Growth Metrics

Merck (MRK) Return on Assets (2016 - 2025)

Merck (MRK) has disclosed Return on Assets for 15 consecutive years, with 0.0% as the latest value for Q4 2023.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Assets changed N/A to 0.0% in Q4 2023 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2023 was 0.0%, a N/A change, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.14%, down 1.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Assets was 0.0% for Q4 2023 at Merck, down from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Assets ranged from a high of 0.1% in Q1 2019 to a low of 0.03% in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.03% and a median of 0.02% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Assets.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Assets: grew 8bps in 2019, then decreased -4bps in 2022.
  • Merck's Return on Assets stood at 0.07% in 2019, then increased by 11bps to 0.07% in 2020, then plummeted by -46bps to 0.04% in 2021, then plummeted by -101bps to 0.0% in 2022, then soared by 801bps to 0.0% in 2023.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MRK's Return on Assets are 0.0% (Q4 2023), 0.02% (Q3 2023), and 0.03% (Q2 2023).