Is MERCK stock a buy?
What Is The Conclusion?
Right now our advanced algorithms say:
Do the analyst corps agree?
Interesting Questions and Easy Answers!
Yes, MERCK pays dividends. Last time was Thursday 9th of May 2024 where the investors holding the stock on Monday 29th of April 2024 were paid $0.31652 per share. Over the last 17 times between 2008 and 2024, MERCK has paid $11.92896 with an average of $0.7 per share.
Sorry, we do not have any analyst data for this ticker
We cannot find data for MERCK 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Monday 9th of September 2019 when the price was $21.16, you would have made a profit of $16.28 per share or 76.94%
Yes, the average daily trading liquidity for MERCK is $41 119 thousand. You should therefore be able to get in and out of your positions relatively fast.
MERCK has a normal ratio of the business financed by loans. This puts the company at some risk in periods of high inflation where borrowing costs usually go up. With a normal cash flow to debt ratio of 0.40, the company's ability to pay off the debt is normal. MERCK has a good net profit margin of 13.08% and should have high tolerances against inflation.
We have calculated the inflation risk for MERCK to be low [0.4 of 1]
US inflation for July 2024 was 0.15%. Over the last 12 months, the US inflation is 2.92%. The 10-year treasury yield that indicates the future interest level is currently 3.72 and is down -0.95 over the last 30 days.