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Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 1.78Revenue estimate 16.29B
Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 1.78Revenue estimate 16.29B
If you had invested in Merck & Co ago, it would be worth $3,548 today, against $4,128 in SPY and $6,186 in QQQ.
Arincen ScoreWhat is the Arincen Score? The Arincen Score grades a company out of 100 from 30 checks on its own reported figures, five checks in each of six parts.Beta
67/100
Six parts of the company, five checks each, from its own reported figures. A part scores the checks it passes out of 10; the score is their average out of 100.
Profitability8
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Cash8
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Valuation6
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Growth8
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Financial strength6
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Shareholders4
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Figures to FY2025; the price as of today.
Merck & Co key facts
- StyleWhat does a stock's style mean? The style label sorts a stock as growth, value, dividend, blend or speculative, with a 1 to 10 meter showing how strongly it fits.
- Blend stock · 4.5/10Growth 3.6 · Value 2.5 · Dividend 4.5
- Day range
- 142.900 – 147.480
- 52-week range
- 85.240 – 156.920
- Market capitalizationWhat is market capitalization? Market cap is what the stock market values a whole company at: its share price times the number of its shares outstanding.
- 361.96B USD
- P/EWhat is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 149.70
- PEG ratioWhat is the PEG ratio? The PEG ratio divides the P/E by the yearly earnings growth analysts expect, to show how much you pay for each point of growth.
- 24.28
- EPSWhat is EPS (earnings per share)? EPS (earnings per share) is a company's net income divided by its number of shares: the profit that belongs to each share over a period.
- 0.98
- Div YieldWhat is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- 2.32%
- EPS growth forecast (FY2026)
- -69.1%
- Volume
- 160
- BetaWhat is beta in stocks? Beta measures how much a stock tends to move when the whole market moves: 1 moves with it, under 1 is calmer, over 1 swings more.
- 0.22
- ESG scoreWhat is an ESG score? An ESG score rates how a company handles the environment, its people and its governance, out of 100. Higher is better.
- 74.5/100Environment 77 · Social 73 · Governance 74
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Drug Manufacturers - General
- CEO
- Robert Davis
- Employees
- 74K
- Website
- merck.com
- IPO date
- 13 Jan 1978
Merck & Co earningsWhat is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.
Next earnings · Q4 FY2026
EPS estimate
1.78 USD
Revenue estimate
16.29B USD
Last quarter · Q3 FY2026
EPS2.49Beat +19.1%Revenue18.09BBeat +4.4%
Revenue
ReportedEstimate
EPS
ReportedEstimate
| Period | Report date | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 FY2027 | 2.44 | — | — | -2.01% | 18.23B | — | — | +0.81% | |
| Q2 FY2027 | 2.09 | — | — | — | 16.84B | — | — | +1.41% | |
| Q1 FY2027 | 2.13 | — | — | — | 16.46B | — | — | +1.05% | |
| Q4 FY2026 | 1.78 | — | — | -12.75% | 16.29B | — | — | -0.65% | |
| Q3 FY2026 | 2.09 | 2.49 | +19.14% | -3.49% | 17.33B | 18.09B | +4.35% | +4.68% | |
| Q2 FY2026 | -0.27 | -0.13 | +51.94% | -106.10% | 16.37B | 16.61B | +1.45% | +5.07% | |
| Q1 FY2026 | -1.47 | -1.28 | +12.93% | -157.66% | 15.85B | 16.29B | +2.77% | +4.87% | |
| Q4 FY2025 | 2.01 | 2.04 | +1.49% | +18.60% | 16.20B | 16.40B | +1.24% | +4.97% | |
| Q3 FY2025 | 2.36 | 2.58 | +9.32% | +64.33% | 16.98B | 17.28B | +1.75% | +3.72% | |
| Q2 FY2025 | 2.03 | 2.13 | +4.93% | -6.58% | 15.86B | 15.81B | -0.37% | -1.90% |
| Period | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2028 | 9.92 | — | — | +11.26% | 73.58B | — | — | +6.00% |
| FY2027 | 8.91 | — | — | +222.00% | 69.42B | — | — | +3.27% |
| FY2026 | 2.77 | — | — | -69.14% | 67.22B | — | — | +3.40% |
| FY2025 | 8.93 | 8.97 | +0.40% | +17.41% | 64.85B | 65.01B | +0.25% | +1.31% |
| FY2024 | 7.53 | 7.64 | +1.48% | +409.33% | 63.99B | 64.17B | +0.29% | +6.74% |
| FY2023 | 1.38 | 1.50 | +8.93% | -79.95% | 59.97B | 60.11B | +0.24% | +1.40% |
| FY2022 | 7.39 | 7.48 | +1.16% | +19.49% | 59.12B | 59.28B | +0.27% | +21.72% |
Merck & Co analyst forecastWhat is the analyst rating? The analyst rating sums up what the analysts covering a stock recommend, from strong buy to strong sell, by the share of them rating it a buy.
12-month price target
160.47 USD
+9.38%
Analysts' 1-year price targets range from 105.00 to 180.00, with an average of 160.47.
Past year
1-year forecast
Strong sellStrong buy
Buy
21 ratings
| Buy | 15 | |
| Hold | 6 | |
| Sell | 0 |
12-month price target
| Highest target | 180.00 |
| Average target | 160.47 |
| Lowest target | 105.00 |
| Current price | 146.71 |
Merck & Co valuationWhat is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- Price to earnings ratio (TTM)What is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 149.70
- Forward P/E (FY2026)What is the forward P/E ratio? Forward P/E divides a share's price by the earnings per share analysts expect in the coming year, rather than last year's actual earnings.
- 53.00
- Price to sales (TTM)What is the P/S ratio? The price-to-sales ratio compares a company's market value with its revenue over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of sales.
- 5.38
- Price to bookWhat is the P/B ratio? The price-to-book ratio compares a company's market value with its book value, the shareholders' equity on its balance sheet.
- 8.06
- EV / EBITDA (TTM)What is EV/EBITDA? EV/EBITDA compares a company's whole value, debt included and cash taken off, with a year of its earnings before interest, tax and depreciation.
- 31.16
Capital structureWhat is enterprise value? Enterprise value is what the whole business costs: the market value of its shares plus its debt minus its cash. It is the price behind EV/EBITDA.
Market capitalization
361.96B USD
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Total debt
53.78B USD
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Cash and short-term investments
9.65B USD
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Enterprise value
406.09B USD
Valuation over time
P/EForward P/EForward P/E · EstimateEstimate
Merck & Co against its own historyWhat does "against its own history" show? The company's latest margins, return on equity, growth, debt and P/E against its own last 5 years: the low, the median and the high, and whether this year is better or worse than usual.
Each figure in the latest fiscal year against the same figure from FY2021 to FY2025: the range, its median (the line) and the latest (the dot, green on the good side of the median). The P/E is today's against its daily readings of five years.
Its peers: AbbVie, Amgen, Gilead Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, the US Drug Manufacturers - General companies closest to it in size, each in its own latest fiscal year: their median (the line) and its rank among them, first being the best.
- P/E (today)Above its median149.710.7879.4
- Gross marginBelow its median72.0%70.6%76.3%Against its peers: 3 of 7Peers' median 70.9%
- Operating marginHighest in 5 years36.2%4.9%36.2%Against its peers: 2 of 7Peers' median 28.8%
- Net marginHighest in 5 years28.1%0.6%28.1%Against its peers: 3 of 7Peers' median 17.8%
- Return on equityAbove its median34.7%1.0%37.0%Against its peers: 4 of 6Peers' median 37.5%
- Free cash flow marginBelow its median19.0%15.2%28.2%Against its peers: 6 of 7Peers' median 24.3%
- Revenue growthLowest in 5 years1.2%1.2%21.7%Against its peers: 5 of 7Peers' median 4.2%
- EPS growthBelow its median8.0%-97.5%4,714.3%Against its peers: 4 of 6Peers' median 88.2%
- Debt to EBITDAAt its median1.79×1.49×5.25×Against its peers: 2 of 7Peers' median 3.16×
- Current ratioHighest in 5 years1.541.251.54Against its peers: 2 of 7Peers' median 1.15
Peers: US companies of the same industry (of its sector when the industry has too few) from a tenth to ten times its market value, the six closest in size. Updated weekly.
Merck & Co growth and profitabilityWhat are gross, operating and net profit margins? A profit margin is the share of revenue kept as profit: gross margin after the cost of sales, operating margin after running costs, net margin after all costs.
- Revenue (TTM)What does TTM (trailing twelve months) mean? TTM (trailing twelve months) is a figure over the latest twelve months of reports: usually the last four quarters added together.
- 67.30B USD
- Net income (TTM)What is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
- 2.45B USD
- Gross marginWhat are gross, operating and net profit margins? A profit margin is the share of revenue kept as profit: gross margin after the cost of sales, operating margin after running costs, net margin after all costs.
- 76.95%
- Operating margin
- 16.24%
- Net margin
- 3.64%
Revenue / Net income
Revenue Net income Net margin
Merck & Co revenue breakdown
By product
FY2025
89.4%Pharmaceutical9.8%Animal Health
| Segment | Revenue | Share of revenue | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical | 58.14B | 89.4% | +1.3% |
| Animal Health | 6.35B | 9.8% | +8.1% |
| Other Segments | 515.00M | 0.8% | -42.2% |
By region
FY2025
56.2%United States22.4%EMEA5.2%Latin America4.6%Asia Pacific4.4%International4.2%Japan3.0%China
| Region | Revenue | Share of revenue | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36.51B | 56.2% | +13.1% |
| EMEA | 14.58B | 22.4% | +3.8% |
| Latin America | 3.41B | 5.2% | -1.4% |
| Asia Pacific | 2.98B | 4.6% | -2.5% |
| International | 2.88B | 4.4% | +12.5% |
| Japan | 2.71B | 4.2% | -17.3% |
| China | 1.94B | 3.0% | -64.7% |
How Merck & Co makes its moneyWhat is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
Pharmaceutical58.14B 89.6%
Animal Health6.35B 9.8%
Other Segments515.00M 0.8%
Revenue64.93B 100.0%
Cost of revenue18.20B 28.0%
Gross profit46.73B 72.0%
Research and development12.51B 19.3%
Selling and administration10.73B 16.5%
Operating income23.49B 36.2%
Tax2.80B 4.3%
Other expense2.43B 3.7%
Net income18.25B 28.1%
FY2025, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
FY2025, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
Merck & Co dividendsWhat is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- Annual dividend
- 3.40 USD
- Dividend yield (indicated)What is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- 2.32%
- Payout ratioWhat is the payout ratio? The payout ratio is the share of a company's earnings paid out as dividends: dividends per share divided by earnings per share (EPS).
- 346.94%
- Years of dividend growthWhat are years of dividend growth? The years in a row a company has raised its dividend per share. 25 years make an S&P 500 company a Dividend Aristocrat; 50 make a Dividend King.
- 16
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last payment
- 0.85 USD
- Last ex-dividend dateWhat is the ex-dividend date? The ex-dividend date is the first day a stock trades without its next dividend: buy before it to receive the payment; buy on or after it and the seller gets it.
- 15 Sept 2026
- Last payment date
- 7 Oct 2026
Dividends per share
Merck & Co financial health
- Cash and short-term investments
- 9.65B USD
- Total debt
- 53.78B USD
- Net cash
- -44.13B USD
- Free cash flow (TTM)What is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks.
- 14.75B USD
- Current ratioWhat is the current ratio? The current ratio is current assets divided by current liabilities: whether what a company will turn into cash within a year covers what it owes within a year.
- 1.35
- Debt to equityWhat is the debt to equity ratio? Debt to equity is a company's total debt divided by its shareholders' equity: how much it has borrowed for each dollar its owners have in the business.
- 1.20
- Piotroski scoreWhat is the Piotroski F-Score? The Piotroski F-Score rates a company's financial strength from 0 to 9: one point for each of nine tests of profit, debt and efficiency it passes.
- 6 / 9
- Altman Z-scoreWhat is the Altman Z-Score? The Altman Z-Score rolls five financial ratios into one number that signals a company's risk of bankruptcy: over 3 is safe, under 1.8 is distress.
- 3.96
Cash, debt and free cash flow
Cash and short-term investments Total debt Free cash flow
Merck & Co ownershipWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- InstitutionsWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 82.27%
- Institutional holders
- 3,954 (+39)
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 99.90%
Who owns the shares
Institutions 82.3% Others 17.7%
As of 30 Jun 2026
Shares free to trade
Free float 2.46B shares ·99.9% Closely held 2.55M shares ·0.1%
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Insider trading
| Quarter | Purchases | Sales | Shares acquired | Shares disposed of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2026 | 0 | 0 | 613.07 | 0.00 |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | 13 | 126.85K | 320.56K |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | 0 | 726.04K | 74.12K |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | 14 | 337.63K | 445.33K |
Shares outstanding
Basic shares Diluted shares Change in diluted shares
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Title: Merck & Co
Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Drug Manufacturers - General
Merck & Co. Inc. is an integrated healthcare company specializing in healthcare solutions through prescription medication, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer- care products. The company headquarters are in Rahway, New Jersey. The origins of the company stretch as far back as 1668, when it was founded by the Merck family in Germany. The American subsidiary of the German founding firm was established in 1891. Merck & Co. Inc. frequently features in the top 100 of the Fortune 500 list of biggest American firms by revenue.