Growth Metrics

Merck (MRK) EBIT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Merck has reported EBIT Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 47.46% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBIT Margin fell 6345.0% to 47.46% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 8.41% through Mar 2026, down 1638.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 7.21% for FY2025, 19.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin was 47.46% for Q1 2026 at Merck, down from 12.99% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBIT Margin peaked at 16.73% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 62.25% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 0.06% (2024), against an average of 5.39%.
  • Year-over-year, EBIT Margin plummeted -6411bps in 2023 and then surged 7628bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 2.66% in 2022, then tumbled by -1430bps to 40.72% in 2023, then soared by 105bps to 2.19% in 2024, then plummeted by -694bps to 12.99% in 2025, then crashed by -265bps to 47.46% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MRK's EBIT Margin are 47.46% (Q1 2026), 12.99% (Q4 2025), and 16.73% (Q3 2025).