Merck KGaA (XTER:MRK) 6-Month Price Index : 1.05 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)

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What is Merck KGaA 6-Month Price Index?

6-Month Price Index is an intermediate-term momentum that shows the price change relative to 6-month ago. It’s calculated by current share price divided by share price 6-months ago. As of today (2024-04-28), Merck KGaA's 6-Month Price Index is 1.05.

Competitive Comparison of Merck KGaA's 6-Month Price Index

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Merck KGaA's 6-Month Price Index, along with its competitors' market caps and 6-Month Price Index 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.

Merck KGaA (XTER:MRK) 6-Month Price Index Calculation

6-Month Price Index is calculated as following:

6-Month Price Index

Current Share Price

Share Price 6-Months Ago

* 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.

Merck KGaA (XTER:MRK) 6-Month Price Index Explanation

Price Index (PI) also called momentum. Strategies involving Price Index are also known as momentum strategies as they allow investors to profit from a company’s stock price. 6-Month Price Index is an intermediate-term momentum that shows the price change relative to 6-month ago.

The investment strategy for momentum investors is to buy winners and sell losers. That is, buy stocks that performed well and sell stocks that performed poorly in the past.

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Merck KGaA (XTER:MRK) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

MKKGY:USA MKGAF:USA MRK:Italy MRKd:UK 0O14:UK MRCK:Austria

Address

Frankfurter Strasse 250, Darmstadt, HE, DEU, 64293

Website

https://www.emdgroup.com

Merck KGaA operates in three main segments: life sciences, performance materials, and healthcare. The life sciences segment (47% of 2022 sales) primarily provides laboratory consumables and services to researchers in academia and applied fields, including the biopharmaceutical industry. In the healthcare segment (35%), Merck develops, manufactures, and sells branded pharmaceuticals with significant therapeutic concentrations in oncology, multiple sclerosis, and fertility. In its electronics segment (18%), the company offers specialty materials to manufacture a variety of products, such as semiconductors, flat-screen televisions, automobiles, and cosmetics. In 1995, the E. Merck KG family publicly sold part of the company, resulting in the current 30% public ownership of the firm.

Executives

Belén Garijo Lopez	Chair of the Executive Board
Peter Guenter	Member of the Executive Board
Dr. Matthias Heinzel	Member of the Executive Board
Dr. Marcus Kuhnert	Board of Directors