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Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)

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38.01 Down 0.30(0.78%) 4:00PM EDT|After Hours: 38.17 Up 0.16 (0.42%) 7:47PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:115.70B
Enterprise Value (Mar 30, 2012)3:119.16B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):18.82
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2013)1:10.25
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:2.75
Price/Sales (ttm):2.43
Price/Book (mrq):2.14
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.48
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:6.85
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Dec 31, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):13.05%
Operating Margin (ttm):21.99%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.26%
Return on Equity (ttm):11.24%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):48.05B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):15.65
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):1.70%
Gross Profit (ttm):31.18B
EBITDA (ttm)6:17.40B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):6.26B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.02
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):N/A
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):14.97B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):4.92
Total Debt (mrq):17.52B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):30.76
Current Ratio (mrq):2.04
Book Value Per Share (mrq):17.93
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):12.38B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):11.29B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.36
52-Week Change3:14.94%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:5.84%
52-Week High (Jan 19, 2012)3:39.43
52-Week Low (Aug 9, 2011)3:29.47
50-Day Moving Average3:38.06
200-Day Moving Average3:35.93
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:14,472,100
Avg Vol (10 day)3:13,458,600
Shares Outstanding5:3.04B
Float:3.04B
% Held by Insiders1:0.03%
% Held by Institutions1:74.80%
Shares Short (as of Mar 15, 2012)3:16.98M
Short Ratio (as of Mar 15, 2012)3:1.00
Short % of Float (as of Mar 15, 2012)3:0.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3:20.74M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.68
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:4.30%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.60
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:4.20%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:4.10%
Payout Ratio4:77.00%
Dividend Date3:Apr 5, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Mar 13, 2012
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, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Dec 31, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Dec 31, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2011)
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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