MRK: Key Statistics for MERCK & CO

Market Cap (intraday):	98.09B
Enterprise Value (31-Mar-04)³:	100.72B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	15.09
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:	13.09
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	3.13
Price/Sales (ttm):	4.36
Price/Book (mrq):	6.29
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	4.48
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	10.55

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	31-Dec-03

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	29.30%
Operating Margin (ttm):	40.26%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	15.14%
Return on Equity (ttm):	40.84%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	22.49B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	9.99
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	8.50%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	18.17B
EBITDA (ttm):	9.54B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	6.59B
Diluted EPS (ttm):	2.922
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	-1.80%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	4.17B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	1.88
Total Debt (mrq)²:	6.80B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0.436
Current Ratio (mrq):	1.205
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	7.011

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	9.41B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	7.18B

View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
Income Statement - Balance Sheet
Cash Flow

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	0.345
52-Week Change:	-20.68%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	-39.58%
52-Week High (19-Jun-03):	63.50
52-Week Low (28-Nov-03):	40.57
50-Day Moving Average:	46.90
200-Day Moving Average:	49.87

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	7,327,318
Average Volume (10 day):	7,652,000
Shares Outstanding:	2.22B
Float:	2.20B
% Held by Insiders:	1.00%
% Held by Institutions:	59.01%
Shares Short (as of 8-Mar-04):	13.72M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Mar-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Mar-04):	2.051
Short % of Float (as of 8-Mar-04):	0.62%
Shares Short (prior month):	12.56M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	1.48
Dividend Yield:	3.36%
Dividend Date:	1-Apr-04
Ex-Dividend Date:	3-Mar-04
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-03)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Dec-03)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
¹ = Data provided by Thomson; ² = Data provided by EDGAR Online;
³ = Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance