Earnings Per Common Share Attributable to Common Shareholders (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Basic and Diluted Earning Per Share

The following table provides the detailed calculation of Earnings per common share (EPS):
	Three Months Ended
(IN MILLIONS)	March 29, 2015		March 30, 2014
EPS Numerator––Basic
Income from continuing operations	$	2,376	$	2,265
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	6		9
Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc.	2,371		2,256
Less: Preferred stock dividends––net of tax	—		—
Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders	2,370		2,256
Discontinued operations––net of tax	5		73
Less: Discontinued operations––net of tax, attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—
Discontinued operations––net of tax, attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders	5		73
Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders	$	2,375	$	2,329
EPS Numerator––Diluted
Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders and assumed conversions	$	2,371	$	2,256
Discontinued operations––net of tax, attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders and assumed conversions	5		73
Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders and assumed conversions	$	2,376	$	2,329
EPS Denominator
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding––Basic	6,203		6,389
Common-share equivalents: stock options, stock issuable under employee compensation plans, convertible preferred stock and accelerated share repurchase agreement	90		87
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding––Diluted	6,292		6,476
Stock options that had exercise prices greater than the average market price of our common stock issuable under employee compensation plans(a)	34		43

^(a)  These common stock equivalents were outstanding for the three months ended March 29, 2015 and March 30, 2014, but were not included in the computation of diluted EPS for those periods because their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect.