these reports excerpted and edited by barron’s were issued recently by investment and research firms the reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking they should not be considered the views or recommendations of barron’s some of the reports’ issuers have provided or hope to provide investmentbanking or other services to the companies being analyzed pfizer pfenyse   buy   price 4655 0n oct 31   by bofa securities   pfizer shares are trading higher today nov 1 after it reported better thirdquarter results from higher revenue 15 billion and nongaap earnings per share 38 cents