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Health Care · Pharmaceuticals

Global healthcare company providing medicines and vaccines for oncology, vaccines, hospital acute care, and animal health including Keytruda.

HQ: United StatesListed: United States

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Company Profile & Ownership

Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It offers human health pharmaceutical for various areas under the Keytruda, Keytruda Qlex, Welireg, Gardasil, ProQuad, M-M-R II, Varivax, Vaxneuvance, Capvaxive, RotaTeq, Pneumovax 23, Bridion, Prevymis, Dificid, Zerbaxa, Winrevair, Adempas/ Verquvo, Ohtuvayre, Lagevrio, Isentress/Isentress HD, Delstrigo, Pifeltro, Belsomra, Januvia, and Janumet brands. The company also provides veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services, such as livestock products under the Nuflor, Bovilis/Vista, Bovilis Cryptium, Banamine, Estrumate, Matrix, Resflor, Zuprevo, Revalor, Safe-Guard, M+Pac, Porcilis, Circumvent, Nobilis/Innovax, Paracox and Coccivac, Exzolt, Slice, Imvixa, Clynav, Aquavac/Norvax, Aquaflor, Flexolt brands; Allflex Livestock Intelligence solutions; and companion animal products under the Bravecto One-Month, Bravecto Injectable/Quantum, Bravecto TriUNO, Bravecto Plus, Sentinel Spectrum, Sentinel Flavor Tabs, Numelvi, Optimmune, Nobivac NXT, GilvetMab, Otomax, Mometamax, Mometamax Ultra, Posatex, Caninsulin/Vetsulin, Panacur, Safeguard, Regumate, Prestige, Scalibor/Exspot, Sure Petcare, and Home Again brands. It has development and commercialization agreement for three of Daiichi Sankyo's deruxtecan ADC candidates; AstraZeneca PLC to co-development and co-commercialize AstraZeneca's Lynparza products for multiple cancer types; licensed to develop, manufacture and commercialize LM-299, a novel investigational PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody from LaNova; and collaboration agreement with Eisai Co., Ltd., Bayer AG, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, as well Moderna, Inc. Merck & Co., Inc. has strategic collaboration with Infinimmune, Inc. to discover and develop antibodies against multiple therapeutic targets. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.

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Merck & Company Inc

Common Stock · Health Care · Pharmaceuticals

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Company

Company / asset
Merck & Company Inc
Security type
Common Stock
Sector
Health Care
Industry
Pharmaceuticals
HQ
🇺🇸 United States
Head office
126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ, United States, 07065

Leadership & scale

Chief executive
Mr. Robert M. Davis J.D.
CEO year born
1967
Full-time employees
73K
Fiscal year end
December
IPO date
1978-01-13

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-09-13
Market Cap
USD 363.1B
P/E
114.4x
Revenue (Q2 26)
USD 16.6B
Profit (Q2 26)
USD -1.3B
Dividend Yield
1.6%
Revenue (FY 25)
USD 64.9B
Shares in public float
2.5B
Insider ownership
0.06%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol
MRK.NYSE
Listing
🇺🇸 United States | Dividend Tax: 30%
Ticker Currency
USD
Income Statement Currency
USD
Balance Sheet Currency
USD
Cash Flow Currency
USD
EPS Currency
USD
Contract Type
SPOT
ISIN
US58933Y1055
Asset ID
equity_45e92af8-55ef-5e9b-ac6d-cc387d5a8b26

Ownership

Shares Outstanding

Shares OutstandingAnnual reported shares outstanding. Values in shares.2.42B2.51B2.59B2.68B2.77BJan 2017Apr 2019Jul 2021Oct 2023Jan 2026
  • Shares outstanding
Annual reported shares outstanding. Values in shares.

Top holders

  1. BlackRock Inc225,830,330 shares · 9.15% · Reported 2026-03-31
  2. Vanguard Capital Management, LLC160,987,624 shares · 6.53% · Reported 2026-03-31
  3. State Street Corp119,325,673 shares · 4.84% · Reported 2026-03-31
  4. Wellington Management Company LLP86,249,283 shares · 3.50% · Reported 2026-06-30
  5. Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest78,649,160 shares · 3.19% · Reported 2026-07-31
  6. Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC67,304,305 shares · 2.73% · Reported 2026-03-31
  7. Vanguard 500 Index Investor64,831,228 shares · 2.63% · Reported 2026-07-31
View more holders (8)
  1. Geode Capital Management, LLC59,558,154 shares · 2.41% · Reported 2026-03-31
  2. JPMorgan Chase & Co52,972,983 shares · 2.15% · Reported 2026-03-31
  3. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc49,765,225 shares · 2.02% · Reported 2026-03-31
  4. Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts47,632,487 shares · 1.93% · Reported 2026-03-31
  5. FMR Inc44,516,010 shares · 1.80% · Reported 2026-03-31
  6. Fisher Asset Management, LLC38,516,263 shares · 1.56% · Reported 2026-06-30
  7. NORGES BANK36,983,784 shares · 1.50% · Reported 2026-06-30
  8. Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™36,145,409 shares · 1.47% · Reported 2026-08-29

Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow

Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash FlowAnnual reported financial results, converted using the statement's recorded USD conversion. Missing values are omitted. Values in USD.-6.09B13.28B32.65B52.01B71.38BDec 2016Apr 2019Jul 2021Oct 2023Dec 2025
  • Revenue
  • Free cash flow
  • Net income
Annual reported financial results, converted using the statement's recorded USD conversion. Missing values are omitted. Values in USD.

Valuation

Historical P/E Ratio

Historical P/E RatioPublished valuation snapshots. Trailing four-quarter earnings where available; annual earnings otherwise. Non-positive earnings are omitted. Values in times earnings.-60.51164.06388.62613.18837.75Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
  • Published P/E
Published valuation snapshots. Trailing four-quarter earnings where available; annual earnings otherwise. Non-positive earnings are omitted. Values in times earnings.

Profitability & Margins

Profitability Margins

Profitability MarginsAnnual gross, operating, net income and free cash flow divided by revenue for matching reporting dates. Values in percent.-6.9615.7538.4761.1883.89Dec 2016Apr 2019Jul 2021Oct 2023Dec 2025
  • Gross margin
  • Operating margin
  • Net margin
  • Free cash flow margin
Annual gross, operating, net income and free cash flow divided by revenue for matching reporting dates. Values in percent.

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