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

Merck (MRK) posted quarterly Current Deferred Tax Assets of $6.6 billion for 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.

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.

  • In Q2 2023, Current Deferred Tax Assets fell 2.51% year-over-year to $6.6 billion; the TTM figure through Jun 2023 stood at $6.6 billion (down 2.51% YoY), while the FY2022 annual figure was $7.2 billion, up 2.6% from the prior year.
  • Current Deferred Tax Assets slipped to $6.6 billion in Q2 2023 per MRK's latest filing, from $6.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Current Deferred Tax Assets topped out at $7.2 billion in Q3 2022 and bottomed at $3.2 billion in Q1 2019.
  • Historically, Current Deferred Tax Assets has averaged $5.6 billion across 5 years, with a median of $6.0 billion in 2021.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2019 — Current Deferred Tax Assets slipped 21.38% — and 2021, when it soared 49.49%.
  • Merck's Current Deferred Tax Assets stood at $4.3 billion in 2019, then climbed by 9.28% to $4.7 billion in 2020, then jumped by 49.49% to $7.0 billion in 2021, then rose by 2.6% to $7.2 billion in 2022, then retreated by 7.39% to $6.6 billion in 2023.
  • Business Quant data shows MRK's Current Deferred Tax Assets at $6.6 billion in Q2 2023, $6.7 billion in Q1 2023, and $7.2 billion in Q4 2022.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Johnson & Johnson 652.20 Bn 631.44 Bn 17.26 Bn
2 AbbVie 469.51 Bn 462.94 Bn 12.70 Bn
3 Merck 376.81 Bn 369.67 Bn 12.21 Bn
4 Novartis Ag 303.04 Bn 295.35 Bn 11.24 Bn
5 Astrazeneca 257.61 Bn 252.71 Bn 12.86 Bn
6 Amgen 237.37 Bn 223.38 Bn 7.24 Bn
7 Gilead Sciences 181.73 Bn 178.55 Bn 6.22 Bn
8 Pfizer 159.66 Bn 147.96 Bn 10.94 Bn
9 Gsk 106.24 Bn 102.07 Bn 8.24 Bn
10 Sanofi 55.07 Bn 47.69 Bn 10.79 Bn

Historic Data

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Jun 30, 2023 6.64 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 6.64 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 6.74 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 6.74 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 7.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 7.17 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 7.22 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 7.22 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 6.81 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 6.81 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 6.65 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 6.65 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 6.99 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 6.99 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 6.87 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 6.87 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 6.75 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 6.75 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 5.29 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 5.29 Bn