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Merck & Co Inc (MRK)On Mar 30: 44.10   0.00 (0.00%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):98.09B
Enterprise Value (31-Mar-04)³:100.72B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):15.09
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:13.09
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:3.13
Price/Sales (ttm):4.36
Price/Book (mrq):6.29
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:4.48
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:10.55
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Dec-03
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):29.30%
Operating Margin (ttm):40.26%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):15.14%
Return on Equity (ttm):40.84%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):22.49B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):9.99
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:8.50%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:18.17B
EBITDA (ttm):9.54B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):6.59B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.922
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:-1.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):4.17B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.88
Total Debt (mrq)²:6.80B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.436
Current Ratio (mrq):1.205
Book Value Per Share (mrq):7.011
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:9.41B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:7.18B
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.345
52-Week Change:-20.68%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):-39.58%
52-Week High (19-Jun-03):63.50
52-Week Low (28-Nov-03):40.57
50-Day Moving Average:46.90
200-Day Moving Average:49.87
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):7,327,318
Average Volume (10 day):7,652,000
Shares Outstanding:2.22B
Float:2.20B
% Held by Insiders:1.00%
% Held by Institutions:59.01%
Shares Short (as of 8-Mar-04):13.72M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Mar-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Mar-04):2.051
Short % of Float (as of 8-Mar-04):0.62%
Shares Short (prior month):12.56M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.48
Dividend Yield:3.36%
Dividend Date: 1-Apr-04
Ex-Dividend Date: 3-Mar-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:17-Feb-99
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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Dec-03)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Dec-03)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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