Pfizer’s Plans to Divest the Consumer Business Lead to No Major Impact on Valuation or Moat
Pfizer’s announced plans to potentially divest the consumer healthcare segment don’t change our fair value estimate or wide moat rating. We still view Pfizer as fairly valued with a strong competitive positioning within the branded drug segment. A shift away from consumer healthcare would reduce the brand power moat source for the firm, but with only 6% of sales derived from consumer healthcare products, the loss of branding power is not material for the company.We estimate the value of Pfizer’...
Pfizer is a research-based biopharmaceutical company. The company is engaged in discovering, developing, manufacturing and distributing of healthcare products, including medicines and vaccines. The company manages its commercial operations through three businesses: Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group, which includes Oncology, Inflammation and Immunology, Rare Disease, Hospital, Vaccines and Internal Medicine business units, as well as a hospital business unit; Upjohn, which includes the company's solid oral dose brands such as Lyrica, Lipitor, Norvasc, Celebrex, Viagra, and certain generic medicines; and Consumer Healthcare, which is an over-the-counter medicines business.
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