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Merck KGaA (Merck KGaA) Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 17.22 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Merck KGaA Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-27), Merck KGaA's share price is $32.25. Merck KGaA's Cash Flow from Operations per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.87. Hence, Merck KGaA's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 17.22.

The historical rank and industry rank for Merck KGaA's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

MKKGY' s Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.1   Med: 16.63   Max: 20.91
Current: 17.76

During the past 13 years, Merck KGaA's highest Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Ratio was 20.91. The lowest was 10.10. And the median was 16.63.

MKKGY's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
50.37% of 675 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 17.14 vs MKKGY: 17.76

Merck KGaA's Cash Flow from Operations per share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.53. Its Cash Flow from Operations per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.87.

During the past 12 months, the average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Merck KGaA was -11.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 12.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 7.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, Merck KGaA's highest 3-Year average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 28.60% per year. The lowest was -4.00% per year. And the median was 8.20% per year.


Merck KGaA Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Merck KGaA's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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 KGaA Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Merck KGaA Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.04 17.55 21.38 18.47 16.56

Merck KGaA Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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 18.47 17.46 16.30 18.35 16.56

Competitive Comparison of Merck KGaA's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Merck KGaA's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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 KGaA's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Merck KGaA's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Merck KGaA's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.



Merck KGaA Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Merck KGaA's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/Cash Flow from Operations per share (TTM)
=32.25/1.873
=17.22

Merck KGaA's Share Price of today is $32.25.
Merck KGaA's Cash Flow from Operations per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.87.

* 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.

Note: Cash Flow from Operations per share is calculated as Cash Flow from Operations divided by Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average).

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Cash Flow from Operations

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Merck KGaA (Merck KGaA) Business Description

Address
Frankfurter Strasse 250, Darmstadt, HE, DEU, 64293
Merck KGaA operates in three main segments: life sciences, performance materials, and healthcare. The life sciences segment (47% of 2022 sales) primarily provides laboratory consumables and services to researchers in academia and applied fields, including the biopharmaceutical industry. In the healthcare segment (35%), Merck develops, manufactures, and sells branded pharmaceuticals with significant therapeutic concentrations in oncology, multiple sclerosis, and fertility. In its electronics segment (18%), the company offers specialty materials to manufacture a variety of products, such as semiconductors, flat-screen televisions, automobiles, and cosmetics. In 1995, the E. Merck KG family publicly sold part of the company, resulting in the current 30% public ownership of the firm.

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