Merck & Co.
S&P 500
Dow Jones
$143.93
-0.54%
Delayed · cached 15 min
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✓Strengths
- Comfortable interest cover: operating profit covers interest about 15.5 times.
- Return on equity is healthy at 43.5%.
- Return on capital employed is healthy at 20.8%.
- Net profit margin is strong at 28.1%.
- Current assets comfortably cover current liabilities (current ratio 1.54).
- Has paid a dividend in each of the last 5 years on record.
!Watch-points
- Higher leverage: debt-to-equity of 1.17 is above 1.
These points are generated automatically from the company’s reported figures to highlight what stands out. They are descriptive observations for educational purposes only — not advice or a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold.
Forensic Checks
Piotroski F-ScoreWeak
3 / 8
The F-Score adds one point for each of several year-on-year signs of improving profitability, lower leverage and better efficiency. Higher is generally stronger.
Based on 8 of the 9 signals — the rest need data not available for this stock.
These are well-known academic screening models, shown for educational context only. They describe historical financial patterns and are not predictions, advice, or a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold.
Key Ratios
Market Cap$355.10B
Current Price$ 143.93
High / Low$ 156.92 / 77.58
Stock P/E115.144
Book Value$ 16.98
Dividend Yield2.29%
ROCE20.76%
ROE43.53%
Debt to Equity1.17
Current Ratio1.54
P/B Ratio8.473448
EPS$ 7.28
Debt$49.05B
PAT Margin28.08%
Cash PAT$21.30B
ICR15.52