Merck (MRK) Short term Debt (2009 - 2026)

Merck (MRK) reported Short term Debt of $2.4 billion for Q1 2026, up 79.71% year-over-year from $1.4 billion in Q1 2025, and down 5.6% quarter-over-quarter from $2.6 billion in Q4 2025.

Merck (MRK) Short term Debt (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Merck (MRK) has 18 years of Short term Debt data on file, last reported at $2.4 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Short term Debt for Q1 2026 came in at $2.4 billion, up 79.71% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.4 billion (up 79.71% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.6 billion, down 2.27% from the prior year.
  • Short term Debt eased to $2.4 billion in Q1 2026 per MRK's latest filing, from $2.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Short term Debt peaked at $3.1 billion in Q3 2024 and troughed at $887.0 million in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $2.2 billion and a median of $2.4 billion in 2026 frame the typical range for Short term Debt.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Short term Debt plunged 83.34% in 2022, then jumped 255.02% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Short term Debt shows it stood at $1.9 billion in 2022, then decreased by 29.5% to $1.4 billion in 2023, then surged by 93.08% to $2.6 billion in 2024, then fell by 2.27% to $2.6 billion in 2025, then dropped by 5.6% to $2.4 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MRK's Short term Debt at $2.4 billion in Q1 2026, $2.6 billion in Q4 2025, and $1.4 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Gsk 92,316,836.42 Bn 92,316,831.46 Bn 7.76 Bn
2 Eli Lilly 983.57 Bn 978.29 Bn 16.22 Bn
3 Johnson & Johnson 553.56 Bn 531.50 Bn 15.96 Bn
4 AbbVie 383.35 Bn 374.00 Bn 10.78 Bn
5 Merck 281.71 Bn 276.06 Bn 12.09 Bn
6 Amgen 182.20 Bn 170.16 Bn 5.87 Bn
7 Gilead Sciences 153.71 Bn 145.98 Bn 5.52 Bn
8 Pfizer 143.75 Bn 130.98 Bn -1.21 Bn
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 109.71 Bn 99.25 Bn 8.07 Bn
10 Novartis Ag 108.28 Bn 107.60 Bn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.44 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.59 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.41 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.36 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.65 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 3.15 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 3.07 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 3.08 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.37 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 887.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 2.84 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 2.67 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.95 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.94 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 2.98 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.21 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.41 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 3.53 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 2.49 Bn