Merck & Co., Inc.

MRK Healthcare Drug Manufacturers General

Merck & Co., Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $65.0 billion, up 1.31% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.68%
EPS
−130.7%
Free cash flow
+77.0%
Total debt
+50.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

146.86 0.08 −0.05%
Market cap
$362.5B
P/E
118×
Fwd P/E
109×
Dividend yield
2.31%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
3.77
Beneish M
−2.27
Dividend safety
74/100

Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) Gross margin

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Merck & Co., Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 71.8%, down 3.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (74.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 62.2% (fiscal 2015) to 76.3% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is in line with the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 73.0% and above the Healthcare sector median of 53.9%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 74.8% (1.52)
FY2024 76.3% 3.15
FY2023 73.2% 2.54
FY2022 70.6% (1.39)
FY2021 72.0% 4.82
FY2020 67.2% (2.09)
FY2019 69.3% 1.23
FY2018 68.1% 0.24
FY2017 67.8% 3.07
FY2016 64.8% 2.56

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 73.0% (0.59)
Jun 2026 73.5% (0.70)
Mar 2026 74.2% 8.09
Dec 2025 66.2% (11.54)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 62.2% High 76.3%
Ten-year median 69.3%
Current reading's percentile 65

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 81.9%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 80.7%
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare 79.9%
NVS Novartis AG compare 74.9%
ABBV AbbVie Inc. compare 73.7%
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 73.4%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. 71.8%
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 70.9%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson compare 67.6%
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 73.0%
Healthcare sector median 53.9%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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