Zoetis Inc. (ZTS) Key Metrics

NYSE: ZTSValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

ZTS valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$32.80B
Enterprise value
$37.16B
P/E (TTM)
13.1
10-yr median 35.8
Forward P/E
12.0
PEG ratio
6.66
Price / sales
3.4
10-yr median 8.3
Price / book
9.4
10-yr median 18.7
EV / EBITDA
9.2
10-yr median 21.4
Dividend yield
2.67%
$2.12 a year
Beta
0.74

ZTS key metrics, 2016–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

ZTS valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

P/E ratio−29.9%
20.9
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 32.5 (−54.2%)2017: 41.1 (+26.6%)2018: 29.2 (−29.1%)2019: 42.5 (+45.8%)2020: 48.4 (+13.7%)2021: 57.1 (+18.1%)2022: 32.6 (−42.9%)2023: 38.9 (+19.4%)2024: 29.8 (−23.4%)2025: 20.9 (−29.9%)
20162025
Price / sales−26.3%
5.9
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 5.5 (+8.1%)2017: 6.7 (+22.7%)2018: 7.2 (+6.8%)2019: 10.2 (+42.5%)2020: 11.9 (+16.5%)2021: 15.0 (+26.1%)2022: 8.5 (−43.0%)2023: 10.7 (+25.2%)2024: 8.0 (−25.0%)2025: 5.9 (−26.3%)
20162025
Price / book+7.9%
16.8
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 17.8 (−21.0%)2017: 19.9 (+11.8%)2018: 19.1 (−4.2%)2019: 23.5 (+23.5%)2020: 21.0 (−10.8%)2021: 25.6 (+21.9%)2022: 15.6 (−38.9%)2023: 18.3 (+16.7%)2024: 15.5 (−14.9%)2025: 16.8 (+7.9%)
20162025
EV / EBITDA−24.0%
15.5
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 18.6 (−41.8%)2017: 20.0 (+7.7%)2018: 21.0 (+4.8%)2019: 27.9 (+32.8%)2020: 30.9 (+10.8%)2021: 37.7 (+22.1%)2022: 21.9 (−42.0%)2023: 26.0 (+19.0%)2024: 20.4 (−21.8%)2025: 15.5 (−24.0%)
20162025
Price / free cash flow−24.2%
24.5
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 53.7 (−1.9%)2017: 31.7 (−41.0%)2018: 28.7 (−9.4%)2019: 47.8 (+66.5%)2020: 47.3 (−0.9%)2021: 67.0 (+41.5%)2022: 52.0 (−22.4%)2023: 56.3 (+8.3%)2024: 32.2 (−42.7%)2025: 24.5 (−24.2%)
20162025
Free cash flow yield+1.0 pts
4.1%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 1.9% (0.0 pts)2017: 3.2% (+1.3 pts)2018: 3.5% (+0.3 pts)2019: 2.1% (−1.4 pts)2020: 2.1% (0.0 pts)2021: 1.5% (−0.6 pts)2022: 1.9% (+0.4 pts)2023: 1.8% (−0.1 pts)2024: 3.1% (+1.3 pts)2025: 4.1% (+1.0 pts)
20162025

ZTS valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

ZTS returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

ZTS debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

ZTS cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

ZTS price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

ZTS key metrics

2016–2025
Zoetis Inc. key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Valuation
Market capitalization$55.84B$74.11B$91.24B$68.93B$116.33B$79.20B$63.76B$41.65B$35.53B$26.67B
Enterprise value$63.02B$78.87B$95.95B$73.45B$119.59B$82.96B$68.44B$46.41B$38.92B$30.41B
P/E ratio20.929.838.932.657.148.442.529.241.132.5
Price / sales5.98.010.78.515.011.910.27.26.75.5
Price / book16.815.518.315.625.621.023.519.119.917.8
Price / free cash flow24.532.256.352.067.047.347.828.731.753.7
Price / operating cash flow19.225.138.836.152.637.335.523.326.437.4
EV / sales6.78.511.29.115.412.410.98.07.36.2
EV / EBITDA15.520.426.021.937.730.927.921.020.018.6
EV / free cash flow27.634.359.255.468.949.651.332.034.761.2
Earnings yield4.8%3.4%2.6%3.1%1.8%2.1%2.4%3.4%2.4%3.1%
Free cash flow yield4.1%3.1%1.8%1.9%1.5%2.1%2.1%3.5%3.2%1.9%
Dividend yield1.6%1.1%0.8%0.9%0.4%0.5%0.5%0.6%0.6%0.7%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)7.4%3.6%2.0%3.2%1.0%0.8%1.5%2.3%2.0%1.8%
Share price at fiscal year-end$125.82$162.93$197.37$146.55$244.03$165.50$132.35$85.54$72.04$53.53
Per share
Revenue per share$21.33$20.35$18.48$17.18$16.31$13.95$12.99$11.96$10.76$9.81
Earnings per share$6.02$5.47$5.07$4.49$4.27$3.42$3.11$2.93$1.75$1.65
Operating cash flow per share$6.54$6.49$5.09$4.06$4.64$4.44$3.73$3.68$2.73$1.43
Free cash flow per share$5.14$5.05$3.51$2.82$3.64$3.50$2.77$2.98$2.28$1.00
Cash per share$5.21$4.36$4.41$7.60$7.30$7.53$4.01$3.48$3.17$1.46
Book value per share$7.51$10.49$10.81$9.36$9.53$7.88$5.62$4.49$3.62$3.01
Tangible book value per share−$0.98$2.02$1.95$0.59$0.81−$1.33−$3.68−$4.89−$2.01−$2.43
Dividends per share$2.00$1.73$1.50$1.30$0.99$0.79$0.65$0.50$0.42$0.38
Capex per share$1.40$1.44$1.58$1.25$1.00$0.95$0.95$0.69$0.45$0.43
Debt per share$21.39$14.83$14.61$17.20$14.14$15.38$13.72$13.25$10.04$8.97
Shares outstanding443.8M454.8M462.3M470.4M476.7M478.6M481.8M486.9M493.2M498.2M
Change in shares outstanding−2.4%−1.6%−1.7%−1.3%−0.4%−0.7%−1.0%−1.3%−1.0%−0.8%
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)66.0%50.9%49.9%47.3%49.0%50.6%61.3%71.9%52.6%64.0%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)28.6%28.1%26.3%27.8%29.9%24.9%23.5%26.2%18.7%18.7%
Return on assets (ROA)18.0%17.4%16.0%14.7%14.8%13.0%13.4%14.7%10.6%10.6%
Return on tangible assets22.8%23.9%23.0%19.6%20.9%17.8%21.2%23.0%14.9%16.6%
Free cash flow margin24.1%24.8%19.0%16.4%22.3%25.1%21.3%24.9%21.1%10.2%
Income quality (OCF / net income)1.091.191.000.901.091.301.201.251.560.87
Financial health
Total debt$9.49B$6.74B$6.75B$8.09B$6.74B$7.36B$6.61B$6.45B$4.95B$4.47B
Cash & short-term investments$2.31B$1.99B$2.04B$3.58B$3.48B$3.60B$1.93B$1.70B$1.56B$727.0M
Net debt$7.18B$4.76B$4.72B$4.51B$3.26B$3.76B$4.68B$4.76B$3.39B$3.74B
Debt / equity2.851.411.351.841.481.952.442.952.772.98
Debt / assets0.610.470.470.540.490.540.570.600.580.58
Net debt / EBITDA1.761.231.281.341.031.401.912.151.752.29
Current ratio3.031.753.362.373.863.052.633.603.853.03
Quick ratio1.941.082.001.632.792.301.852.462.551.69
Interest coverage14.814.011.912.411.99.18.38.99.98.5
Working capital$4.53B$2.57B$4.45B$4.34B$5.13B$4.44B$2.94B$3.18B$3.12B$2.27B
Invested capital$10.51B$9.53B$9.71B$8.92B$7.80B$7.53B$7.39B$6.94B$5.17B$5.24B
Tangible asset value−$434.0M$919.0M$894.0M$277.0M$388.0M−$631.0M−$1.77B−$2.38B−$993.0M−$1.21B
Net current asset value−$5.37B−$3.48B−$2.95B−$3.02B−$2.43B−$3.23B−$4.09B−$4.19B−$2.58B−$2.76B
Graham number$31.89$35.91$35.12$30.77$30.27$24.63$19.84$17.21$11.95$10.56
Graham net-net per share−$16.71−$11.74−$10.81−$10.33−$8.52−$9.74−$11.18−$11.14−$7.65−$8.00
Capital allocation
Dividends paid$889.0M$786.0M$692.0M$611.0M$474.0M$380.0M$314.0M$243.0M$206.0M$188.0M
Share buybacks (net)$3.23B$1.86B$1.09B$1.59B$743.0M$250.0M$626.0M$698.0M$500.0M$300.0M
Dividend payout ratio33.3%31.6%29.5%28.9%23.3%23.2%20.9%17.0%23.8%22.9%
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow180.6%115.1%110.1%166.3%70.1%37.7%70.4%64.8%62.9%98.2%
Capex / revenue6.6%7.1%8.6%7.3%6.1%6.8%7.3%5.8%4.2%4.4%
Capex / operating cash flow21.4%22.2%31.1%30.6%21.6%21.3%25.6%18.9%16.6%30.3%
Capex / depreciation1.281.321.491.261.061.031.121.100.930.90
Stock-based compensation / revenue0.9%0.8%0.7%0.8%0.7%0.9%1.1%0.9%0.8%0.8%
R&D / revenue7.4%7.4%7.2%6.7%6.5%6.9%7.3%7.4%7.2%7.7%
SG&A / revenue25.1%25.0%25.2%24.9%25.7%25.9%26.2%25.4%25.0%26.9%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding56.051.753.853.050.457.461.963.765.769.1
Days of inventory on hand309.3310.8330.6299.1263.0250.1238.1253.6286.8310.5
Days payables outstanding60.153.955.058.966.162.452.251.751.558.4
Cash conversion cycle (days)305.3308.6329.4293.2247.2245.1247.8265.7301.0321.2
Receivables turnover6.527.076.786.887.256.365.905.735.555.28
Payables turnover6.076.786.646.195.525.856.997.077.096.25
Inventory turnover1.181.171.101.221.391.461.531.441.271.18
Asset turnover0.640.650.580.560.570.530.560.600.650.63
Average receivables$1.45B$1.31B$1.26B$1.17B$1.07B$1.05B$1.06B$1.02B$955.5M$925.0M
Average payables$460.0M$422.0M$408.0M$420.5M$446.5M$379.0M$307.0M$287.0M$263.0M$279.0M
Average inventory$2.37B$2.44B$2.45B$2.13B$1.78B$1.52B$1.40B$1.41B$1.46B$1.48B
Intangibles / total assets24.3%27.0%28.7%27.6%29.9%32.4%38.8%42.4%32.4%35.4%

Computed from ZTS's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 12, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

ZTS valuation and financial ratios

At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Zoetis traded at 20.9 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 35.8. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 13.1 and the forward P/E is 12.0. Zoetis earned a return on equity of 66.0% and a return on invested capital of 28.6% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $9.5 billion of debt and $2.3 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $7.2 billion. It returned $4.1 billion to shareholders: $889.0 million in dividends and $3.2 billion in share buybacks, 181% of free cash flow. The share count fell 10.9% from 498.2M to 443.8M over 9 years.

See the ZTS income statement, the ZTS chart for price history, or the ZTS stock overview for the latest quote and news.

ZTS key metrics FAQ

What is Zoetis's P/E ratio?

Zoetis's trailing P/E ratio is 13.1 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 12.0. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 20.9, compared with a 10-year median of 35.8.

What is Zoetis's EV/EBITDA?

Zoetis's enterprise value was 15.5 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $63.0 billion, EBITDA $4.1 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 9.2.

What is Zoetis's return on equity?

Zoetis's return on equity (ROE) was 66.0% in fiscal 2025: net income of $2.7 billion on average shareholders' equity of $4.1 billion.

What is Zoetis's ROIC?

Zoetis's return on invested capital was 28.6% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.

How much debt does Zoetis have?

Zoetis had total debt of $9.5 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.85 and $7.2 billion of net debt (1.76 times EBITDA).

What is Zoetis's dividend yield?

Zoetis's forward dividend yield is 2.67%. Zoetis paid $889.0 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($2.00 per share), a payout ratio of 33.3%.

Does Zoetis buy back its shares?

Yes. Zoetis spent $3.2 billion on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −2.4% over the year, to 443.8M..

What is Zoetis's free cash flow yield?

Zoetis generated $2.3 billion of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 4.1% on its market value at year-end ($55.8 billion).

What is Zoetis's current ratio?

Zoetis's current ratio was 3.03 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 3.03 times current liabilities.

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