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

146.92 3.44 −2.29%
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) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) trades at a P/E ratio of 118×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.7× (May 2025) to 943× (March 2024); the current reading is higher than 94% of that period. That is above the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 26.6× and above the Healthcare sector median of 25.2×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 14.5× (2.18%)
FY2024 14.8× (98.17%)
FY2023 809× 4,070.18%
FY2022 19.4× 30.59%
FY2021 14.9× (47.88%)
FY2020 28.5× 23.71%
FY2019 23.0× (27.52%)
FY2018 31.8× (45.52%)
FY2017 58.3× 40.64%
FY2016 41.5× 28.41%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Sep 2026 116× 13.08%
Jun 2026 103× 203.38%
Mar 2026 33.9× 134.35%
Dec 2025 14.5× 30.41%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 10.7× High 943×
Ten-year median 25.1×
Current reading's percentile 93

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare n/m
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 9.9×
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 26.3×
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 26.6×
NVS Novartis AG compare 30.9×
JNJ Johnson & Johnson compare 41.3×
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 42.2×
ABBV AbbVie Inc. compare 49.7×
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. 118×
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 26.6×
Healthcare sector median 25.2×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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