TL;DR: Financial Overview - Revenue, Profits & Key Metrics

Latest Quarterly: Jun 2025

Income Metrics

Revenue 15.8B
Gross Profit 12.2B 77.50%
Operating Income 5.6B 35.13%
Net Income 4.4B 28.01%
EPS (Diluted) $1.76

Balance Sheet Metrics

Total Assets 115.1B
Total Liabilities 66.7B
Shareholders Equity 48.4B
Debt to Equity 1.38

Cash Flow Metrics

Operating Cash Flow 6.3B
Free Cash Flow 1.2B

Revenue & Profitability Trend

Merck & Co Income Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Revenue i64.2B60.1B59.3B48.7B41.5B
Cost of Goods Sold i15.2B16.1B17.4B13.6B13.6B
Gross Profit i49.0B44.0B41.9B35.1B27.9B
Gross Margin % i76.3%73.2%70.6%72.0%67.2%
Operating Expenses
Research & Development i17.9B30.5B13.5B12.2B13.4B
Selling, General & Administrative i10.8B10.5B10.0B9.6B9.0B
Other Operating Expenses i-----
Total Operating Expenses i28.8B41.0B23.6B21.9B22.4B
Operating Income i20.2B3.0B18.3B13.2B5.5B
Operating Margin % i31.5%4.9%30.8%27.1%13.4%
Non-Operating Items
Interest Income i415.0M365.0M157.0M36.0M59.0M
Interest Expense i1.3B1.1B962.0M806.0M831.0M
Other Non-Operating Income571.0M-284.0M-1.0B1.4B1.1B
Pre-tax Income i19.9B1.9B16.4B13.9B5.9B
Income Tax i2.8B1.5B1.9B1.5B1.3B
Effective Tax Rate % i14.1%80.0%11.7%11.0%22.9%
Net Income i17.1B377.0M14.5B13.1B7.1B
Net Margin % i26.7%0.6%24.5%26.8%17.0%
Key Metrics
EBITDA i26.2B7.5B23.3B16.9B9.6B
EPS (Basic) i$6.76$0.14$5.73$5.16$2.79
EPS (Diluted) i$6.74$0.14$5.71$5.14$2.78
Basic Shares Outstanding i25320000002607142857253200000025300000002530225827
Diluted Shares Outstanding i25320000002607142857253200000025300000002530225827

Income Statement Trend

Merck & Co Balance Sheet From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash & Equivalents i13.2B6.8B12.7B8.1B8.0B
Short-term Investments i447.0M252.0M498.0M00
Accounts Receivable i10.3B10.3B9.4B9.2B6.8B
Inventory i6.1B6.4B5.9B6.0B5.6B
Other Current Assets8.7B8.4B7.2B7.0B4.7B
Total Current Assets i38.8B32.2B35.7B30.3B27.8B
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment i00000
Goodwill i59.7B60.4B62.7B65.5B51.9B
Intangible Assets i16.4B18.0B20.3B22.9B14.1B
Long-term Investments-----
Other Non-Current Assets16.0B12.0B9.5B11.6B13.1B
Total Non-Current Assets i78.3B74.5B73.4B75.4B63.8B
Total Assets i117.1B106.7B109.2B105.7B91.6B
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable i4.1B3.9B4.3B4.6B4.3B
Short-term Debt i2.6B1.4B1.9B2.4B6.4B
Current Portion of Long-term Debt-----
Other Current Liabilities----1.1B
Total Current Liabilities i28.4B25.7B24.2B23.9B27.3B
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt i34.5B33.7B28.7B30.7B25.4B
Deferred Tax Liabilities i1.4B871.0M1.8B3.4B1.0B
Other Non-Current Liabilities6.5B8.8B8.3B9.4B12.3B
Total Non-Current Liabilities i42.3B43.3B38.9B43.6B38.9B
Total Liabilities i70.7B69.0B63.1B67.4B66.2B
Equity
Common Stock i1.8B1.8B1.8B1.8B1.8B
Retained Earnings i63.1B53.9B61.1B53.7B47.4B
Treasury Stock i58.3B57.4B56.5B57.1B56.8B
Other Equity-----
Total Shareholders Equity i46.4B37.6B46.1B38.3B25.4B
Key Metrics
Total Debt i37.1B35.1B30.7B33.1B31.8B
Working Capital i10.4B6.5B11.5B6.4B437.0M

Balance Sheet Composition

Merck & Co Cash Flow Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Operating Activities
Net Income i17.1B377.0M14.5B12.4B4.5B
Depreciation & Amortization i4.5B3.9B3.9B3.2B3.5B
Stock-Based Compensation i761.0M645.0M541.0M479.0M441.0M
Working Capital Changes i-2.4B-4.2B-3.1B-3.6B-4.3B
Operating Cash Flow i22.7B10.6B15.6B15.0B7.6B
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures i-----
Acquisitions i-4.1B-12.0B-121.0M-12.9B-6.6B
Investment Purchases i-519.0M-955.0M-1.2B-1.0M-1.1B
Investment Sales i377.0M2.8B721.0M1.0B2.8B
Investing Cash Flow i-4.4B-10.2B-572.0M-12.0B-4.8B
Financing Activities
Share Repurchases i-1.3B-1.3B0-840.0M-1.3B
Dividends Paid i-7.8B-7.4B-7.0B-6.6B-6.2B
Debt Issuance i3.6B5.9B07.9B4.4B
Debt Repayment i-1.3B-1.8B-2.3B-2.3B-2.0B
Financing Cash Flow i-7.2B-4.9B-9.5B2.9B-2.9B
Free Cash Flow i18.1B9.1B14.7B9.7B5.8B
Net Change in Cash i11.2B-4.6B5.5B5.9B-110.0M

Cash Flow Trend

Merck & Co Key Financial Ratios

Valuation Ratios

P/E Ratio (TTM) 13.09
Forward P/E 9.04
Price to Book 4.34
Price to Sales 3.33
PEG Ratio -0.74

Profitability Ratios

Profit Margin 25.79%
Operating Margin 37.47%
Return on Equity 35.42%
Return on Assets 13.01%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 1.42
Debt to Equity 72.16
Beta 0.39

Per Share Data

EPS (TTM) $6.49
Book Value per Share $19.57
Revenue per Share $25.21

Peer Financial Comparison

CompanyMarket CapP/E RatioP/B RatioROEProfit MarginDebt/Equity
mrk212.1B13.094.3435.42%25.79%72.16
Eli Lilly and 618.5B45.0033.8686.29%25.91%217.89
Johnson & Johnson 428.2B19.065.4530.21%25.00%64.69
AbbVie 365.1B97.94-2,641.62112.85%6.45%-511.49
Amgen 159.6B24.2221.4899.14%18.96%756.65
Gilead Sciences 146.4B23.417.4533.40%21.87%127.34

Financial data is updated regularly. All figures are in the company's reporting currency.