MRK: Key Statistics for MERCK & CO

Market Cap (intraday):	107.46B
Enterprise Value (20-Jun-04)³:	109.03B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	16.32
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:	14.44
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	4.16
Price/Sales (ttm):	4.76
Price/Book (mrq):	6.60
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	4.84
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	11.29

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	31-Mar-04

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	29.56%
Operating Margin (ttm):	40.71%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	15.44%
Return on Equity (ttm):	41.22%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	22.55B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	10.035
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	-56.60%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	18.17B
EBITDA (ttm):	9.65B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	6.66B
Diluted EPS (ttm):	2.964
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	-4.50%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	5.31B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	2.39
Total Debt (mrq)²:	6.88B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0.423
Current Ratio (mrq):	1.281
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	7.321

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	8.17B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	6.33B

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

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	0.385
52-Week Change:	-23.10%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	-32.54%
52-Week High (15-Jul-03):	62.69
52-Week Low (28-Nov-03):	40.57
50-Day Moving Average:	46.91
200-Day Moving Average:	46.92

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	5,679,863
Average Volume (10 day):	4,844,000
Shares Outstanding:	2.22B
Float:	2.20B
% Held by Insiders:	1.00%
% Held by Institutions:	58.88%
Shares Short (as of 10-May-04):	14.43M
Daily Volume (as of 10-May-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 10-May-04):	2.32
Short % of Float (as of 10-May-04):	0.66%
Shares Short (prior month):	15.00M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	1.48
Dividend Yield:	3.06%
Dividend Date:	1-Jul-04
Ex-Dividend Date:	2-Jun-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-Mar-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Mar-04)
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