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Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)

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47.49 Up 0.93(2.00%) Apr 19, 4:00PM EDT|After Hours : 47.50 Up 0.01 (0.02%) Apr 19, 7:39PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:143.53B
Enterprise Value (Apr 22, 2013)3:147.96B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):23.75
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2014)1:12.43
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:3.42
Price/Sales (ttm):2.98
Price/Book (mrq):2.66
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:3.13
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:8.49
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Dec 31, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):13.05%
Operating Margin (ttm):22.60%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.32%
Return on Equity (ttm):11.21%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):47.27B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):15.54
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):-4.50%
Gross Profit (ttm):30.82B
EBITDA (ttm)6:17.43B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):6.16B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.00
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-40.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):16.14B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):5.34
Total Debt (mrq):20.57B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):37.09
Current Ratio (mrq):1.90
Book Value Per Share (mrq):17.52
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):10.02B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):10.63B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.38
52-Week Change3:24.09%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:13.78%
52-Week High (Oct 18, 2012)3:48.00
52-Week Low (Jun 1, 2012)3:37.02
50-Day Moving Average3:44.79
200-Day Moving Average3:43.98
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:16,443,700
Avg Vol (10 day)3:13,453,200
Shares Outstanding5:3.02B
Float:3.02B
% Held by Insiders1:0.03%
% Held by Institutions1:75.00%
Shares Short (as of Mar 28, 2013)3:21.33M
Short Ratio (as of Mar 28, 2013)3:1.10
Short % of Float (as of Mar 28, 2013)3:N/A
Shares Short (prior month)3:26.18M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.72
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.60%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.70
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:3.70%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:4.40%
Payout Ratio4:85.00%
Dividend Date3:Apr 4, 2013
Ex-Dividend Date4:Mar 13, 2013
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 Dec 31, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Dec 31, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Dec 31, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2012)
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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