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Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)

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44.30 Down 0.41(0.92%) 4:00PM EST|After Hours : 44.30 0.00 (0.00%) 5:53PM EST

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:134.68B
Enterprise Value (Dec 1, 2012)3:137.40B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):20.14
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2013)1:12.04
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:3.71
Price/Sales (ttm):2.84
Price/Book (mrq):2.44
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.87
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:7.73
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):14.16%
Operating Margin (ttm):23.41%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.58%
Return on Equity (ttm):11.90%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):47.82B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):15.71
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):-4.40%
Gross Profit (ttm):31.18B
EBITDA (ttm)6:17.78B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):6.77B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.20
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):2.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):18.12B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):5.96
Total Debt (mrq):19.60B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):33.67
Current Ratio (mrq):2.33
Book Value Per Share (mrq):18.31
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):11.45B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):11.69B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.39
52-Week Change3:26.01%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:13.80%
52-Week High (Oct 18, 2012)3:48.00
52-Week Low (Dec 13, 2011)3:34.86
50-Day Moving Average3:45.11
200-Day Moving Average3:42.88
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:11,271,700
Avg Vol (10 day)3:8,727,930
Shares Outstanding5:3.04B
Float:3.04B
% Held by Insiders1:0.03%
% Held by Institutions1:75.30%
Shares Short (as of Nov 15, 2012)3:25.55M
Short Ratio (as of Nov 15, 2012)3:2.10
Short % of Float (as of Nov 15, 2012)3:0.80%
Shares Short (prior month)3:26.98M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.68
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.80%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.68
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:3.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:4.10%
Payout Ratio4:77.00%
Dividend Date3:Jan 7, 2013
Ex-Dividend Date4:Sep 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 Sep 30, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 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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