Stock Analysis on Net
Stock Analysis on Net

Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK)

Analysis of Long-term (Investment) Activity Ratios 
Quarterly Data

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Activity ratios measure how efficiently a company performs day-to-day tasks, such us the collection of receivables and management of inventory.

Long-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

Merck & Co. Inc., long-term (investment) activity ratios (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Net fixed asset turnover 2.69 2.69 2.66 2.61 2.63 2.62 2.66 2.77 2.89 2.85 2.73 2.53 2.57 2.61 2.55 2.67 2.80 2.99 3.15 3.11 — — —
Total asset turnover 0.54 0.55 0.58 0.56 0.56 0.56 0.54 0.54 0.55 0.53 0.51 0.46 0.51 0.52 0.51 0.52 0.53 0.52 0.57 0.55 — — —
Equity turnover 1.42 1.43 1.52 1.60 1.44 1.51 1.24 1.29 1.33 1.32 1.32 1.28 1.33 1.41 1.73 1.90 1.62 1.71 1.83 1.81 — — —

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Net fixed asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets. Merck & Co. Inc. net fixed asset turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Total asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets. Merck & Co. Inc. total asset turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Equity turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity. Merck & Co. Inc. equity turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Net Fixed Asset Turnover

Merck & Co. Inc., net fixed asset turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Sales 16,657 16,112 15,775 14,631 15,962 15,035 14,487 13,830 14,959 14,593 15,901 13,521 13,154 11,402 10,627 12,514 12,551 10,872 12,057 11,867 12,397 11,760 10,816
Property, plant and equipment, at cost, net of accumulated depreciation 23,446 23,221 23,045 23,051 22,526 22,231 21,758 21,422 20,424 20,059 19,747 19,279 18,565 18,064 18,295 17,986 16,919 15,789 15,269 15,053 14,287 13,862 13,506
Long-term Activity Ratio
Net fixed asset turnover1 2.69 2.69 2.66 2.61 2.63 2.62 2.66 2.77 2.89 2.85 2.73 2.53 2.57 2.61 2.55 2.67 2.80 2.99 3.15 3.11 — — —
Benchmarks
Net Fixed Asset Turnover, Competitors2
AbbVie Inc. 10.80 10.95 10.92 10.89 11.18 11.33 11.51 11.76 11.82 11.57 11.18 11.00 10.75 10.41 9.67 8.73 8.15 7.38 11.50 11.23 — — —
Amgen Inc. 5.06 4.85 4.70 4.53 4.61 4.58 4.56 4.57 4.73 4.77 4.75 4.69 4.89 4.92 4.93 4.96 4.94 4.78 4.68 4.51 — — —
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 6.87 6.79 6.75 6.77 6.93 7.11 7.30 7.38 7.74 7.90 7.77 7.67 7.75 7.66 7.43 7.22 6.86 6.03 5.07 4.18 — — —
Danaher Corp. 4.90 5.08 5.20 5.25 6.01 6.68 7.31 7.96 8.40 8.12 7.94 7.77 7.71 7.84 7.59 6.83 6.68 6.35 6.03 7.78 — — —
Eli Lilly & Co. 2.53 2.62 2.64 2.64 2.70 2.62 2.63 2.81 3.14 3.18 3.22 3.15 3.11 3.02 2.95 2.83 2.80 2.88 2.92 2.83 — — —
Gilead Sciences Inc. 5.22 5.17 5.13 5.07 4.88 4.91 4.88 4.93 5.01 5.13 5.18 5.27 5.40 5.27 5.06 4.90 4.74 4.70 4.90 4.91 — — —
Johnson & Johnson 4.28 4.38 4.36 4.28 4.65 4.37 4.58 4.79 5.29 5.21 5.07 4.95 4.95 4.79 4.59 4.40 4.53 4.57 4.75 4.65 — — —
Pfizer Inc. 3.26 2.97 2.98 3.14 3.88 4.48 5.46 6.17 6.47 6.64 6.12 5.46 4.79 3.89 3.31 3.01 2.98 3.21 3.47 3.71 — — —
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 3.12 3.13 3.10 3.16 3.27 3.23 3.19 3.23 3.70 3.91 4.64 4.62 3.99 3.69 2.82 2.64 2.63 2.64 2.71 2.72 — — —
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 4.50 4.56 4.56 4.54 4.74 4.68 4.68 4.84 5.12 5.02 4.87 4.71 5.54 5.83 5.85 5.45 5.50 5.37 5.42 5.38 — — —

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Net fixed asset turnover = (SalesQ3 2024 + SalesQ2 2024 + SalesQ1 2024 + SalesQ4 2023) ÷ Property, plant and equipment, at cost, net of accumulated depreciation
= (16,657 + 16,112 + 15,775 + 14,631) ÷ 23,446 = 2.69

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Net fixed asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets. Merck & Co. Inc. net fixed asset turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Total Asset Turnover

Merck & Co. Inc., total asset turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Sales 16,657 16,112 15,775 14,631 15,962 15,035 14,487 13,830 14,959 14,593 15,901 13,521 13,154 11,402 10,627 12,514 12,551 10,872 12,057 11,867 12,397 11,760 10,816
Total assets 117,532 112,630 105,849 106,675 106,727 104,469 107,796 109,160 107,081 107,095 106,668 105,694 93,494 90,688 90,847 91,588 89,800 90,615 84,913 84,397 83,331 83,965 82,354
Long-term Activity Ratio
Total asset turnover1 0.54 0.55 0.58 0.56 0.56 0.56 0.54 0.54 0.55 0.53 0.51 0.46 0.51 0.52 0.51 0.52 0.53 0.52 0.57 0.55 — — —
Benchmarks
Total Asset Turnover, Competitors2
AbbVie Inc. 0.39 0.39 0.37 0.40 0.40 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.41 0.40 0.40 0.38 0.37 0.36 0.33 0.30 0.27 0.24 0.37 0.37 — — —
Amgen Inc. 0.34 0.32 0.30 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.38 0.38 0.41 0.41 0.40 0.37 0.40 0.38 0.39 0.37 0.36 0.37 0.37 — — —
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 0.51 0.49 0.46 0.47 0.49 0.48 0.49 0.48 0.48 0.47 0.46 0.42 0.41 0.40 0.38 0.36 0.31 0.27 0.24 0.20 — — —
Danaher Corp. 0.29 0.30 0.28 0.28 0.29 0.33 0.35 0.37 0.39 0.38 0.36 0.35 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.29 0.28 0.27 0.26 0.29 — — —
Eli Lilly & Co. 0.54 0.54 0.56 0.53 0.55 0.54 0.52 0.58 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.58 0.58 0.56 0.54 0.53 0.53 0.55 0.56 0.57 — — —
Gilead Sciences Inc. 0.52 0.52 0.48 0.43 0.44 0.44 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.40 0.41 0.39 0.37 0.36 0.37 0.39 0.37 0.36 — — —
Johnson & Johnson 0.49 0.48 0.50 0.51 0.53 0.47 0.47 0.51 0.55 0.54 0.53 0.52 0.51 0.51 0.49 0.47 0.47 0.51 0.53 0.52 — — —
Pfizer Inc. 0.28 0.26 0.25 0.26 0.32 0.36 0.48 0.51 0.51 0.52 0.50 0.45 0.39 0.33 0.29 0.27 0.24 0.25 0.29 0.31 — — —
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.37 0.37 0.38 0.40 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.42 0.50 0.52 0.63 0.63 0.57 0.58 0.52 0.50 0.51 0.55 0.51 0.53 — — —
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.42 0.43 0.44 0.43 0.45 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.49 0.47 0.44 0.41 0.53 0.57 0.54 0.47 0.44 0.43 0.44 0.44 — — —

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Total asset turnover = (SalesQ3 2024 + SalesQ2 2024 + SalesQ1 2024 + SalesQ4 2023) ÷ Total assets
= (16,657 + 16,112 + 15,775 + 14,631) ÷ 117,532 = 0.54

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Total asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets. Merck & Co. Inc. total asset turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Equity Turnover

Merck & Co. Inc., equity turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Sales 16,657 16,112 15,775 14,631 15,962 15,035 14,487 13,830 14,959 14,593 15,901 13,521 13,154 11,402 10,627 12,514 12,551 10,872 12,057 11,867 12,397 11,760 10,816
Total Merck & Co., Inc. stockholders’ equity 44,502 43,582 40,364 37,581 41,246 38,693 46,834 45,991 44,458 43,243 40,883 38,184 35,794 33,294 26,945 25,317 29,186 27,642 26,205 25,907 26,838 27,635 27,539
Long-term Activity Ratio
Equity turnover1 1.42 1.43 1.52 1.60 1.44 1.51 1.24 1.29 1.33 1.32 1.32 1.28 1.33 1.41 1.73 1.90 1.62 1.71 1.83 1.81 — — —
Benchmarks
Equity Turnover, Competitors2
AbbVie Inc. 9.21 8.11 6.79 5.24 4.56 4.35 4.27 3.36 3.62 3.91 3.48 3.65 4.07 4.27 3.66 3.50 2.66 2.46 — — — — —
Amgen Inc. 4.14 4.99 5.61 4.32 3.35 3.73 4.66 6.77 6.71 10.17 26.68 3.63 2.96 2.93 2.56 2.58 2.17 2.17 2.41 2.30 — — —
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2.77 2.73 2.76 1.53 1.55 1.41 1.44 1.49 1.43 1.45 1.49 1.29 1.22 1.21 1.14 1.12 0.79 0.71 0.62 0.51 — — —
Danaher Corp. 0.46 0.47 0.44 0.45 0.49 0.54 0.58 0.63 0.67 0.66 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.62 0.61 0.56 0.54 0.52 0.58 0.59 — — —
Eli Lilly & Co. 2.87 2.87 2.80 3.17 2.86 2.67 2.47 2.68 2.90 3.40 3.14 3.15 3.58 4.15 3.69 4.35 4.81 5.61 7.50 8.56 — — —
Gilead Sciences Inc. 1.52 1.51 1.56 1.18 1.22 1.28 1.27 1.27 1.27 1.34 1.37 1.28 1.27 1.34 1.33 1.34 1.31 1.21 1.01 0.98 — — —
Johnson & Johnson 1.25 1.21 1.22 1.24 1.23 1.20 1.30 1.24 1.29 1.25 1.27 1.27 1.30 1.28 1.28 1.31 1.25 1.28 1.35 1.38 — — —
Pfizer Inc. 0.65 0.64 0.61 0.67 0.71 0.79 0.92 1.05 1.08 1.16 1.12 1.05 0.91 0.79 0.68 0.66 0.66 0.70 0.75 0.82 — — —
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.47 0.48 0.49 0.51 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.54 0.64 0.69 0.83 0.86 0.78 0.82 0.77 0.77 0.81 0.88 0.66 0.71 — — —
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.86 0.89 0.93 0.92 0.96 0.99 1.04 1.02 1.01 1.01 1.00 0.96 1.01 1.04 1.02 0.93 0.90 0.88 0.90 0.86 — — —

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Equity turnover = (SalesQ3 2024 + SalesQ2 2024 + SalesQ1 2024 + SalesQ4 2023) ÷ Total Merck & Co., Inc. stockholders’ equity
= (16,657 + 16,112 + 15,775 + 14,631) ÷ 44,502 = 1.42

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Equity turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity. Merck & Co. Inc. equity turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.