Merck (MRK) Interest Coverage Ratio (2011 - 2013)

Merck has disclosed Interest Coverage Ratio across 3 years of filings, most recently posting 13.09 for Q1 2013.

• In Q1 2013, Interest Coverage Ratio fell 49.75% year-over-year to 13.09; the TTM figure through Dec 2013 stood at 62.01 (down 475.24% YoY), while the FY2012 annual figure was 4.28, up 16.0% from the prior year.
• Interest Coverage Ratio grew to 13.09 in Q1 2013, from 14.87 in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Interest Coverage Ratio for MRK reached as high as 8.33 in Q2 2012 and fell as low as 15.36 in Q2 2011.
• The 3-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 12.53 (2011), against an average of 12.23.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2012 — Interest Coverage Ratio jumped 45.81% — and 2013, when it slumped 49.75%.
• A 3-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 15.0 in 2011, then climbed by 0.84% to 14.87 in 2012, then advanced by 11.98% to 13.09 in 2013.
• According to Business Quant data, Interest Coverage Ratio over the past three periods registered 13.09, 14.87, and 10.78 for Q1 2013, Q4 2012, and Q3 2012 respectively.