Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You?

Published 13 Oct 2026, 19:16 UTC. Updated 13 Oct 2026, 22:31 UTC.

Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You? Yahoo Finance

Directly affected

PFE Pfizer
Named in this report.

Indirectly affected

LMT Lockheed Martin
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
RTX RTX
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
NOC Northrop Grumman
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
GD General Dynamics
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense
A fund of aerospace and defense companies
BA Boeing
Defense and aerospace orders move with conflict spending
LHX L3Harris
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
HII Huntington Ingalls
Shipyards benefit when naval spending rises
XAR SPDR SERIES TRUST
Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia.
EPI WISDOMTREE INDIA EARNINGS FUND ETF
GA selected EPI as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: earnings. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

Ticker	T-5	T-3	T-1	T0	T+1	T+2	T+3
PFE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
LMT	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
RTX	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NOC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
GD	-1.12%	-1.56%	—	-0.79%	-0.15%	+0.55%	+2.69%
ITA	+1.03%	-0.59%	—	-0.98%	-0.89%	+0.37%	+1.47%
BA	+0.18%	-0.93%	—	-1.56%	-2.60%	-0.40%	+0.30%
LHX	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
HII	-0.10%	+0.38%	—	-2.41%	+0.16%	+1.23%	+2.87%
XAR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
EPI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You? Yahoo Finance

Source: Yahoo Finance

Price since this story was published: IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

Since the first closing price after “Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You?,” IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is +1.63%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.40% over the same days, a +2.03% difference versus the market. industrial stocks (XLI) is -0.20%, a +1.83% difference versus that group of stocks.

Company	When	Move	Status
BA	that day	-1.56%	final price
BA	the next day	-2.60%	final price
BA	two days later	-0.40%	final price
BA	three days later	+0.30%	final price
BA	three days earlier	-0.93%	final price
BA	five days earlier	+0.18%	final price
GD	that day	-0.79%	final price
GD	the next day	-0.15%	final price
GD	two days later	+0.55%	final price
GD	three days later	+2.69%	final price
GD	three days earlier	-1.56%	final price
GD	five days earlier	-1.12%	final price
Spdr Gold Trust (GLD)	that day	-0.14%	final price
Spdr Gold Trust (GLD)	the next day	-1.62%	final price
Spdr Gold Trust (GLD)	two days later	+0.13%	final price
Spdr Gold Trust (GLD)	three days later	-0.03%	final price
Spdr Gold Trust (GLD)	three days earlier	-0.93%	final price
Spdr Gold Trust (GLD)	five days earlier	+0.03%	final price
HII	that day	-2.41%	final price
HII	the next day	+0.16%	final price
HII	two days later	+1.23%	final price
HII	three days later	+2.87%	final price
HII	three days earlier	+0.38%	final price
HII	five days earlier	-0.10%	final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)	that day	-0.98%	final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)	the next day	-0.89%	final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)	two days later	+0.37%	final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)	three days later	+1.47%	final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)	three days earlier	-0.59%	final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)	five days earlier	+1.03%	final price

ITA

SPY

XLI

Who collects and who pays in defense

Companies mentioned with this story

ITA IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
In “Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You?,” IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia
XAR Spdr Series Trust
For “Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You?,” Spdr Series Trust (XAR) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia
EPI Wisdomtree India Earnings Fund Etf
In “Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You?,” Wisdomtree India Earnings Fund Etf (EPI) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected EPI as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: earnings. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
AGGY Wisdomtree Yield Enhanced Us Bond Fund
Wisdomtree Yield Enhanced Us Bond Fund (AGGY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You?.” Reason on file: GA selected AGGY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: yield. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
AOHY Angel Oak High Yield Opportunities Etf
For “Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You?,” Angel Oak High Yield Opportunities Etf (AOHY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AOHY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: yield. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
BKHY Bny Mellon High Yield Etf
In “Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You?,” Bny Mellon High Yield Etf (BKHY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BKHY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: yield. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
EYLD Cambria Emerging Shareholder Yield Etf
In “Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You?,” Cambria Emerging Shareholder Yield Etf (EYLD) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected EYLD as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: yield. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
GLD Spdr Gold Trust
For “Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You?,” Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Material security escalation can affect safe-haven and macro-risk proxies; this is a monitoring relationship, not a directional prediction

How defense news reaches IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

The 13 Oct 2026 story “Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You?” names IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) because of Defense.

IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is on the page because Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

Also listed, Spdr Series Trust (XAR): Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

Price levels for IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

EPI traded between 39.37 and 42.06 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 41.09. ITA traded between 201.08 and 217.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 207.60. XAR traded between 216.28 and 245.40 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 223.20.

A simple score for IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

46 out of 100

“Pfizer (PFE) Pays Out Over 226% of Earnings and Trades at 36.7x Trailing Against 9.8 Forward. What Is the Yield Telling You?” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 10 linked companies.