Merck MRK
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Merck (MRK) Current Deferred Tax Assets (2009 - 2023)

Merck's (MRK) quarterly Current Deferred Tax Assets came in at $6.6 billion in Q2 2023, down 2.51% year-over-year from $6.8 billion in Q2 2022, and down 1.45% quarter-over-quarter from $6.7 billion in Q1 2023.

Analysis

Merck (MRK) Current Deferred Tax Assets (2009 - 2023) Analysis & Trends

Merck (MRK) has reported Current Deferred Tax Assets for 15 consecutive years, with $6.6 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2023.

  • On a quarterly basis, Current Deferred Tax Assets fell 2.51% year-over-year to $6.6 billion in Q2 2023; TTM through Jun 2023 was $6.6 billion, a 2.51% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2022 full-year figure at $7.2 billion, up 2.6% from the prior year.
  • Current Deferred Tax Assets was $6.6 billion for Q2 2023 at Merck, down from $6.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Current Deferred Tax Assets peaked at $7.2 billion in Q3 2022 and troughed at $3.2 billion in Q1 2019.
  • A 5-year average of $5.6 billion and a median of $6.0 billion in 2021 frame the typical range for Current Deferred Tax Assets.
  • Across the five-year window, Current Deferred Tax Assets decreased 21.38% in 2019 and surged 49.49% in 2021, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Current Deferred Tax Assets stood at $4.3 billion in 2019, then gained by 9.28% to $4.7 billion in 2020, then surged by 49.49% to $7.0 billion in 2021, then grew by 2.6% to $7.2 billion in 2022, then declined by 7.39% to $6.6 billion in 2023.
  • The last three Current Deferred Tax Assets figures came in at $6.6 billion (Q2 2023), $6.7 billion (Q1 2023), and $7.2 billion (Q4 2022), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Johnson & Johnson 650.65 Bn 629.89 Bn 17.26 Bn
2 AbbVie 466.34 Bn 459.82 Bn 12.70 Bn
3 Merck 362.11 Bn 355.02 Bn 12.21 Bn
4 Novartis Ag 267.81 Bn 260.52 Bn 11.24 Bn
5 Pfizer 157.31 Bn 145.91 Bn 10.94 Bn
6 Bristol Myers Squibb 128.75 Bn 117.69 Bn 9.25 Bn
7 Sanofi 51.80 Bn 44.84 Bn 10.79 Bn
8 Revolution Medicines 40.91 Bn 40.91 Bn -
9 BeOne Medicines 39.65 Bn 34.55 Bn 1.53 Bn
10 Incyte 25.18 Bn 20.65 Bn 1.57 Bn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2023 6.64 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 6.74 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 7.17 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 7.22 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 6.81 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 6.65 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 6.99 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 6.87 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 6.75 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 5.29 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 4.67 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 4.67 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 4.61 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 4.71 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 4.28 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 3.83 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 3.38 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 3.23 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 4.50 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 3.76 Bn