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Merck & Co Inc (MRK)On Mar 4: 31.68  Up 0.10 (0.32%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):70.25B
Enterprise Value (5-Mar-05)³:69.66B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):10.92
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:13.15
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)±:3.20
Price/Sales (ttm):3.02
Price/Book (mrq):4.04
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:3.00
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:7.62
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Dec-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):27.92%
Operating Margin (ttm):38.92%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):15.38%
Return on Equity (ttm):38.46%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):23.21B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):10.397
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:-56.60%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:18.17B
EBITDA (ttm):9.14B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):6.48B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.901
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:-4.50%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):6.96B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):3.14
Total Debt (mrq)²:6.59B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.38
Current Ratio (mrq):1.285
Book Value Per Share (mrq):7.809
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:9.26B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:7.51B
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.382
52-Week Change:-33.91%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):-36.94%
52-Week High (18-Jun-04):48.78
52-Week Low (9-Nov-04):25.60
50-Day Moving Average:30.64
200-Day Moving Average:37.53
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):13,159,772
Average Volume (10 day):17,295,000
Shares Outstanding:2.22B
Float:2.20B
% Held by Insiders:1.00%
% Held by Institutions:65.83%
Shares Short (as of 8-Feb-05):17.05M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Feb-05):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Feb-05):1.335
Short % of Float (as of 8-Feb-05):0.78%
Shares Short (prior month):18.86M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.52
Dividend Yield:4.81%
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-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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