Merck & Co. Inc.
Current price114.9USD
Fair value (est., median)56.17USD
UndervaluedFair valueOvervalued
+104.5% above fair valueWould need to fall ~51.1% to reach fair value.
Health Check
51.9
Overall / 100
Good (66+)Caution (40–65)Risk (<40)
Value0/100
Trades about 104.5% above its estimated fair value.
- Discount to fair value
- -104.5%
- Price to book
- 5.39×
- Fair-value confidence
- —
Future50/100
Modest growth of about 8% a year is expected.
- Forecast growth (rev.)
- 8%
- Revenue CAGR (18y)
- 5.6%
- Earnings CAGR (18y)
- 10%
Past83.3/100
High-quality returns — ROE around 34.7%.
- Return on equity
- 34.7%
- Net margin
- 28.1%
- Earnings CAGR (18y)
- 10%
- Profitable years
- 19/19
Health58.6/100
Balance sheet is manageable.
- Debt to equity
- 93.8%
- Net debt to equity
- 66.1%
- Cash covers total debt
- No
- Free cash flow
- Positive
Dividend67.4/100
Yields 2.88%, paying out 44.8% of earnings.
- Dividend yield
- 2.88%
- Payout ratio
- 44.8%
- Covered by free cash flow
- Yes
- Years paying
- 19
- Dividend growth
- —
Rewards
- Attractive, covered dividend (2.88%).
Risks
- Trades 104.5% above estimated fair value.
Scores are computed automatically from the real financial statements (Value from fair value; the rest from growth, profitability, balance sheet and dividends). A decision aid, not investment advice.
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Demo series
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Growth & profitability
Revenue, net income and margin.
RevenueNet incomeNet margin %tap a bar for figures
Key figures
| Metric | FY'21 | FY'22 | FY'23 | FY'24 | FY'25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 48.70B | 59.28B | 60.12B | 64.17B | 65.01B |
| Net Income | 13.05B | 14.52B | 365.00M | 17.12B | 18.25B |
| Net Margin | 26.8% | 24.5% | 0.6% | 26.7% | 28.1% |
| Operating Cash Flow | 13.12B | 19.09B | 13.01B | 21.47B | 16.47B |
| OCF Margin | 26.9% | 32.2% | 21.6% | 33.5% | 25.3% |
| Capital Expenditure | 4.45B | 4.39B | 3.86B | 3.37B | 4.11B |
| Free Cash Flow | 8.67B | 14.71B | 9.14B | 18.10B | 12.36B |
| FCF Margin | 17.8% | 24.8% | 15.2% | 28.2% | 19.0% |
| FCF Conversion | 66.5% | 101.3% | 2,504.9% | 105.7% | 67.7% |
| EPS (Diluted) | 5.28/sh | 5.88/sh | 0.15/sh | 6.93/sh | 7.39/sh |
| Dividend / Share | 2.68/sh | 2.84/sh | 3.01/sh | 3.17/sh | 3.31/sh |
Dividend return (if you buy today)if you buy today
Dividend yield2.88%
Dividend / share3.31 USD
If you invest
USD
Shares (≈)87
Est. annual income288.00 USD
At this rate, dividends alone return your capital in ~34.7 years.
Dividend history
Dividend / share & historical yield (USD).
Dividend / share yield %tap a bar for figures
Quarterly dividends & yield
Per-share dividends by quarter, full-year total, and yield on the year's average price · USD
| Year | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Full year | Yield (avg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.85 | — | — | — | 0.85 | 0.7% |
| 2025 | — | — | — | — | 3.31 | 3.7% |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | 3.17 | 2.7% |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | 3.01 | 2.8% |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | 2.84 | 3.1% |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | 2.68 | 3.5% |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | 2.52 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | — | — | — | — | 2.31 | 2.8% |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — | 2.09 | 3.3% |
| 2017 | — | — | — | — | 2.09 | 3.5% |
| 2016 | — | — | — | — | 2.07 | 3.8% |
| 2015 | — | — | — | — | 2.07 | 4.0% |
| 2014 | — | — | — | — | 2.09 | 3.8% |
| 2013 | — | — | — | — | 2.09 | 4.6% |
| 2012 | — | — | — | — | 2.07 | 5.2% |
| 2011 | — | — | — | — | 1.90 | 5.7% |
| 2010 | — | — | — | — | 1.92 | 5.5% |
| 2009 | — | — | — | — | 1.30 | 4.4% |
| 2008 | — | — | — | — | 1.33 | 4.0% |
| 2007 | — | — | — | — | 1.34 | 2.8% |
| 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 0.35 | 0.35 | — | — | 0.70 | 1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 3.09 | 0.35 | 4.12 | 8.1% |
| 2002 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 1.34 | 2.7% |
| 2001 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 1.30 | 2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 1.20 | 1.6% |
| 1999 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 1.08 | 1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.94 | 1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.82 | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.70 | 2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.60 | 2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.54 | 3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.50 | 3.1% |
| 1992 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.46 | 2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.38 | 1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.32 | 2.5% |
| 1989 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.28 | 2.5% |
| 1988 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 2.4% |
| 1987 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 1.5% |
| 1986 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 2.6% |
| 1984 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | — |
| 1983 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | — |
| 1982 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | — |
| 1981 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | — |
| 1980 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | — |
| 1979 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.05 | — |
| 1978 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | — |
| 1977 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | — |
| 1976 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | — |
| 1975 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | — |
| 1974 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | 0.03 | — |
| 1973 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | — |
| 1972 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | 0.01 | 0.03 | — |
| 1971 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | — |
| 1970 | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | — |
| 1969 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | — |
| 1968 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | — |
| 1967 | — | — | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| 1966 | — | — | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| 1965 | — | — | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| 1964 | — | — | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
Corporate actions
DCash Dividend
0.85 USD /sh2026-03-16
SStock Split
1.048×2021-06-03
DCash Dividend
0.35 USD /sh2004-06-02
DCash Dividend
0.35 USD /sh2004-03-03
DCash Dividend
0.35 USD /sh2003-12-03
DCash Dividend
0.35 USD /sh2003-09-03
DCash Dividend
2.74 USD /sh2003-08-20
DCash Dividend
0.34 USD /sh2003-06-04
DCash Dividend
0.34 USD /sh2003-03-05
DCash Dividend
0.34 USD /sh2002-12-04
Valuation breakdown
Fair value = median of the applicable methods (DCF، DDM، Graham).
Discounted Cash Flow
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66.62 USD
Dividend Discount Model
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42.74 USD
Graham Number
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56.17 USD
Residual Income (justified P/B)
Excluded — needs positive book value
N/A
Earnings Power Value
Excluded — non-positive normalized earnings
N/A
Fair Value (median)56.17 USD
▸ Show assumptions▾ Assumptions
- Effective discount rate
- 10.98%
- CAPM cost of equity
- 12.00%
- Risk-free rate
- 4.50%
- Equity risk premium
- 7.50%
- DCF growth (stage 1)
- 8.00%
- DCF terminal growth
- 3.00%
- DCF forecast years
- 10
- DDM dividend growth
- 3.00%
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Wealth simulator
What if you'd invested in Merck & Co. Inc. regularly?
Starting year
- Invested
- 1K/yr · 42K total(1985 → today · 42 yrs)
- your value today is
- 237.3K USD
- Total return
- +465.0%(+42.3% Dividends · +422.7% Capital gain)
- Annualised (IRR)
- +8.3%
Invested42KUSD
Dividends17.8KUSD
Capital gain177.5KUSD
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