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Merck & Co., Inc.

Pharmaceutical Preparations·RAHWAY, NJ·FY end 12/31·CIK 310158
CEO Pay Ratio
191:1
Robert M. Davis
CEO Total Comp
$20.8M
Robert M. Davis
Median Employee
$108,614
Revenue
$65.0B
FY 2025
Net Income
$18.3B
FY 2025
Free Cash Flow
$12.4B
FY 2025
Net Margin
28.1%
Insider Net (180d)
$0
0 buys / 0 sales

CEO Pay Accountability

CEO comp as % of net income
0.11%
For every $1,000 of profit, $1.14 flows to the CEO.
CEO comp as % of buybacks
0.41%
CEO comp equals 4.1‰ of cash returned to shareholders via buybacks.

Financials

5-year history · USD
MetricFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021Trend
Revenue$65.0B$64.2B$60.1B$59.3B$48.7B
Gross Profit
Operating Income
Net Income$18.3B$17.1B$365.0M$14.5B$13.0B
Operating CF$16.5B$21.5B
Capex$4.1B$3.4B$3.9B
Free Cash Flow$12.4B$18.1B
Buybacks$5.1B$1.3B$1.3B$0$840.0M
Dividends$8.2B$7.8B$7.4B$7.0B$6.6B
Gross Margin
Operating Margin
Net Margin28.1%26.7%0.6%24.5%26.8%
FCF Margin19.0%28.2%
R&D / Revenue24.3%28.0%50.8%22.9%25.1%
Effective Tax13.3%14.1%80.0%11.7%11.0%
Debt / Equity0.890.740.900.630.80
Buybacks / FCF41.1%7.2%

Named Executive Officers

FY 2025
ExecutiveSalaryStockOptionsBonus / Inc.OtherTotal
Robert M. DavisChairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
$1.6M$12.1M$3.4M$2.3M$1.3M$20.8M
Caroline LitchfieldExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
$1.2M$1.0M$1.1M$4.1M$7.6M
Dean LiM.D., Ph.D. Executive Vice President and President, Merck Research Laboratories
$1.5M$1.2M$1.4M$4.7M$9.1M
Jennifer ZacharyExecutive Vice President and General Counsel
$1.1M$750.0K$995.7K$2.9M$6.0M
Sanat ChattopadhyayExecutive Vice President and President, Merck Manufacturing Division
$982.2K$660.0K$920.7K$2.7M$5.6M