Merck (MRK) Return on Sales (2009 - 2026)

Merck (MRK) posted quarterly Return on Sales of 0.0% for Q1 2026, down 1.0% YoY from 0.0% in Q1 2025, and down 243.09% sequentially from 0.0% in Q4 2025.

Merck (MRK) Return on Sales (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Merck has disclosed Return on Sales across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.0% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Sales fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales slipped to 0.0% in Q1 2026, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for MRK reached as high as 0.0% in Q2 2024 and fell as low as 0.0% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.0% (2023), against an average of 0.0%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Sales rose 1 bps — and 2026, when it decreased 1 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.0% in 2022, then sank by 7871 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then jumped by 386 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then fell by 25 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then sank by 243 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods registered 0.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 Eli Lilly 1,066.16 Bn 1,060.88 Bn 16.22 Bn 0.00%
2 Johnson & Johnson 611.69 Bn 589.64 Bn 15.96 Bn 0.00%
3 AbbVie 444.34 Bn 434.99 Bn 10.78 Bn 0.00%
4 Astrazeneca 284.94 Bn 277.05 Bn 12.61 Bn 0.00%
5 Merck 224.23 Bn 218.58 Bn 12.09 Bn 0.00%
6 Amgen 195.12 Bn 183.08 Bn 5.87 Bn 0.00%
7 Gilead Sciences 156.45 Bn 148.73 Bn 5.52 Bn 0.00%
8 Pfizer 136.01 Bn 123.24 Bn -1.21 Bn 0.00%
9 Novartis Ag 113.45 Bn 113.67 Bn - -
10 Biogen 30.87 Bn 26.59 Bn 1.82 Bn 0.00%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 0.00%
Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 0.00%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 0.00%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%
Mar 31, 2021 0.00%