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Merck & Co Inc (MRK)On Oct 12: 30.85  Up 0.11 (0.36%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):68.45B
Enterprise Value (13-Oct-04)³:68.63B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):10.39
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:11.60
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:3.97
Price/Sales (ttm):2.96
Price/Book (mrq):4.02
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:2.98
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:7.15
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Jun-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):28.85%
Operating Margin (ttm):39.70%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):15.92%
Return on Equity (ttm):42.12%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):23.04B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):10.296
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:-56.60%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:18.17B
EBITDA (ttm):9.60B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):6.65B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.969
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:-4.50%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):6.18B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.78
Total Debt (mrq)²:6.60B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.389
Current Ratio (mrq):1.373
Book Value Per Share (mrq):7.643
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:8.68B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:6.86B
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.323
52-Week Change:-38.16%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):-42.51%
52-Week High (15-Oct-03):49.95
52-Week Low (11-Oct-04):29.75
50-Day Moving Average:43.07
200-Day Moving Average:45.74
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):10,896,000
Average Volume (10 day):42,258,000
Shares Outstanding:2.22B
Float:2.20B
% Held by Insiders:1.00%
% Held by Institutions:59.59%
Shares Short (as of 8-Sep-04):13.78M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Sep-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Sep-04):2.761
Short % of Float (as of 8-Sep-04):0.63%
Shares Short (prior month):15.22M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.52
Dividend Yield:4.94%
Dividend Date: 1-Oct-04
Ex-Dividend Date: 1-Sep-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:17-Feb-99
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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Jun-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Jun-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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