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

Merck (MRK) has 3 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 13.09 in Q1 2013.

• Interest Coverage Ratio for Q1 2013 came in at 13.09, down 49.75% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2013 was 62.01 (down 475.24% YoY), and the FY2012 annual result was 4.28, up 16.0% from the prior year.
• Interest Coverage Ratio improved to 13.09 in Q1 2013 per MRK's latest filing, from 14.87 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Interest Coverage Ratio peaked at 8.33 in Q2 2012 and troughed at 15.36 in Q2 2011.
• A 3-year average of 12.23 and a median of 12.53 in 2011 frame the typical range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2012 and 2013: Interest Coverage Ratio jumped 45.81% in 2012, then plunged 49.75% in 2013.
• 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.
• Business Quant data shows MRK's Interest Coverage Ratio at 13.09 in Q1 2013, 14.87 in Q4 2012, and 10.78 in Q3 2012.