Growth Metrics

Merck (MRK) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Merck (MRK) reported EBT Margin of 21.49% for Q1 2026, down 5950.0% year-over-year from 0.37% in Q1 2025, and down 203.06% on a QoQ basis from 20.85% in Q4 2025.

Merck (MRK) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 21.49% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin fell 5950.0% year-over-year to 21.49% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 17.74% (down 1382.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 32.41%, up 134.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin slipped to 21.49% in Q1 2026 per MRK's latest filing, from 20.85% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 39.04% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 35.25% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 26.69% (2024), against an average of 20.84%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when EBT Margin sank 6600 bps; it then surged 7253 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing MRK's EBT Margin over 5 years: stood at 25.4% in 2022, then sank by 155 bps to 13.98% in 2023, then surged by 291 bps to 26.69% in 2024, then fell by 22 bps to 20.85% in 2025, then tumbled by 203 bps to 21.49% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest MRK EBT Margin figures stand at 21.49% (Q1 2026), 20.85% (Q4 2025), and 39.04% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Novartis Ag 107,124,802.25 Bn 107,124,802.25 Bn - -
2 Eli Lilly 969.00 Bn 963.72 Bn 16.22 Bn 44.70%
3 Johnson & Johnson 539.46 Bn 517.41 Bn 15.96 Bn 24.89%
4 AbbVie 376.92 Bn 367.57 Bn 10.78 Bn 6.93%
5 Merck 285.00 Bn 279.35 Bn 12.09 Bn -21.49%
6 Amgen 177.58 Bn 165.55 Bn 5.87 Bn 24.18%
7 Gilead Sciences 163.22 Bn 155.50 Bn 5.52 Bn 37.07%
8 Pfizer 145.86 Bn 133.09 Bn -1.21 Bn 135.53%
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 111.90 Bn 101.44 Bn 8.07 Bn 28.20%
10 Gsk 88.34 Bn 83.66 Bn - -

Historic Data

Download Data 🔒
DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -21.49%
Dec 31, 2025 20.85%
Sep 30, 2025 39.04%
Jun 30, 2025 31.63%
Mar 31, 2025 38.01%
Dec 31, 2024 26.69%
Sep 30, 2024 24.55%
Jun 30, 2024 37.28%
Mar 31, 2024 35.94%
Dec 31, 2023 -13.98%
Sep 30, 2023 35.21%
Jun 30, 2023 -35.25%
Mar 31, 2023 25.20%
Dec 31, 2022 25.40%
Sep 30, 2022 23.95%
Jun 30, 2022 30.75%
Mar 31, 2022 30.57%
Dec 31, 2021 28.91%
Sep 30, 2021 40.03%
Jun 30, 2021 15.06%
Mar 31, 2021 28.11%
Dec 31, 2020 -23.25%
Sep 30, 2020 24.76%
Jun 30, 2020 29.31%
Mar 31, 2020 31.83%
Dec 31, 2019 -36.20%
Sep 30, 2019 18.93%
Jun 30, 2019 27.71%
Mar 31, 2019 28.36%
Dec 31, 2018 23.68%
Sep 30, 2018 24.69%
Jun 30, 2018 19.93%
Mar 31, 2018 13.40%
Dec 31, 2017 18.01%
Sep 30, 2017 1.94%
Jun 30, 2017 24.56%
Mar 31, 2017 21.23%
Dec 31, 2016 -13.41%
Sep 30, 2016 27.40%
Jun 30, 2016 15.28%
Mar 31, 2016 17.44%
Dec 31, 2015 7.99%
Sep 30, 2015 23.80%
Jun 30, 2015 8.25%
Mar 31, 2015 14.65%
Dec 31, 2014 112.68%
Sep 30, 2014 14.11%
Jun 30, 2014 17.29%
Mar 31, 2014 20.37%
Dec 31, 2013 10.82%
Sep 30, 2013 13.82%
Jun 30, 2013 11.31%
Mar 31, 2013 14.53%
Dec 31, 2012 11.37%
Sep 30, 2012 19.31%
Jun 30, 2012 21.77%
Mar 31, 2012 21.37%
Dec 31, 2011 12.86%
Sep 30, 2011 19.56%
Jun 30, 2011 13.76%
Mar 31, 2011 14.93%
Dec 31, 2010 -15.34%
Sep 30, 2010 4.48%
Jun 30, 2010 10.94%
Mar 31, 2010 5.65%
Dec 31, 2009 128.51%
Sep 30, 2009 10.12%
Jun 30, 2009 13.10%
Mar 31, 2009 20.98%