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About Merck & Co., Inc
Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health segments. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, diabetes, and women's health, as well as and vaccine products. The Animal Health segment provides discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets a range of veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as a suite of digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. The company has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics. 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 was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey.
General
| Name | Merck & Co., Inc |
| Ticker | MRK |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Industry | Drug Manufacturers-General |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 73,000 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 96.33 |
| Market Cap | 195,656,974,336 |
| PE Ratio | 138.23 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.06 |
| EBITDA | 19,069,999,104 |
Share Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 2,530,319,872 |
| Shares Float | 2,498,787,935 |
| Shares Short | 20,384,636 |
| Insider Holdings | 8% |
| Institution Holdings | 75.98% |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 96.33 |
| Market Cap | 195,656,974,336 |
| PE Ratio | 138.23 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.06 |
| EBITDA | 19,069,999,104 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 27.81 |
| Forward PE | 11.30 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 3.95 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 7.46 |
Dividend
Merck & Co., Inc pays out a dividend of $2.44 per share, with a dividend yield of 2.39%.
MRK's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on April 7, 2021.
They pay out 42.50% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Jul 8, 2024 | $0.77 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | $0.77 |
| Jan 8, 2024 | $0.77 |
| Oct 6, 2023 | $0.73 |
| Jul 10, 2023 | $0.73 |
| Apr 10, 2023 | $0.73 |
| Jan 9, 2023 | $0.73 |
| Oct 7, 2022 | $0.69 |
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