Merck (NYSE:MRK) Net Cash per Share

: $-23.39 (As of Jun. 2023)

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Net Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities minus Total Liabilities minus Minority Interest and then divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Merck's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $-23.39.

The historical rank and industry rank for Merck's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:

MRK's Price-to-Net-Cash is not ranked ^*
in the Drug Manufacturers industry.
Industry Median: 8.33
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Cash only.

Merck Net Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Merck's Net Cash per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Merck Annual Data

Trend

Dec13

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Net Cash per Share

-18.16

-18.92

-23.01

-23.51

-19.69

Merck Quarterly Data
	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23
Net Cash per Share																-21.21	-20.28	-19.69	-19.93	-23.39

Competitive Comparison

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Merck's Net Cash per Share, along with its competitors' market caps and Net Cash per Share data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Annual Data Quarterly Data

Merck Net Cash per Share Distribution

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Merck's Net Cash per Share distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Merck's Net Cash per Share falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Net Cash per Share's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

Merck Net Cash per Share Calculation

In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.

Merck's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

	Net Cash per Share (A: Dec. 2022 )
=	(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	Total Liabilities	-	Minority Interest)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=	(13192	-	63102	-	67)	/	2537.83
=	-19.69

Merck's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

	Net Cash per Share (Q: Jun. 2023 )
=	(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	Total Liabilities	-	Minority Interest)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=	(6378	-	65727	-	49)	/	2539.43
=	-23.39

Merck (NYSE:MRK) Net Cash per Share Explanation

Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

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Merck (NYSE:MRK) Business Description

Industry

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Address

126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ, USA, 07065

Website

https://www.merck.com

Merck makes pharmaceutical products to treat several conditions in a number of therapeutic areas, including cardiometabolic disease, cancer, and infections. Within cancer, the firm's immuno-oncology platform is growing as a major contributor to overall sales. The company also has a substantial vaccine business, with treatments to prevent pediatric diseases as well as human papillomavirus, or HPV. Additionally, Merck sells animal health-related drugs. From a geographical perspective, just under half of the company's sales are generated in the United States.

Executives

Joseph Romanelli	officer: President, Human Health Int?l	126 EAST LINCOLN AVENUE, RAHWAY NJ 07065
Chirfi Guindo	officer: Chief Marketing Officer	C/O BIOGEN INC., 225 BINNEY ST., CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Baker Douglas M Jr	director	370 WBASHA ST NORTH, ST PAUL MN 55102
Johannes Jacobus Oosthuizen	officer: SVP, U.S. Market	2000 GALLOPING HILL RD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Arpa Garay	officer: SVP Human Health Global Mktg.	2000 GALLOPING HILL RD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Cristal N Downing	officer: Chief Comm. & Public Afrs Ofcr	2000 GALLOPING HILL RD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Michael A Klobuchar	officer: EVP - Chief Strategy Officer	2000 GALLOPING HILL RD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Lisa Lecointe-cephas	officer: SVP Chief Ethics & Com Officer	2000 GALLOPING HILL RD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Caroline Litchfield	officer: EVP & CFO	2000 GALLOPING HILL RD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Stephen Mayo	director	2000 GALLOPING HILL RD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Dean Y Li	officer: Executive VP & President, MRL	2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
David Michael Williams	officer: EVP,Chief Info&Digital Officer	MERCK & CO., INC., 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Risa J Lavizzo-mourey	director	GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC., 500 W. MONROE ST., CHICAGO IL 60661
Christine E Seidman	director	MERCK & CO., INC., 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Kathy J Warden	director	2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042