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Pfizer Inc. (PFE)
Analysis of Debt
Difficulty: Advanced
Total Debt (Carrying Amount)
Pfizer Inc., Statement of Financial Position, Debt
USD $ in millions
Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-02-28), 10-K (filing date: 2018-02-22), 10-K (filing date: 2017-02-23), 10-K (filing date: 2016-02-29), 10-K (filing date: 2015-02-27).
| Item | Description | The company |
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| Total debt (carrying amount) | Sum of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of all debt plus capital lease obligations. | Pfizer Inc.’s total debt increased from 2016 to 2017 but then declined significantly from 2017 to 2018. |
Total Debt (Fair Value)
| Dec 31, 2018 | |
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Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-02-28).
Weighted-average Interest Rate on Debt
Weighted-average interest rate on debt:
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Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-02-28).
1 USD $ in millions
2 Weighted-average interest rate = 100 × ÷ =
Interest Costs Incurred
Pfizer Inc.
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Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-02-28), 10-K (filing date: 2018-02-22), 10-K (filing date: 2017-02-23), 10-K (filing date: 2016-02-29), 10-K (filing date: 2015-02-27).
| Item | Description | The company |
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| Interest expense | Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense for debt. | Pfizer Inc.’s interest expense increased from 2016 to 2017 and from 2017 to 2018. |
| Capitalized interest expense | Amount of interest costs capitalized disclosed as an adjusting item to interest costs incurred. | Pfizer Inc.’s capitalized interest expense increased from 2016 to 2017 and from 2017 to 2018. |
| Interest costs incurred | Total interest costs incurred during the period and either capitalized or charged against earnings. | Pfizer Inc.’s interest costs incurred increased from 2016 to 2017 and from 2017 to 2018. |
Adjusted Interest Coverage Ratio
Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-02-28), 10-K (filing date: 2018-02-22), 10-K (filing date: 2017-02-23), 10-K (filing date: 2016-02-29), 10-K (filing date: 2015-02-27).
2018 Calculations
1 Interest coverage ratio (excluding capitalized interest) = EBIT ÷ Interest expense
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2 Adjusted interest coverage ratio (including capitalized interest) = EBIT ÷ Interest costs incurred
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| Ratio | Description | The company |
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| Adjusted interest coverage ratio | A solvency ratio calculated as EBIT divided by interest payments (including capitalized interest). | Pfizer Inc.’s adjusted interest coverage ratio improved from 2016 to 2017 but then slightly deteriorated from 2017 to 2018. |