PFE Quick Ratio Analysis

With a current Quick Ratio of 0.42x, PFE has only $0.42 in highly liquid assets (cash, marketable securities, receivables) for every $1 of short-term liabilities, indicating a thin liquidity cushion.

This sits well below the sector median of 0.73x, placing the company in the 24th percentile among peers — meaning three-quarters of competitors have stronger short-term liquidity. The year-over-year change is not available, but the quarter-over-quarter decline of -44.0% from 0.75x to 0.42x shows a sharp deterioration in this measure over a single period. The combination of an already low absolute level and a steep quarterly drop points to elevated liquidity risk, as the company’s ability to meet near-term obligations has weakened considerably in just three months. This metric directly contradicts the overall NEUTRAL verdict, since a deteriorating quick ratio far below the sector median signals a specific financial vulnerability that the neutral assessment does not reflect.

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