Merck (MRK) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Merck has disclosed Debt Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.38 for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Debt Ratio rose 26.11% year-over-year to 0.38; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.38 (up 26.11% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.36, up 13.76% from the prior year.
• Debt Ratio improved to 0.38 in Q1 2026, from 0.36 in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Debt Ratio for MRK reached as high as 0.38 in Q1 2026 and fell as low as 0.28 in Q4 2022.
• The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.32 (2025), against an average of 0.32.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt Ratio retreated 13.36% — and 2026, when it grew 26.11%.
• A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.28 in 2022, then advanced by 16.88% to 0.33 in 2023, then slipped by 3.56% to 0.32 in 2024, then increased by 13.76% to 0.36 in 2025, then grew by 5.88% to 0.38 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.38, 0.36, and 0.32 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.