Pfizer Inc (PFE): stock score 50/100

Pfizer Inc (PFE) scores 50 out of 100 (around average among 99 US stocks) on trend, stability, fundamentals, market backdrop and news tone. Every calculation step shown. Educational, not advice.

PFE scores 50.1 out of 100 (around average), up 2.8 points from last week. Its price trend adds the most (+5.8 points: price is +14.7% vs its 100-day average). Its news tone weighs on it most (-4.6 points: average FinBERT sentiment +0.063 over 24 articles). Our research found no proven record of these factors predicting returns.

How the score is built

Trend: 79/100 (+5.8 points)

  1. Price is +14.7% vs its 100-day average → higher than 92% of the comparison group → 92
  2. 12-1 month momentum +21.4% → higher than 65% of the comparison group → 65
  3. Average of the two → trend score 78.8

Tested in our research: the trend rule did not hold up out of sample.

Stability: 65/100 (+3.0 points)

  1. Forecast 24.7% vs normal 24.4% → ratio 1.01
  2. Ratio is higher than 35% of the comparison group → 100 minus 35 → stability 65.2 (bigger expected swings than usual → lower stability)

A machine-learning volatility model beat HAR for the S&P 500 (p = 0.04); not yet tested on single stocks. This component uses HAR.

Fundamentals: 29/100 (-4.3 points)

  1. Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +3.9% → higher than 19% of the comparison group → 19
  2. Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: not available
  3. Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: +0.7 pp → higher than 38% of the comparison group (lower is better) → 38
  4. Average of available items → fundamentals score 28.6

Not yet tested in our research.

Market backdrop: 51/100 (+0.2 points)

  1. VIX in its 5-year range: 60 after inverting (lower VIX → higher)
  2. Breadth vs its 5-year range → 45
  3. Credit trend vs its 5-year range → 15
  4. Yield curve vs its 5-year range → 83
  5. Average → backdrop score 50.8 (same for every stock)

Tested in our research: cross-asset indicators did not improve forecasts.

News tone: 27/100 (-4.6 points)

  1. Average FinBERT sentiment +0.063 over 24 articles; shrunk towards 0 for few articles → tone +0.053
  2. Tone vs this stock's own past year → news score 27.0

Tested in our research: news sentiment made predictions slightly worse.

PFE score history (weekly)

Week endingScoreBandTrendStabilityFundamentals
2026-10-2250Around average796529
2026-10-1647Around average746029
2026-10-0948Around average683529
2026-10-0246Around average683129
2026-09-2559Around average773329
2026-09-1863Above average715929
2026-09-1161Above average626329
2026-09-0463Above average646829
2026-08-2863Above average576929
2026-08-2160Around average537329
2026-08-1462Above average426729
2026-08-0751Around average435729

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Questions

What is Pfizer Inc's (PFE) Quantooo score today?

PFE scores 50 out of 100 on 2026-10-22, around average among 99 US stocks. It ranks 42nd of 99 overall and 7th of 13 in Health care. It was 47 a week earlier.

What raises and lowers PFE's score?

Trend adds the most (79/100, +5.8 points) and news tone weighs on it most (27/100, -4.6 points). The score is 50 plus each part's weighted distance from 50.

Is PFE stock volatile right now?

Our volatility model (HAR) expects annualised swings of 24.7% over the next 20 trading days, against a normal level of 24.4% for PFE: about as calm as usual for this stock. Its stability score is 65/100 compared with the other 99 US stocks.

How are Pfizer Inc's fundamentals changing?

Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +3.9%; Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: not available; Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: +0.7 pp. Fundamentals score: 29/100. From the 10-Q filed 2026-08-04 (period to 2026-06-28).

Does the score predict PFE's share price?

No. The score describes the stock's recent data; it is not a forecast of the share price. Our own tests found no reliable ability to rank stocks by future returns, and every test, including the failures, is published. Educational, not investment advice.

Sector: Health care. Data as of 2026-10-22. Scores describe data; they are not recommendations or predictions. Educational, not investment advice.