Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE COMPANY’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
The principal market for our common stock is the NYSE. Our common stock currently trades on the NYSE under the symbol “PFE”. As of February 21, 2023, there were 128,767 holders of record of our common stock.
The following summarizes purchases of our common stock during the fourth quarter of 2022 (a) :
Period Total Number
of Shares
Purchased (b)
Average Price
Paid per
Share (b)
Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plan Approximate Value of Shares
that May Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plan (a)
October 3 through October 30, 2022 19,483 $ 43.68 — $ 3,292,882,444
October 31 through November 30, 2022 39,821 $ 47.85 — $ 3,292,882,444
December 1 through December 31, 2022 415,886 $ 51.29 — $ 3,292,882,444
Total 475,190 $ 50.69 —
(a) See Note 12 .
Pfizer Inc. 2022 Form 10-K 24
(b) Represents (i) 473,126 shares of common stock surrendered to the Company to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of awards under our long-term incentive programs and (ii) the open market purchase by the trustee of 2,064 shares of common stock in connection with the reinvestment of dividends paid on common stock held in trust for employees who deferred receipt of performance share awards.
PEER GROUP PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following graph assumes a $100 investment on December 31, 2017, and reinvestment of all dividends, in each of the Company’s Common Stock, a composite peer group of the major U.S. and European-based pharmaceutical companies, which are: AbbVie Inc., Amgen Inc., AstraZeneca PLC, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Eli Lilly and Company, GlaxoSmithKline plc, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Inc., Novartis AG, Roche Holding AG and Sanofi SA, the S&P 500 Index and the NYSE Arca Pharmaceutical Index (DRG index).
Five Year Performance
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
PFIZER $100.0 $124.8 $116.2 $120.2 $200.4 $179.5
PEER GROUP $100.0 $108.0 $131.3 $136.7 $159.3 $184.3
S&P 500 $100.0 $95.6 $125.7 $148.8 $191.5 $156.8
DRG Index $100.0 $107.5 $127.3 $138.4 $170.7 $183.9
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