MRK - Merck & Co Inc Stock Price, Fair Value and News

127.51USD-0.75 (-0.58%)Market Closed

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USD127.51-0.75

Market Closed

-0.58%

MRK Stock Price

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MRK Valuation

Market Cap

323.0B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

140.05

Price/Sales (Trailing)

5.26

EV/EBITDA

61.27

Price/Free Cashflow

29.65

MRK Price/Sales (Trailing)

MRK Profitability

EBT Margin

6.37%

Return on Equity

5.7%

Return on Assets

2.18%

Free Cashflow Yield

3.37%

MRK Fundamentals

MRK Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

61.4B

Rev. Growth (Yr)

8.89%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

7.82%

MRK Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

2.3B

Earnings Growth (Yr)

68.81%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

488.42%

Breaking Down MRK Revenue

Last 7 days

-2.8%

Last 30 days

-1.8%

Last 90 days

0.9%

Trailing 12 Months

8.6%

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MRK Financial Health

Current Ratio

1.25

Debt/Equity

0.77

Debt/Cashflow

0.47

MRK Investor Care

Dividend Yield

2.32%

Dividend/Share (TTM)

2.96

Buy Backs (1Y)

0.18%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

0.9

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2024	61.4B	0	0	0
2023	57.9B	58.3B	59.3B	60.1B
2022	54.0B	57.2B	59.0B	59.3B
2021	41.0B	43.0B	45.2B	48.7B
2020	40.4B	38.0B	36.5B	42.4B
2019	43.1B	44.4B	46.0B	39.1B
2018	40.7B	41.3B	41.7B	42.3B
2017	39.9B	40.0B	39.8B	40.1B
2016	39.4B	39.4B	39.9B	39.8B
2015	41.4B	40.2B	39.8B	39.5B
2014	43.6B	43.5B	43.1B	42.2B
2013	46.2B	44.9B	44.5B	44.0B
2012	48.2B	48.4B	47.8B	47.3B
2011	46.1B	47.0B	47.8B	48.0B
2010	33.5B	38.9B	44.0B	46.0B
2009	24.6B	25.6B	27.0B	27.4B
2008	0	24.1B	24.0B	23.9B
2007	0	0	0	24.2B

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Merck & Co Inc

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
May 02, 2024	smart dalton	acquired	49,072	128	381	svp fin. - global controller
May 02, 2024	romanelli joseph	sold (taxes)	-143,612	128	-1,115	president, human health int?l
May 02, 2024	smart dalton	sold (taxes)	-16,872	128	-131	svp fin. - global controller
May 02, 2024	romanelli joseph	acquired	291,346	128	2,262	president, human health int?l
Feb 14, 2024	davis robert m	sold	-10,661,600	125	-85,021	chairman, ceo & president
Feb 14, 2024	davis robert m	acquired	6,268,600	73.73	85,021	chairman, ceo & president
Feb 14, 2024	litchfield caroline	sold	-4,805,520	125	-38,291	evp & cfo
Feb 14, 2024	litchfield caroline	acquired	2,223,940	58.08	38,291	evp & cfo
Feb 13, 2024	davis robert m	acquired	11,127,200	74.1811	150,000	chairman, ceo & president
Feb 13, 2024	romanelli joseph	sold	-124,888	124	-1,000	president, human health int?l

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
May 02, 2024	TOBAM	reduced	-32.34	-6,079,000	27,491,000	2.46%
May 02, 2024	Poplar Forest Capital LLC	reduced	-2.77	4,526,600	30,130,400	4.05%
May 02, 2024	WRIGHT INVESTORS SERVICE INC	added	2.95	1,016,880	5,148,950	1.30%
May 02, 2024	Mendel Money Management	reduced	-1.21	176,573	1,078,820	0.50%
May 02, 2024	Mathes Company, Inc.	unchanged	-	150,000	864,000	0.32%
May 02, 2024	Asset Management One Co., Ltd.	reduced	-2.45	25,892,300	167,080,000	0.64%
May 02, 2024	Stack Financial Management, Inc	reduced	-1.33	4,733,980	29,110,400	2.67%
May 02, 2024	Ramsay, Stattman, Vela & Price, Inc.	reduced	-2.85	678,567	4,538,420	0.87%
May 02, 2024	TOKIO MARINE ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LTD	added	0.14	4,050,090	23,156,800	1.17%
May 02, 2024	Blume Capital Management, Inc.	reduced	-4.17	41,837	303,485	0.07%

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Unveiling Merck & Co Inc's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	9.66%	244,767,034	SC 13G/A
Jan 26, 2024	blackrock inc.	8.0%	201,836,434	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2023	vanguard group inc	8.96%	227,205,978	SC 13G/A
Feb 03, 2023	blackrock inc.	8.5%	215,011,385	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2022	vanguard group inc	8.36%	211,202,531	SC 13G/A
Feb 01, 2022	blackrock inc.	7.8%	198,224,264	SC 13G/A
Feb 10, 2021	vanguard group inc	8.24%	208,410,644	SC 13G/A
Feb 05, 2021	blackrock inc.	7.8%	196,213,804	SC 13G/A
Feb 12, 2020	vanguard group inc	8.26%	210,542,333	SC 13G/A
Feb 05, 2020	blackrock inc.	7.5%	190,783,225	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of Merck & Co Inc

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
May 03, 2024	10-Q	Quarterly Report
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading

Peers (Alternatives to Merck & Co Inc)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
JNJ	359.2B	85.6B	-3.24%	-7.94%	9.34	4.19	5.68%	202.39%
MRK	323.0B	61.4B	-1.84%	8.64%	140.05	5.26	6.11%	-82.30%
AMGN	166.9B	29.5B	13.40%	34.20%	44.36	5.65	12.76%	-52.47%
PFE	157.1B	46.5B	2.20%	-27.23%	-113.14	3.37	42.59%	-114.62%
GILD	80.7B	27.1B	-8.62%	-17.50%	14.25	2.98	-0.60%	23.36%
TEVA	15.6B	15.8B	-0.99%	61.25%	-27.18	0.99	6.17%	76.47%
MID-CAP
PRGO	4.4B	4.7B	5.70%	-11.21%	-349.99	0.95	4.58%	90.97%
ALKS	4.1B	1.7B	-8.55%	-16.13%	9.38	2.36	54.01%	364.56%
BHC	2.9B	9.0B	-22.11%	32.77%	-6.3	0.32	10.01%	-27.45%
AMPH	2.0B	644.4M	1.22%	16.11%	14.84	3.17	29.14%	50.51%
SMALL-CAP
TLRY	1.6B	743.2M	-26.67%	-17.06%	-4.6	2.18	24.65%	80.36%
TXMD	22.0M	1.3M	-14.35%	-52.84%	-2.14	16.92	-98.14%	-109.18%
ACRX	17.1M	-	-	62.93%	-0.93	0.22	2882.68%	-138.52%
AGRX	2.5M	19.6M	35.71%	-93.63%	-0.17	0.13	80.00%	43.08%
ACOR	1.1M	117.6M	-94.70%	-92.62%	0	0.01	-0.79%	-283.60%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Revenue	7.8%	15,775	14,631	15,962	15,035	14,487	13,830	14,959	14,593	15,901	13,521	13,154	11,402	10,627	10,064	10,929	9,353	12,057	4,149	12,397	11,760	10,816
S&GA Expenses	-11.4%	2,483	2,804	2,519	2,702	2,479	2,687	2,520	2,512	2,323	2,830	2,336	2,281	2,187	2,437	2,060	2,085	2,555	1,729	2,589	2,712	2,425
R&D Expenses	-58.5%	3,992	9,627	3,307	13,321	4,276	3,775	4,399	2,798	2,576	3,068	2,445	4,321	2,412	5,771	3,349	2,085	2,209	2,400	3,204	2,189	1,931
EBITDA Margin	51.8%	0.09*	0.06*	0.15*	0.12*	0.29*	0.31*	0.32*	0.35*	0.32*	0.32*	0.19*	0.14*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Income Taxes	210.1%	903	-820	870	637	825	496	330	538	554	85.00	695	503	238	7.00	380	396	619	306	440	615	205
Earnings Before Taxes	377.1%	5,670	-2,046	5,620	-5,335	3,650	3,513	3,583	4,487	4,861	3,909	5,266	1,717	2,987	-2,983	2,706	2,741	3,838	-1,502	2,347	3,259	3,067
EBT Margin	102.6%	0.06*	0.03*	0.13*	0.09*	0.26*	0.28*	0.29*	0.32*	0.29*	0.28*	0.15*	0.10*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	488.4%	4,762	-1,226	4,745	-5,975	2,821	3,017	3,248	3,944	4,310	3,758	4,567	1,545	3,179	-2,094	2,941	3,002	3,219	2,357	1,901	2,670	2,915
Net Income Margin	518.5%	0.04*	0.01*	0.08*	0.05*	0.23*	0.24*	0.26*	0.29*	0.26*	0.27*	0.16*	0.13*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	400.0%	2,229	-743	6,710	2,697	332	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Assets	-0.8%	105,849	106,675	106,727	104,469	107,796	109,160	107,081	107,095	106,668	105,694	93,494	90,688	90,847	91,588	89,800	90,615	84,913	84,397	83,331	83,965	82,354
Current Assets	-2.2%	31,445	32,168	31,954	29,977	33,402	35,722	33,561	32,116	31,184	30,266	31,058	28,665	26,909	27,764	26,577	29,343	26,174	27,483	26,142	24,298	25,351
Cash Equivalents	-17.1%	5,671	6,841	8,605	5,660	9,707	12,694	11,279	9,753	8,614	8,167	10,046	8,630	6,882	8,153	7,401	11,147	7,460	9,934	7,871	6,660	8,077
Inventory	2.4%	6,510	6,358	6,131	5,930	5,863	5,911	5,614	5,535	5,774	5,953	5,603	5,499	6,402	5,554	6,128	6,056	5,846	5,978	5,855	5,847	5,712
Net PPE	0.0%	23,045	23,051	22,526	22,231	21,758	21,422	20,424	20,059	19,747	19,279	18,565	18,064	18,295	17,000	16,919	15,789	15,269	14,297	14,287	13,862	13,506
Goodwill	-0.1%	21,181	21,197	21,183	21,195	21,209	21,204	21,160	21,213	21,258	21,264	18,862	18,873	20,212	18,882	20,248	239	19,767	18,069	19,480	19,490	1,376
Current Liabilities	-2.3%	25,099	25,694	23,094	23,394	23,131	24,239	22,998	23,168	22,316	23,872	23,728	21,906	26,361	27,327	20,405	22,178	23,483	22,220	20,684	20,085	18,543
Long Term Debt	-7.5%	31,142	33,683	33,972	34,072	28,074	28,745	28,482	28,684	30,586	30,690	22,907	24,033	24,002	25,360	26,321	26,156	21,637	22,736	22,677	22,771	22,721
LT Debt, Non Current	-100.0%	-	33,683	33,972	34,072	28,074	28,745	28,482	28,684	30,586	30,690	22,907	24,033	24,002	25,360	26,321	26,156	21,637	22,736	22,677	22,771	22,721
Shareholder's Equity	7.6%	40,424	37,581	41,246	38,742	46,905	45,991	44,524	43,318	40,953	38,257	35,863	33,388	27,039	25,404	29,270	27,744	26,300	26,001	26,925	27,737	27,670
Retained Earnings	5.2%	56,697	53,895	57,082	54,198	62,039	61,081	59,928	58,437	56,252	53,696	51,691	48,777	48,888	47,362	51,107	49,724	48,272	46,602	45,804	45,295	44,065
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.2%	44,598	44,509	44,358	44,219	44,467	44,379	44,243	44,115	44,275	44,238	44,149	44,039	39,613	39,588	39,489	39,373	39,697	39,660	39,561	39,484	38,768
Accumulated Depreciation	1.9%	18,620	18,266	18,446	18,432	18,256	17,985	17,921	17,798	18,498	18,192	18,155	18,236	18,732	18,162	18,572	18,182	17,706	17,686	17,281	17,049	16,623
Minority Interest	11.1%	60.00	54.00	54.00	49.00	71.00	67.00	66.00	75.00	70.00	73.00	69.00	94.00	94.00	87.00	84.00	102	95.00	94.00	87.00	102	131
Float	-	-	-	-	292,929	-	-	-	230,820	-	-	-	196,870	-	-	-	195,461	-	-	-	215,106	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Cashflow From Operations	1156.1%	3,090	246	7,717	3,704	1,339	4,430	5,602	4,302	4,761	5,095	4,797	1,990	1,240	3,410	1,582	1,918	707	238	4,226	3,084	1,336
Share Based Compensation	5.4%	176	167	164	169	145	145	139	137	120	119	117	132	111	99.00	126	121	108	83.00	101	111	93.00
Cashflow From Investing	-2696.2%	-1,376	53.00	-334	-11,443	-2,359	-1,748	-962	-1,077	-1,173	-12,049	-1,061	-2,625	-686	-4,697	-2,086	-782	-1,628	-663	191	-2,425	368
Cashflow From Financing	-25.3%	-2,814	-2,245	-4,269	3,758	-2,054	-1,554	-2,702	-1,777	-3,086	5,207	-2,274	2,262	-2,098	1,372	-3,851	1,137	-1,490	-2,011	-3,152	-2,084	-1,614
Dividend Payments	5.3%	1,950	1,852	1,855	1,885	1,853	1,750	1,747	1,770	1,745	1,643	1,649	1,673	1,645	1,542	1,545	1,577	1,551	1,405	1,394	1,468	1,428
Buy Backs	-69.0%	122	393	466	338	149	-	-	-	-	18.00	583	239	-	-	-	-	1,281	1,050	1,405	1,235	1,090

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MRK Income Statement

2023-12-31

Consolidated Statement of (Loss) Income - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales	$ 60,115	$ 59,283	$ 48,704
Costs, Expenses and Other
Cost of sales	16,126	17,411	13,626
Selling, general and administrative	10,504	10,042	9,634
Research and development	30,531	13,548	12,245
Restructuring costs	599	337	661
Other (income) expense, net	466	1,501	(1,341)
Total costs, expenses and other	58,226	42,839	34,825
Income from Continuing Operations Before Taxes	1,889	16,444	13,879
Taxes on Income from Continuing Operations	1,512	1,918	1,521
Net Income from Continuing Operations	377	14,526	12,358
Less: Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	12	7	13
Net Income from Continuing Operations Attributable to Merck & Co., Inc.	365	14,519	12,345
Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Taxes and Amounts Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	0	0	704
Net Income Attributable to Merck & Co., Inc.	$ 365	$ 14,519	$ 13,049
Basic Earnings per Common Share Attributable to Merck & Co., Inc. Common Shareholders
Income from Continuing Operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.14	$ 5.73	$ 4.88
Income from Discontinued Operations (in dollars per share)	0	0	0.28
Net Income (in dollars per share)	0.14	5.73	5.16
Earnings per Common Share Assuming Dilution Attributable to Merck & Co., Inc. Common Shareholders
Income from Continuing Operations (in dollars per share)	0.14	5.71	4.86
Income from Discontinued Operations (in dollars per share)	0	0	0.28
Net Income (in dollars per share)	$ 0.14	$ 5.71	$ 5.14

MRK Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

Consolidated Balance Sheet - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 6,841	$ 12,694
Short-term investments	252	498
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $88 in 2023 and $72 in 2022)	10,349	9,450
Inventories (excludes inventories of $3,348 in 2023 and $2,938 in 2022 classified in Other assets - see Note 8)	6,358	5,911
Other current assets	8,368	7,169
Total current assets	32,168	35,722
Investments	252	1,015
Property, Plant and Equipment (at cost)
Land	326	295
Buildings	14,966	13,166
Machinery, equipment and office furnishings	17,763	16,760
Construction in progress	8,262	9,186
Property, plant and equipment (at cost)	41,317	39,407
Less: accumulated depreciation	18,266	17,985
Property, plant and equipment, net	23,051	21,422
Goodwill	21,197	21,204
Other Intangibles, Net	18,011	20,269
Other Assets	11,996	9,528
Total Assets	106,675	109,160
Current Liabilities
Loans payable and current portion of long-term debt	1,372	1,946
Trade accounts payable	3,922	4,264
Accrued and other current liabilities	15,766	14,159
Income taxes payable	2,649	1,986
Dividends payable	1,985	1,884
Total current liabilities	25,694	24,239
Long-Term Debt	33,683	28,745
Deferred Income Taxes	871	1,795
Other Noncurrent Liabilities	8,792	8,323
Merck & Co., Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
Common stock, $0.50 par value Authorized - 6,500,000,000 shares Issued - 3,577,103,522 shares in 2023 and 2022	1,788	1,788
Other paid-in capital	44,509	44,379
Retained earnings	53,895	61,081
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(5,161)	(4,768)
Stockholders' equity before deduction for treasury stock	95,031	102,480
Less treasury stock, at cost: 1,045,470,249 shares in 2023 and 1,039,269,638 shares in 2022	57,450	56,489
Total Merck & Co., Inc. stockholders’ equity	37,581	45,991
Noncontrolling Interests	54	67
Total equity	37,635	46,058
Total Liabilities and Equity	$ 106,675	$ 109,160

About Merck & Co Inc

Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, and diabetes, as well as vaccine products, such as preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. The company serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, and government agencies; managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions; and physicians and physician distributors, veterinarians, and animal producers. It has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP; and Gilead Sciences, Inc. to jointly develop and commercialize long-acting treatments in HIV. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.

CEO	Mr. Robert M. Davis J.D.
WEBSITE	merck.com
INDUSTRY	Pharmaceuticals
EMPLOYEES	65535

Merck & Co Inc Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ticker symbol for Merck & Co Inc? What does MRK stand for in stocks?

MRK is the stock ticker symbol of Merck & Co Inc. Every public company that trades on a stock exchange gets a ticker symbol.

What is the market capital of Merck & Co Inc (MRK)?

As of Fri May 03 2024, market cap of Merck & Co Inc is 322.94 Billion. The market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the stock price with the number of shares outstanding.

What is the fair value of MRK stock?

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What is the fair value of MRK stock?

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What is Merck & Co Inc's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Fri May 03 2024, MRK's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 884.76 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 5.37. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. MRK PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Merck & Co Inc's stock?

In the past 10 years, Merck & Co Inc has provided 0.12 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.