Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)
Merck & Co., Inc. is a health care company, which engages in the provision of health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products. It operates through the following segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, and Other. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets animal health products, such as pharmaceutical and vaccine products, for the prevention, treatment and control of disease in livestock, and companion animal species. The Other segment consists of sales for the non-reportable segments of healthcare services. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, NJ.
Address
2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD
KENILWORTH, NJ 07033
Founded
1891
Number of Employees
72,000
Website
http://www.merck.com
Buyback
| Buyback Data | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Average |
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| $ Amount Purchased ($ in 000s ) |
$6,082,826 | $3,004,850 | $2,418,320 | $2,311,772 | $3,157,574 | $4,308,706 | $1,281,360 | $821,956 | - | $953,062 | $372,810 | $2,471,324 |
| Average Price | $57.43 | $57.19 | $55.55 | $63.58 | $60.14 | $79.23 | $79.29 | $75.10 | - | $109.12 | $126.86 | $64.36 |
| # Shares Purchased | 105,909,406 | 52,540,103 | 43,531,012 | 36,359,513 | 52,503,196 | 54,379,886 | 16,160,842 | 10,944,842 | - | 8,733,848 | 2,938,662 | 38,400,131 |
| Buyback Performance | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Average |
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| Total Return to Date | 100.2% | 101.1% | 107.0% | 80.9% | 91.2% | 45.1% | 45.0% | 53.1% | - | 5.4% | -9.4% | 78.7% |
| S&P 500 Return to Date | 181.9% | 173.0% | 168.6% | 129.7% | 104.9% | 93.1% | 74.8% | 31.7% | - | 31.3% | 7.4% | 99.6% |
| Excess Total Return | -81.6% | -71.9% | -61.6% | -48.8% | -13.6% | -48.0% | -29.8% | 21.5% | - | -25.9% | -16.8% | -20.9% |
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| Percentile Rank | 58% | 59% | 61% | 63% | 71% | 57% | 53% | 79% | - | 44% | 25% | 80% |
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