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Merck & Company, Inc. valuation and key ratios.

Valuation, profitability, balance-sheet health, and risk metrics for MRK, refreshed each market session.

Section freshness

Price Aug 19, 3:44 PM EDT · Statements Jun 29, 8:00 PM EDT

Key metrics at a glance

The numbers most investors check first

Market cap

$376.10B

P/E (TTM)

122.94

Forward P/E

FCF yield

4.27%

Return on equity

7.57%

Dividend yield

2.52%

Valuation

Market cap
$376.10B
Enterprise value
$423.15B
P/E (TTM)
122.94
Price / sales
5.65
Price / book
8.97
EPS (TTM)
$1.24

Long-run compounding

CAGR since IPO and aggregate price growth.

Adjusted daily closes are annualized over the full price history; dividends are not included in this price-only return view.

CAGR since IPO
10.90%
From first adjusted close on August 21, 2006
Aggregate CAGR
31.44%
1Y, 3Y, 5Y, 10Y blended CAGR
First tracked close
$18.84
August 21, 2006
History span
20 yrs
Aug 21, 2006 to Aug 19, 2026 · 5,030 closes
Latest tracked close
$148.95
August 19, 2026
All-time high
$151.80
August 19, 2026
All-time low
$19.13
March 9, 2009
History source
Long range
Yahoo Finance

Valuation map

P/E (TTM)122.94
Price / sales5.65
Price / book8.97

Risk and scale

Beta (5Y)0.21

Less volatile than the market

Debt / equity1.29
Current ratio1.32

Pro formula stack

Ratios investors search for after the headline quote.

These are TECHi-computed from overview, income statement, balance sheet, and cash-flow rows when market-data sources expose the ingredients.

EV / revenue
6.36
Enterprise value / TTM revenue
FCF yield
4.27%
TTM free cash flow / market cap
FCF / share
$6.51
TTM free cash flow / shares outstanding
Earnings yield
0.81%
Inverse P/E
Rule of 40
29.20%
Revenue growth + FCF margin
CROIC
18.05%
FCF / invested capital
TECHi quality score
5 / 7
7-point profitability, cash, leverage, and trend check

Quality and capital returns

FCF margin24.13%

TTM free cash flow / TTM revenue

FCF conversion5.06

TTM FCF / TTM net income

Sales yield17.70%

TTM revenue / market cap

Balance-sheet and reinvestment reads

Debt / FCF3.36

Total debt / TTM FCF

R&D / revenue45.75%

Tech-stock reinvestment intensity

CapEx / revenue5.86%

Capital intensity of the business

Distress and optionality read

MRK Altman Z-score needs a fuller balance sheet.

TECHi computes a non-financial-company Altman-style score from working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market value, liabilities, revenue, and assets. It is not a bankruptcy prediction, but it gives pro readers a fast stress screen that most quote pages do not show beside live valuation metrics.

Net cash / share
$-19.07
Cash minus debt, per share
Working capital
$8.95B
Current assets minus current liabilities
Debt growth YoY
+52.27%
Latest quarter vs same quarter last year

Valuation read

MRK trades at 122.94× trailing earnings.

A trailing P/E above 30 means the market is paying up for MRK. That premium has to be earned with above-average revenue or earnings growth — pair this with the forward P/E (—) and the PEG ratio (—) before forming a view.

Profitability

Net margin
4.77%
Return on equity
7.57%
Return on assets
2.44%
Debt / equity
1.29
Current ratio
1.32
>1 = covers near-term liabilities
Beta (5Y)
0.21

Margin profile

Net margin4.77%
Return on equity7.57%

Profitability read

MRK converts 4.8% of revenue into net income.

Sub-8% net margins leave little cushion for input-cost shocks. Look for the operating-margin trend and the gross-margin floor — a stable gross with a recovering operating margin is the cleanest setup.

Per-share & range

Dividend yield
2.52%
Forward yield
Shares outstanding
2.47B
52w high
$152.60
52w low
$77.58

Corporate actions

Stock split history

Adjusted for all historical splits

Split events
0

Reported fundamentals

Company statistics fields

These figures come from the latest issuer filings and live quote-derived formulas.

Revenue (TTM)
$66.57B
TECHi unified data
Book value
$17.00
TECHi unified data
Revenue / share
$26.98
TECHi unified data
Earnings growth YoY
-130.68%
TECHi unified data
Revenue growth YoY
5.07%
TECHi unified data
50-day average
$126.61
TECHi unified data
200-day average
$113.53
TECHi unified data

Frequently asked

Common questions.

What is Merck & Company, Inc.'s market capitalization?

Merck & Company, Inc. (MRK) currently shows a fresh market-cap field of $376.1 billion.

What is MRK's P/E ratio?

MRK's available trailing P/E field is 122.94.

Where do TECHi's MRK statistics come from?

The Statistics page uses TECHi's unified market-data layer and omits fields whose winning source is missing or explicitly stale.