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Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)

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37.59 Up 0.04(0.11%) May 29, 4:00PM EDT|After Hours: 37.55 Down 0.04 (0.09%) May 29, 4:47PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:114.33B
Enterprise Value (May 30, 2012)3:116.95B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.77
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2013)1:10.19
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:2.62
Price/Sales (ttm):2.37
Price/Book (mrq):2.08
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.43
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:6.66
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Mar 31, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):14.46%
Operating Margin (ttm):22.32%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.36%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.42%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):48.20B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):15.75
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):1.30%
Gross Profit (ttm):31.18B
EBITDA (ttm)6:17.55B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):6.95B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.24
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):66.60%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):15.57B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):5.12
Total Debt (mrq):18.16B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):31.68
Current Ratio (mrq):2.07
Book Value Per Share (mrq):18.03
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):12.82B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):11.07B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.44
52-Week Change3:3.70%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:1.36%
52-Week High (May 1, 2012)3:39.50
52-Week Low (Aug 9, 2011)3:29.47
50-Day Moving Average3:38.27
200-Day Moving Average3:37.68
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:13,994,600
Avg Vol (10 day)3:9,483,350
Shares Outstanding5:3.04B
Float:3.04B
% Held by Insiders1:0.03%
% Held by Institutions1:75.30%
Shares Short (as of Apr 30, 2012)3:18.99M
Short Ratio (as of Apr 30, 2012)3:1.50
Short % of Float (as of Apr 30, 2012)3:0.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3:19.26M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.68
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:4.50%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.60
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:4.30%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:4.10%
Payout Ratio4:71.00%
Dividend Date3:Jul 8, 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 Mar 31, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Mar 31, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Mar 31, 2012)
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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