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Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)

Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data

The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company assets as well as an indication of cash flows that may come from receivables and inventories.

Assets are resources controlled by the company as a result of past events and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity.

Assets: Selected Items

Current Assets: Selected Items

Pfizer Inc., consolidated balance sheet: assets (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

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Jun 28, 2026 Mar 29, 2026 Dec 31, 2025 Sep 28, 2025 Jun 29, 2025 Mar 30, 2025 Dec 31, 2024 Sep 29, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Oct 1, 2023 Jul 2, 2023 Apr 2, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Oct 2, 2022 Jul 3, 2022 Apr 3, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Oct 3, 2021 Jul 4, 2021 Apr 4, 2021
Cash and cash equivalents 976 1,703 1,142 1,343 1,638 1,430 1,043 1,092 1,052 719 2,853 3,148 2,632 2,166 416 1,298 1,780 2,470 1,944 1,966 2,372 1,768
Short-term investments 10,723 11,372 12,454 13,641 11,611 15,887 19,434 8,860 6,048 11,209 9,837 41,033 42,153 17,806 22,316 34,825 31,524 21,427 29,125 27,730 19,328 11,899
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts 12,490 12,585 11,874 14,260 12,078 11,845 11,463 14,451 11,393 10,989 11,177 11,086 10,231 12,305 10,952 16,076 15,155 13,225 11,479 11,897 10,587 9,864
Inventories 9,945 10,667 10,654 11,468 11,669 10,852 10,851 11,721 11,447 10,892 10,189 10,204 10,310 9,541 8,981 9,513 10,454 9,979 9,059 8,640 8,948 8,493
Current tax assets 3,702 3,588 3,967 3,855 4,016 2,900 3,314 3,243 3,694 4,233 3,978 3,917 3,194 3,140 3,577 2,544 2,583 3,117 4,266 3,877 3,761 3,419
Other current assets 3,522 2,907 2,807 2,357 2,691 2,947 4,253 3,856 4,191 4,373 5,299 4,624 4,827 5,120 5,017 6,147 5,970 4,202 3,820 3,790 3,818 4,090
Current assets 41,358 42,822 42,898 46,924 43,703 45,861 50,358 43,223 37,825 42,415 43,333 74,012 73,347 50,078 51,259 70,403 67,466 54,420 59,693 57,900 48,814 39,533
Long-term investments 1,559 1,626 1,621 2,137 2,120 2,013 2,228 10,762 11,148 11,613 15,368 14,239 15,066 14,743 15,069 13,888 18,962 20,737 21,526 21,597 20,942 20,228
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation 19,029 19,402 19,317 18,880 18,776 18,347 18,393 18,541 18,957 18,803 18,940 17,862 17,488 17,052 16,274 15,441 15,244 15,109 14,882 14,436 14,224 14,011
Identifiable intangible assets, net 47,053 52,559 53,731 51,324 52,702 53,976 55,411 59,986 61,240 62,829 64,900 40,224 41,406 42,002 43,370 28,151 29,065 29,816 25,146 26,306 27,323 27,974
Goodwill 71,419 71,409 71,264 69,101 68,997 68,444 68,527 68,570 68,445 69,297 67,783 51,527 51,572 51,476 51,375 48,441 49,891 50,211 49,208 49,489 49,867 49,791
Noncurrent deferred tax assets and other noncurrent tax assets 10,774 9,965 9,699 11,048 10,343 9,542 8,662 7,909 7,867 4,942 3,706 8,350 8,261 7,302 6,693 7,136 7,002 5,668 3,341 2,755 2,694 2,537
Other noncurrent assets 9,939 9,835 9,630 9,317 9,454 9,845 9,817 10,485 10,711 11,196 12,471 8,807 13,028 12,964 13,165 10,890 7,660 7,880 7,680 6,705 6,056 4,744
Noncurrent assets 159,773 164,796 165,262 161,807 162,392 162,167 163,038 176,253 178,368 178,680 183,168 141,009 146,821 145,539 145,946 123,947 127,824 129,421 121,783 121,288 121,106 119,285
Total assets 201,131 207,618 208,160 208,731 206,095 208,028 213,396 219,476 216,193 221,095 226,501 215,021 220,168 195,617 197,205 194,350 195,290 183,841 181,476 179,188 169,920 158,818

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-06-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-04).


Total assets exhibited a growth trajectory from April 2021, rising from 158.8 billion US$ to a peak of 226.5 billion US$ in December 2023. Following this peak, a gradual contraction is observed, with total assets declining to 201.1 billion US$ by June 2026. This pattern indicates a period of significant asset accumulation followed by a phase of balance sheet stabilization or divestment.

Liquidity and Short-Term Asset Trends
Current assets showed substantial volatility, reaching a maximum of 74 billion US$ in July 2023. A critical shift occurred between October and December 2023, characterized by a sharp reduction in short-term investments from 41 billion US$ to 9.8 billion US$. Cash and cash equivalents also experienced fluctuations, maintaining a relatively low baseline compared to the volatility seen in short-term investment vehicles.
Strategic Capital Deployment and Intangibles
A significant increase in noncurrent assets is evident starting in December 2023. Identifiable intangible assets surged from 40.2 billion US$ in October 2023 to 64.9 billion US$ in December 2023, while goodwill rose from 51.5 billion US$ to 67.8 billion US$ in the same period. This simultaneous spike in intangibles and goodwill, paired with the depletion of short-term investments, indicates a large-scale acquisition or strategic merger during the final quarter of 2023.
Long-Term Investment and Fixed Asset Evolution
Long-term investments underwent a dramatic reduction, falling from 14.2 billion US$ in October 2023 to 15.4 billion US$ in December 2023 and then plummeting to 2.2 billion US$ by December 2024, remaining low through 2026. Conversely, property, plant, and equipment (net) demonstrated a steady upward trend, growing from 14.0 billion US$ in 2021 to 19.0 billion US$ by June 2026, suggesting consistent capital expenditure in physical infrastructure.
Operational Asset Stability
Trade accounts receivable and inventories remained relatively stable over the analyzed period. Inventories grew moderately from 8.5 billion US$ in early 2021 to a peak of 11.7 billion US$ in September 2024 before settling at 9.9 billion US$ by June 2026. Trade receivables fluctuated within a range of 9.8 billion US$ to 16.1 billion US$, indicating consistent operational scaling relative to revenue cycles.
Tax Asset Dynamics
Noncurrent deferred tax assets and other noncurrent tax assets showed a long-term increasing trend, rising from 2.5 billion US$ in April 2021 to 10.8 billion US$ by June 2026, despite a temporary dip in December 2023. This suggests an accumulation of future tax benefits or changes in tax jurisdictions and obligations over time.

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