Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
Back to Merck & Co., Inc.
How Merck & Co., Inc. stacks up
MRK · against 10 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
55/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #10 of 11 · scores higher than 10% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score1 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including MRK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 55?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Its metrics sit close to the Healthcare norm.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.7% vs peer median 4.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.4% vs peer median 1.7%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.6% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MRK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MRK | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 11 reported | 5.7% | 15.0% | 10% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 11 reported | 9.6% | 23.4% | 20% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 11 reported | 2.4% | 6.2% | 10% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 10 reported | 7.0% | 18.4% | 11% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 11 reported | 75.9% | 72.8% | 80% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MRK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 317.9B CHF (≈$365.6B) | 97 | 60 | |
| 2 | 302.7B USD | 94 | 63 | |
| 3 | 641.4B USD | 91 | 59 | |
| 4 | 249.4B USD | 90 | 55 | |
| 5 | 505.4B USD | 87 | 53 | |
| 6 | 285.2B USD | 86 | 63 | |
| 7 | 258.2B USD | 71 | 47 | |
| 8 | 189.3B USD | 68 | 45 | |
| 9 | 363.0B USD | 61 | 47 | |
| 10 | 356.9B USD | 55 | 37 | |
| 11 | 207.7B USD | 30 | 18 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score