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/S ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) trades at a P/S ratio of 5.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.9× (May 2025) to 5.8× (January 2020); the current reading is higher than 96% of that period. That is above the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 3.5× and above the Healthcare sector median of 3.5×.

P/S ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
FY2025 4.1× 3.20%
FY2024 3.9× (17.86%)
FY2023 4.8× 0.68%
FY2022 4.7× 19.23%
FY2021 4.0× (17.24%)
FY2020 4.8× (16.41%)
FY2019 5.8× 23.90%
FY2018 4.6× 25.80%
FY2017 3.7× (8.47%)
FY2016 4.0× 12.25%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
Sep 2026 5.3× 11.72%
Jun 2026 4.8× 5.45%
Mar 2026 4.5× 11.61%
Dec 2025 4.1× 24.26%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.9× High 5.8×
Ten-year median 4.3×
Current reading's percentile 95

P/S ratio against peers

Company P/S ratio
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 2.7×
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 3.5×
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 4.7×
NVS Novartis AG compare 5.4×
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. 5.4×
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 6.4×
JNJ Johnson & Johnson compare 6.6×
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare 6.7×
ABBV AbbVie Inc. compare 7.7×
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 3.5×
Healthcare sector median 3.5×
Market median 1.9×

What P/S ratio is

Price to Sales Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual sales, whether or not it is profitable.

(Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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