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

146.94 0.00 0.00%
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) Return on invested capital

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Merck & Co., Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 16.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (16.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.87% (fiscal 2023) to 18.8% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is below the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 6.26% and in line with the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 16.3% (2.54)
FY2024 18.8% 15.95
FY2023 2.87% (15.68)
FY2022 18.6% 4.99
FY2021 13.6% 5.44
FY2020 8.12% (4.82)
FY2019 12.9% (1.82)
FY2018 14.8% 5.80
FY2017 8.96% 2.12
FY2016 6.84% (1.71)

Against its own ten years

Low 2.87% High 18.8%
Ten-year median 12.9%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 28.7%
ABBV AbbVie Inc. compare 20.2%
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 14.3%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 12.3%
NVS Novartis AG compare 12.1%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson compare 11.1%
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 6.19%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. 0.00%
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare −4.51%
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 6.26%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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