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    Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)

    Price:

    123.78 USD

    ( + 4.48 USD)

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    Symbol
    MRK
    Name
    Merck & Co., Inc.
    Industry
    Drug Manufacturers - General
    Sector
    Healthcare
    Price
    123.780
    Market Cap
    309.176B
    Enterprise value
    298.705B
    Currency
    USD
    Ceo
    Robert Davis
    Full Time Employees
    73000
    Website
    Ipo Date
    1978-01-13
    City
    Rahway
    Address
    2000 Galloping Hill Road

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    Johnson & Johnson

    VALUE SCORE:

    11

    Symbol
    JNJ
    Market Cap
    586.738B
    Industry
    Drug Manufacturers - General
    Sector
    Healthcare
    FUNDAMENTALS
    P/E
    16.884
    P/S
    4.756
    P/B
    5.859
    Debt/Equity
    0.938
    EV/FCF
    32.645
    Price to operating cash flow
    -1.000
    Price to free cash flow
    -1.000
    EV/sales
    5.291
    Earnings yield
    0.059
    Debt/assets
    0.532
    FUNDAMENTALS
    Net debt/ebidta
    1.322
    Interest coverage
    28.338
    Research And Developement To Revenue
    0.240
    Intangile to total assets
    0.520
    Capex to operating cash flow
    0.226
    Capex to revenue
    0.047
    Capex to depreciation
    0.913
    Return on tangible assets
    0.410
    Debt to market cap
    0.160
    Piotroski Score
    7.000
    FUNDAMENTALS
    PEG
    -4.415
    P/CF
    22.615
    P/FCF
    29.316
    RoA %
    19.685
    RoIC %
    34.650
    Gross Profit Margin %
    81.500
    Quick Ratio
    1.536
    Current Ratio
    1.536
    Net Profit Margin %
    28.078
    Net-Net
    26.696
    FUNDAMENTALS PER SHARE
    FCF per share
    4.231
    Revenue per share
    26.110
    Net income per share
    7.331
    Operating cash flow per share
    5.468
    Free cash flow per share
    4.231
    Cash per share
    5.850
    Book value per share
    58.090
    Tangible book value per share
    38.708
    Shareholders equity per share
    21.128
    Interest debt per share
    20.195
    TECHNICAL
    52 weeks high
    125.140
    52 weeks low
    73.310
    Current trading session High
    124.000
    Current trading session Low
    119.680
    DIVIDEND
    Dividend yield
    2.65%
    Payout ratio
    33.7%
    Years of div. Increase
    15.000
    Years of div.
    56.000
    Q-shift
    1.000
    Dividend per share
    3.280
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Dividend yield
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Sector
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    Industry
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Sector
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    Payout Ratio
    55.621904%
    P/E
    22.642
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    US
    Sector
    Healthcare
    Industry
    Drug Manufacturers - General
    Dividend yield
    0.063468635%
    Payout Ratio
    94.28571500000001%
    P/E
    19.820
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    Country
    FR
    Sector
    Healthcare
    Industry
    Drug Manufacturers - General
    Dividend yield
    0.045752846%
    Payout Ratio
    0%
    P/E
    12.797
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    Country
    US
    Sector
    Healthcare
    Industry
    Medical - Diagnostics & Research
    Dividend yield
    0.0033069293%
    Payout Ratio
    9.471333%
    P/E
    29.124
    DESCRIPTION

    Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, and diabetes, as well as vaccine products, such as preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. It serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, and government agencies; managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions; and physicians and physician distributors, veterinarians, and animal producers. The company has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; Ridgeback Biotherapeutics; and Gilead Sciences, Inc. to jointly develop and commercialize long-acting treatments in HIV. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey.

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