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Merck (MRK) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Merck (MRK) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.18% as the latest value for Q4 2023.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 16.0% to 0.18% in Q4 2023 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2023 was 0.18%, a 16.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.05%, down 1.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.18% for Q4 2023 at Merck, down from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.02% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.2% in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.09% and a median of 0.08% in 2019 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: increased 22bps in 2022, then decreased -16bps in 2023.
  • Merck's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.08% in 2019, then plummeted by -128bps to 0.18% in 2020, then dropped by -13bps to 0.2% in 2021, then soared by 94bps to 0.01% in 2022, then crashed by -1425bps to 0.18% in 2023.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MRK's Return on Capital Employed are 0.18% (Q4 2023), 0.1% (Q3 2023), and 0.13% (Q2 2023).