Merck & Company Inc
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30.2 | 39.8 | 38.6 | 33.1 | 58.5 | 60.9 | 89.2 | 116.4 | 54.1 | 30.9 | 24.6 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 22.6 | 18.4 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 28.0 | 26.6 | 35.5 | 26.5 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 19.5 | 20.8 | 94.2 | 56.9 | 762.8 | 145.0 | 22.9 | 23.8 | 14.8 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 14.4 | 33.3 | 100.1 | |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 7.6 | |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.5 | |
| 13.7 | 16.2 | 17.0 | 16.3 | 21.4 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 15.9 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 14.9 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 17.1 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 31.9 | 23.4 | 44.4 | 41.0 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 10.6 | 18.2 | 26.3 | |
| 17.6 | 17.8 | 24.5 | 19.8 | 38.4 | 32.0 | 26.5 | 30.1 | 20.2 | 23.1 | 24.8 | 26.4 | 23.0 | 22.3 | 20.9 | 19.8 | 29.1 | 34.0 | 27.4 | 35.5 | 22.5 | 20.0 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 14.4 | 19.2 | 24.1 | 27.1 | 19.9 | 30.4 | 30.3 | 24.0 | 19.5 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 16.1 | 21.2 | 21.1 | 19.8 | |
| 5.7% | 5.6% | 4.1% | 5.1% | 2.6% | 3.1% | 3.8% | 3.3% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 4.5% | 4.8% | 5.0% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 4.4% | 5.0% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 7.0% | 5.2% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 5.0% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 4.2% | 5.1% | 7.2% | 7.5% | 7.4% | 6.2% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 5.1% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 63.9% | 65.1% | 66.5% | 67.7% | 67.8% | 67.9% | 68.0% | 67.7% | 67.3% | 68.1% | 68.9% | 69.9% | 70.1% | 69.9% | 70.1% | 70.0% | 71.2% | 67.4% | 66.6% | 67.3% | 68.0% | 72.0% | 70.7% | 70.4% | 70.5% | 70.6% | 72.4% | 73.0% | 72.9% | 73.2% | 74.4% | 75.3% | 75.8% | 76.3% | 75.7% | 75.4% | 75.5% | 74.2% | 75.9% | 75.4% | |
| 21.2% | 15.2% | 15.9% | 18.1% | 10.8% | 17.3% | 14.7% | 13.9% | 19.8% | 21.1% | 26.0% | 27.9% | 26.8% | 26.1% | 26.7% | 25.8% | 26.4% | 15.6% | 13.4% | 11.2% | 15.7% | 27.1% | 29.6% | 33.9% | 31.4% | 30.8% | 28.5% | 11.0% | 13.7% | 4.9% | 8.0% | 25.7% | 22.4% | 31.5% | 33.1% | 33.6% | 38.7% | 41.1% | 27.6% | 16.7% | |
| 13.8% | 9.8% | 10.9% | 12.7% | 7.2% | 6.0% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 8.0% | 14.7% | 19.5% | 21.1% | 20.3% | 21.0% | 21.1% | 22.9% | 26.1% | 15.8% | 16.2% | 12.3% | 15.1% | 26.8% | 26.3% | 29.0% | 25.9% | 24.5% | 22.5% | 5.3% | 7.8% | 0.6% | 3.8% | 22.0% | 19.2% | 26.7% | 27.2% | 25.8% | 29.6% | 28.1% | 13.6% | 4.8% | |
| 23.6% | 22.0% | 17.1% | 21.3% | 10.9% | 11.4% | 13.1% | 12.6% | 21.4% | 19.6% | 19.4% | 17.7% | 19.5% | 21.3% | 18.6% | 20.7% | 15.6% | 13.0% | 15.7% | 12.2% | 17.7% | 19.9% | 23.7% | 25.2% | 25.9% | 24.8% | 19.5% | 18.6% | 22.2% | 15.2% | 18.0% | 21.0% | 23.5% | 28.2% | 26.6% | 23.1% | 20.3% | 19.0% | 21.5% | 24.2% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12.6% | 9.8% | 10.9% | 12.9% | 7.4% | 7.0% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 10.3% | 23.3% | 30.5% | 33.9% | 34.7% | 38.0% | 38.7% | 37.9% | 39.5% | 27.9% | 26.1% | 16.7% | 20.1% | 34.2% | 34.7% | 38.3% | 34.3% | 31.6% | 27.8% | 8.0% | 11.2% | 1.0% | 5.7% | 31.5% | 27.3% | 37.0% | 36.1% | 33.5% | 36.7% | 34.7% | 19.5% | 7.6% | |
| 5.6% | 4.1% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 3.1% | 2.7% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 3.9% | 7.5% | 10.2% | 11.1% | 11.2% | 11.7% | 11.9% | 11.6% | 12.8% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 6.1% | 7.7% | 12.3% | 13.3% | 15.5% | 14.3% | 13.3% | 12.1% | 3.0% | 4.3% | 0.3% | 2.2% | 12.2% | 10.3% | 14.6% | 15.1% | 14.0% | 14.7% | 13.3% | 6.9% | 2.4% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17,236 | 18,327 | 16,766 | 17,101 | 19,094 | 18,318 | 19,073 | 18,028 | 15,766 | 17,149 | 17,820 | 19,928 | 18,219 | 16,670 | 20,573 | 19,771 | 21,385 | 24,032 | 24,272 | 17,946 | 16,425 | 25,310 | 23,238 | 21,988 | 19,273 | 18,278 | 21,039 | 31,251 | 26,254 | 28,499 | 25,563 | 26,484 | 23,538 | 24,151 | 26,215 | 27,395 | 23,205 | 35,068 | 43,790 | 47,057 | |
| 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.4 | |
| 44.5% | 42.0% | 41.3% | 42.5% | 41.7% | 39.1% | 39.1% | 38.3% | 38.1% | 32.3% | 33.4% | 32.9% | 32.2% | 30.7% | 30.9% | 30.5% | 32.5% | 27.6% | 29.7% | 36.7% | 38.3% | 36.1% | 38.3% | 40.4% | 41.5% | 42.1% | 43.4% | 37.0% | 38.6% | 35.2% | 38.1% | 38.7% | 37.9% | 39.5% | 42.0% | 41.7% | 40.0% | 38.4% | 35.7% | 32.3% | |
| 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.97 | 1.41 | 1.57 | 1.85 | 1.04 | 0.88 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 1.25 | 2.36 | 3.23 | 3.62 | 3.62 | 3.85 | 3.98 | 4.13 | 4.54 | 2.78 | 2.77 | 2.19 | 2.84 | 5.15 | 5.59 | 6.53 | 6.00 | 5.70 | 5.11 | 1.23 | 1.81 | 0.14 | 0.91 | 5.40 | 4.78 | 6.74 | 6.89 | 6.53 | 7.62 | 7.34 | 3.61 | 1.28 | |
| 14.32 | 14.34 | 14.44 | 14.54 | 14.60 | 14.78 | 15.03 | 15.30 | 15.58 | 16.06 | 16.55 | 17.14 | 17.87 | 18.30 | 18.88 | 18.01 | 17.42 | 17.66 | 17.09 | 17.90 | 18.81 | 19.21 | 21.28 | 22.51 | 23.20 | 23.27 | 22.68 | 22.97 | 23.30 | 23.54 | 24.24 | 24.56 | 24.86 | 25.25 | 25.29 | 25.35 | 25.71 | 26.10 | 26.53 | 26.86 | |
| 15.70 | 14.44 | 14.40 | 14.34 | 14.03 | 12.65 | 12.42 | 12.07 | 12.11 | 10.14 | 10.58 | 10.68 | 10.43 | 10.12 | 10.29 | 10.90 | 11.50 | 9.97 | 10.60 | 13.11 | 14.11 | 15.06 | 16.11 | 17.02 | 17.49 | 18.05 | 18.36 | 15.24 | 16.20 | 14.71 | 15.94 | 17.13 | 17.51 | 18.23 | 19.10 | 19.50 | 20.76 | 21.14 | 18.56 | 16.96 | |
| 3.39 | 3.16 | 2.47 | 3.09 | 1.59 | 1.68 | 1.96 | 1.93 | 3.34 | 3.15 | 3.21 | 3.03 | 3.49 | 3.89 | 3.51 | 3.72 | 2.72 | 2.29 | 2.68 | 2.19 | 3.34 | 3.83 | 5.04 | 5.67 | 6.00 | 5.77 | 4.41 | 4.26 | 5.17 | 3.58 | 4.36 | 5.17 | 5.84 | 7.12 | 6.73 | 5.86 | 5.22 | 4.97 | 5.71 | 6.50 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 5, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.