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Merck (UKEX:MRK) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 7.75 (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is Merck Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-24), Merck's current share price is ₴4844.00. Merck's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₴625.19. Merck's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 7.75.

The historical rank and industry rank for Merck's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

UKEX:MRK' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.04   Med: 4.2   Max: 7.82
Current: 7.7

During the past years, Merck's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 7.82. The lowest was 3.04. And the median was 4.20.

UKEX:MRK's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
90.1% of 687 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 1.88 vs UKEX:MRK: 7.70

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Merck's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₴639.974. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is ₴625.19 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Merck Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Merck's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Merck Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Merck Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.14 4.83 4.67 6.57 6.46

Merck Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.23 6.75 6.01 6.46 7.75

Competitive Comparison of Merck's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Merck's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Merck's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Merck's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Merck's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Merck Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Merck's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=4844.00/625.19
=7.75

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Merck's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Merck's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=639.974/131.7762*131.7762
=639.974

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Merck Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 669.678 100.560 877.566
201409 634.786 100.428 832.934
201412 688.294 99.070 915.525
201503 678.145 99.621 897.033
201506 660.481 100.684 864.445
201509 653.265 100.392 857.491
201512 645.067 99.792 851.813
201603 635.150 100.470 833.058
201606 629.531 101.688 815.801
201609 636.063 101.861 822.866
201612 585.645 101.863 757.628
201703 583.738 102.862 747.824
201706 581.080 103.349 740.911
201709 563.341 104.136 712.868
201712 511.309 104.011 647.800
201803 502.131 105.290 628.447
201806 489.221 106.317 606.373
201809 489.684 106.507 605.865
201812 413.572 105.998 514.151
201903 428.118 107.251 526.019
201906 432.336 108.070 527.176
201909 422.484 108.329 513.926
201912 409.735 108.420 498.001
202003 416.913 108.902 504.485
202006 438.878 108.767 531.719
202009 463.284 109.815 555.934
202012 401.795 109.897 481.789
202103 427.451 111.754 504.033
202106 527.868 114.631 606.818
202109 569.175 115.734 648.068
202112 606.632 117.630 679.589
202203 649.310 121.301 705.383
202206 685.483 125.017 722.546
202209 704.687 125.227 741.544
202212 727.717 125.222 765.807
202303 741.166 127.348 766.939
202306 611.854 128.729 626.339
202309 653.290 129.860 662.932
202312 596.101 129.419 606.956
202403 639.974 131.776 639.974

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Merck  (UKEX:MRK) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Merck (UKEX:MRK) Business Description

Address
126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ, USA, 07065
Merck makes pharmaceutical products to treat several conditions in a number of therapeutic areas, including cardiometabolic disease, cancer, and infections. Within cancer, the firm's immuno-oncology platform is growing as a major contributor to overall sales. The company also has a substantial vaccine business, with treatments to prevent pediatric diseases as well as human papillomavirus, or HPV. Additionally, Merck sells animal health-related drugs. From a geographical perspective, just under half of the company's sales are generated in the United States.

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