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40. Pfizer
Pfizer
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Financials: Latest Results
Rank: 40 (Previous rank: 31)
CEO: Ian C. Read
Was this company a 2011 top stock?

Pfizer took some hard hits in 2011. In November, the company's leading cholesterol drug, Lipitor, lost its patent protection, causing sales of the drug to drop 42% in the U.S. compared to the previous year, according to the company's Q4 earnings report. The company ended the year in a rough spot, with fourth quarter earnings dropping nearly 50% from 2010. Last summer, Pfizer announced that it is looking to sell some of its more profitable units, including its infant nutrition and animal health businesses, as part of an effort to turn more of the company's attention toward new drug development. The company recently announced that it will sell its infant nutrition unit to Nestle for $11.9 billion.

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Key financials $ millions % change
from 2010
Revenues 67,932.0 0.2
Profits 10,009.0 21.2
Assets 188,002.0 —
Stockholders' equity 82,190.0 —
Market value (3/29/2012) 169,013.6 —
Profits as % of  
Revenues 14.7
Assets 5.3
Stockholders' equity 12.2
Earnings per share  
2011 $ 1.27
% change from 2010 24.5
2001-2011 annual growth rate % 0.4
Total return to investors %
2011 28.7
2001-2011 annual rate -2.3
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Rank Company 500
rank		 Revenues
($ millions)
1 Pfizer 40 67,932.0
2 Johnson & Johnson 42 65,030.0
3 Merck 57 48,047.0
4 Abbott Laboratories 71 38,851.3
5 Eli Lilly 119 24,286.5
6 Bristol-Myers Squibb 134 21,244.0
7 Amgen 168 15,582.0
8 Gilead Sciences 306 8,385.4
9 Mylan 396 6,129.8
10 Allergan 448 5,419.1
11 Biogen Idec 476 5,048.6
12 Celgene 492 4,842.1
Issue date: May 21, 2012
Includes revenues from discontinued operations.
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235 E. 42nd St.
New York, NY 10017
212-733-2323
www.pfizer.com
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