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Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)

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45.10 Down 0.13(0.30%) Sep 28, 4:00PM EDT|After Hours : 45.00 Down 0.10 (0.21%) Sep 28, 7:44PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:137.34B
Enterprise Value (Sep 29, 2012)3:139.28B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):20.59
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2013)1:12.12
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:2.80
Price/Sales (ttm):2.85
Price/Book (mrq):2.49
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.88
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:7.79
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jun 30, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):13.93%
Operating Margin (ttm):22.97%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.56%
Return on Equity (ttm):11.86%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):48.36B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):15.86
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):1.30%
Gross Profit (ttm):31.18B
EBITDA (ttm)6:17.88B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):6.73B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.19
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-11.40%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):17.45B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):5.73
Total Debt (mrq):18.98B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):32.91
Current Ratio (mrq):2.11
Book Value Per Share (mrq):18.16
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):12.88B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):11.73B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.38
52-Week Change3:42.86%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:31.06%
52-Week High (Sep 25, 2012)3:45.70
52-Week Low (Oct 4, 2011)3:30.54
50-Day Moving Average3:43.99
200-Day Moving Average3:40.81
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:12,991,200
Avg Vol (10 day)3:12,227,100
Shares Outstanding5:3.05B
Float:3.04B
% Held by Insiders1:0.03%
% Held by Institutions1:75.30%
Shares Short (as of Sep 14, 2012)3:25.04M
Short Ratio (as of Sep 14, 2012)3:2.30
Short % of Float (as of Sep 14, 2012)3:0.80%
Shares Short (prior month)3:24.03M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.68
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.70%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.68
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:3.70%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:4.10%
Payout Ratio4:75.00%
Dividend Date3:Oct 4, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Sep 13, 2012
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Feb 17, 1999

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Jun 30, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jun 30, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jun 30, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2011)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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