Merck & Co. MRK Price / earnings
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Merck & Co.’s reported figures.
Based on the most recent quarter.
The official record: Merck & Co.’s 10-Q, filed May 4, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Merck & Co.'s price / earnings?
- Merck & Co. (MRK) reported price / earnings of 33.3× in Q1 2026.
- How has Merck & Co.'s price / earnings changed year-over-year?
- Merck & Co.'s price / earnings increased by 155.9% year-over-year, from 13× to 33.3×.
- What does price / earnings mean?
- How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
- How do you interpret price / earnings?
- Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
- How does price / earnings compare across companies?
- Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.