MRK (MRK) Stock

About MRK

MRK is led by CEO Robert Davis, employs 73,000 people, headquartered in Rahway, US, publicly traded since 1978.

MRK stock trades at $149.59 with a market capitalization of $369.46B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 121.55, price-to-book of 9.03, price-to-sales of 5.70. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $77.58 and $156.92, and currently trades 4.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.22%.

On profitability, MRK generates a return on equity (ROE) of 6.60%, return on capital employed of 10.83%, an operating margin of 41.19%, a net profit margin of 4.78%.

In its most recent fiscal year, MRK reported annual revenue of $64.9B, net profit of $18.3B, revenue has compounded at 9.4% a year over the last five years, profit at 20.9% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.29, a current ratio of 1.54, total assets of $136.9B, $14.6B in cash and equivalents.

MRK has an average daily trading volume of 10,298,837 shares, a beta of 0.21 (less volatile than the overall market).