Manufacturers - General nearest Pfizer's size, closest first, today.

CompanyDividend yield
PFEPfizer5.73%
GILDGilead Sciences2.08%
BMYBristol-Myers Squibb4.10%
AMGNAmgen2.26%
MRKMerck2.34%
ABBVAbbVie2.42%
JNJJohnson & Johnson2.00%
BIIBBiogenn/m
LLYEli Lilly and0.53%
Peer median2.26%

Where Pfizer ranks

What the dividend yield tells you

Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.

A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.

More on Pfizer

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.