Merck & Co., Inc.

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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

146.98 0.04 +0.03%
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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) trades at a price to free cash flow of 22.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.9× (May 2025) to 492× (December 2020); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 21.3× and above the Healthcare sector median of 21.1×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 21.3× 53.08%
FY2024 13.9× (55.70%)
FY2023 31.4× 64.22%
FY2022 19.1× (14.40%)
FY2021 22.4× (64.32%)
FY2020 62.6× 53.47%
FY2019 40.8× 72.62%
FY2018 23.6× (27.15%)
FY2017 32.5× 77.15%
FY2016 18.3× 45.32%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 22.3× 13.08%
Jun 2026 19.8× (6.21%)
Mar 2026 21.1× (1.13%)
Dec 2025 21.3× 32.78%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 10.9× High 492×
Ten-year median 23.4×
Current reading's percentile 45

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare 15.1×
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 15.5×
NVS Novartis AG compare 21.7×
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. 22.6×
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 23.5×
ABBV AbbVie Inc. compare 27.1×
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 27.3×
JNJ Johnson & Johnson compare 31.3×
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 45.8×
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 21.3×
Healthcare sector median 21.1×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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