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Merck & Co Inc (MRK)On Apr 1: 32.31  Down 0.06 (0.19%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):71.34B
Enterprise Value (3-Apr-05)³:71.12B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):12.40
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-06)¹:13.41
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)±:2.91
Price/Sales (ttm):3.12
Price/Book (mrq):4.14
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:3.10
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:7.55
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Dec-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):25.34%
Operating Margin (ttm):34.77%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):13.70%
Return on Equity (ttm):33.82%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):22.94B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):10.303
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:2.00%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:17.98B
EBITDA (ttm):9.43B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):5.81B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.61
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:-14.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):7.09B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):3.21
Total Debt (mrq)²:6.87B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.398
Current Ratio (mrq):1.147
Book Value Per Share (mrq):7.828
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:8.80B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:7.07B
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.374
52-Week Change:-28.30%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):-30.20%
52-Week High (18-Jun-04):48.78
52-Week Low (9-Nov-04):25.60
50-Day Moving Average:30.80
200-Day Moving Average:36.00
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):10,751,045
Average Volume (10 day):8,172,000
Shares Outstanding:2.21B
Float:2.19B
% Held by Insiders:1.00%
% Held by Institutions:58.80%
Shares Short (as of 8-Mar-05):23.65M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Mar-05):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Mar-05):1.862
Short % of Float (as of 8-Mar-05):1.08%
Shares Short (prior month):17.05M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.52
Dividend Yield:4.70%
Dividend Date: 1-Apr-05
Ex-Dividend Date: 2-Mar-05
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-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Dec-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-04)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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