Merck (LIM:MRK) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of Apr. 24, 2024)

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What is Merck 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Merck's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.

The historical rank and industry rank for Merck's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, Merck's highest Yield on Cost was 5.86. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 4.60.

LIM:MRK's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked ^*
in the Drug Manufacturers industry.
Industry Median: 2.24
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

Competitive Comparison of Merck's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Merck's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % 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's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Merck's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Merck's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Merck 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Merck is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Merck (LIM:MRK) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Merck (LIM:MRK) Business Description

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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.