Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders

Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders

The following table provides the detailed calculation of Earnings per share:

		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
(IN MILLIONS)		September 30, 2012		October 2, 2011		September 30, 2012		October 2, 2011
EPS Numerator––Basic
Income from continuing operations		$	3,110	$	2,325	$	8,028	$	6,982
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		6		11		22		31
Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc.		3,104		2,314		8,006		6,951
Less: Preferred stock dividends––net of tax		1		—		1		1
Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders		3,103		2,314		8,005		6,950
Discontinued operations––net of tax		104		1,424		249		1,619
Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders		$	3,207	$	3,738	$	8,254	$	8,569
EPS Numerator––Diluted
Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders and assumed conversions		$	3,104	$	2,314	$	8,006	$	6,951
Discontinued operations––net of tax		104		1,424		249		1,619
Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders and assumed conversions		$	3,208	$	3,738	$	8,255	$	8,570
EPS Denominator
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding––Basic		7,436		7,770		7,483		7,877
Common-share equivalents: stock options, stock issuable under employee compensation plans and convertible preferred stock		72		40		67		48
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding––Diluted		7,508		7,810		7,550		7,925
Stock options that had exercise prices greater than the average market price of our common stock issuable under employee compensation plans(a)	—	180		342		180		279

^(a)  These common stock equivalents were outstanding for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and October 2, 2011, but were not included in the computation of diluted EPS for those periods because their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect.