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PFE Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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PFEPfizer Inc.
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PFE Dividend answer
Pfizer Inc. (PFE) pays a bi-monthly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 8.64%, or $2.58 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 5.76%, from $1.72 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.43 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Nov 6, 2026. Payment date: Dec 7, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $0.43 per share.
PFE Dividend Snapshot
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Next PFE Dividend Date
When PFE next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next PFE dividend
PFE's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest PFE Dividend Dates
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PFE Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
PFE Annual Dividend History
PFE Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.43, event yield 7.01%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 2.50%
- Cohort rank
- #315
- Cohort standing
- Bottom half
- Healthcare rank
- #26
- 2020 regular DPS
- $1.520
- 2025 regular DPS
- $1.720
- Absolute change
- $0.200
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
PFE's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 2.50% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #315 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
PFE Dividend Yield
How PFE's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
PFE's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent PFE dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 7.01% | Quarterly | $1.72 | Jun 24, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 6.70% | Quarterly | $1.72 | Apr 22, 2026 | May 8, 2026 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Jan 23, 2026 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 6.71% | Quarterly | $1.72 | Dec 12, 2025 | Jan 23, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 7.04% | Quarterly | $1.72 | Oct 9, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 6.90% | Quarterly | $1.71 | Jun 25, 2025 | Jul 25, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 |
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| May 9, 2025 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 7.63% | Quarterly | $1.70 | Apr 23, 2025 | May 9, 2025 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Jan 24, 2025 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 6.48% | Quarterly | $1.69 | Dec 12, 2024 | Jan 24, 2025 | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 6.29% | Quarterly | $1.68 | Oct 9, 2024 | Nov 8, 2024 | Dec 2, 2024 |
| Jul 26, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 5.43% | Quarterly | $1.67 | Jun 26, 2024 | Jul 26, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| May 9, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 5.89% | Quarterly | $1.66 | Apr 24, 2024 | May 10, 2024 | Jun 14, 2024 |
| Jan 25, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 6.01% | Quarterly | $1.65 | Dec 14, 2023 | Jan 26, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Nov 9, 2023 | $0.41 | $0.41 | 5.53% | Quarterly | $1.64 | Oct 4, 2023 | Nov 10, 2023 | Dec 4, 2023 |
| Jul 27, 2023 | $0.41 | $0.41 | 4.50% | Quarterly | $1.63 | Jun 22, 2023 | Jul 28, 2023 | Sep 5, 2023 |
| May 11, 2023 | $0.41 | $0.41 | 4.31% | Quarterly | $1.62 | Apr 26, 2023 | May 12, 2023 | Jun 9, 2023 |
| Jan 26, 2023 | $0.41 | $0.41 | 3.64% | Quarterly | $1.61 | Dec 9, 2022 | Jan 27, 2023 | Mar 3, 2023 |
| Nov 3, 2022 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 3.44% | Quarterly | $1.60 | Sep 22, 2022 | Nov 4, 2022 | Dec 5, 2022 |
| Jul 28, 2022 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 3.13% | Quarterly | $1.59 | Jun 23, 2022 | Jul 29, 2022 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| May 12, 2022 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 3.14% | Quarterly | $1.58 | Apr 28, 2022 | May 13, 2022 | Jun 10, 2022 |
| Jan 27, 2022 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 2.94% | Quarterly | $1.57 | Dec 10, 2021 | Jan 28, 2022 | Mar 4, 2022 |
| Nov 4, 2021 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 3.56% | Quarterly | $1.56 | Sep 23, 2021 | Nov 5, 2021 | Dec 6, 2021 |
| Jul 29, 2021 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 3.62% | Quarterly | $1.55 | Jun 24, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 | Sep 7, 2021 |
| May 6, 2021 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 3.93% | Quarterly | $1.54 | Apr 22, 2021 | May 7, 2021 | Jun 4, 2021 |
| Jan 28, 2021 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 4.27% | Quarterly | $1.53 | Dec 11, 2020 | Jan 29, 2021 | Mar 5, 2021 |
| Nov 5, 2020 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 4.41% | Quarterly | $1.52 | Sep 24, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Dec 1, 2020 |
| Jul 30, 2020 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 4.08% | Quarterly | $1.50 | Jun 25, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Sep 1, 2020 |
| May 7, 2020 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 4.22% | Quarterly | $1.48 | Apr 23, 2020 | May 8, 2020 | Jun 5, 2020 |
| Jan 30, 2020 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 4.15% | Quarterly | $1.46 | Dec 16, 2019 | Jan 31, 2020 | Mar 6, 2020 |
| Nov 7, 2019 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 4.12% | Quarterly | $1.44 | Sep 24, 2019 | Nov 8, 2019 | Dec 2, 2019 |
| Aug 1, 2019 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 3.92% | Quarterly | $1.42 | Jun 27, 2019 | Aug 2, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 |
| May 9, 2019 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 3.63% | Quarterly | $1.40 | Apr 25, 2019 | May 10, 2019 | Jun 7, 2019 |
| Jan 31, 2019 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 3.43% | Quarterly | $1.38 | Dec 14, 2018 | Feb 1, 2019 | Mar 1, 2019 |
| Nov 8, 2018 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 3.27% | Quarterly | $1.36 | Sep 27, 2018 | Nov 9, 2018 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Aug 2, 2018 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 3.56% | Quarterly | $1.34 | Jun 28, 2018 | Aug 3, 2018 | Sep 4, 2018 |
| May 10, 2018 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 3.97% | Quarterly | $1.32 | Apr 26, 2018 | May 11, 2018 | Jun 1, 2018 |
| Feb 1, 2018 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 3.72% | Quarterly | $1.30 | Dec 18, 2017 | Feb 2, 2018 | Mar 1, 2018 |
| Nov 9, 2017 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 3.84% | Quarterly | $1.28 | Sep 27, 2017 | Nov 10, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 |
| Aug 2, 2017 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 3.99% | Quarterly | — | Jun 23, 2017 | Aug 4, 2017 | Sep 1, 2017 |
| May 10, 2017 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 3.86% | Quarterly | — | Apr 28, 2017 | May 12, 2017 | Jun 1, 2017 |
| Feb 1, 2017 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 3.91% | Quarterly | — | Dec 13, 2016 | Feb 3, 2017 | Mar 1, 2017 |
| Nov 8, 2016 | $0.30 | $0.2842 | 4.00% | Quarterly | — | Sep 23, 2016 | Nov 11, 2016 | Dec 1, 2016 |
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Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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PFE Dividends FAQ
Does PFE pay a dividend?
Pfizer Inc. (PFE) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.43 per share and a bi-monthly cadence based on available events.
What is PFE's dividend yield?
PFE's trailing dividend yield is 5.76%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is PFE's next dividend?
PFE's next announced dividend is $0.43 per share with an ex-dividend date of Nov 6, 2026 and payment date of Dec 7, 2026.
When is PFE's ex-dividend date?
PFE's next announced ex-dividend date is Nov 6, 2026.
Is PFE's dividend covered by cash flow?
PFE's dividend coverage inputs include a payout ratio of 225.72% and FCF coverage of 1.12x. These are objective inputs, not a guarantee of future dividends.