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Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The company offers human health pharmaceutical for various areas, incl...
The following section summarizes insights on Merck & Co Inc's Price / Fwd Sales:
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Metrics similar to Price / Fwd Sales in the valuation category include:
Indicates the multiple of forward sales that stock investors are willing to pay for one share of the firm.
Forward Price / Sales also known as price-to-sales, or P/S ratio is a financial ratio that compares a company’s market capitalization to the amount of revenue the company is expected to earn in the next 12 months.
Price / Fwd Sales = Market Cap / Projected Revenue
Equivalently, it can also be calculated by dividing the per-share stock price by the per-share projected revenue.
The chart above depicts the distribution of price / fwd sales for companies operating in the Healthcare sector in the Developed economic region. Over 1,930 companies were considered in this analysis, and 1,856 had meaningful values. The average price / fwd sales of companies in the sector is 10.6x with a standard deviation of 26.3x.
Merck & Co Inc's Price / Fwd Sales of 3.4x ranks in the 62.3% percentile for the sector. The following table provides additional summary stats:
| Economic Risk Region | Developed |
| Total Constituents | 1,934 |
| Included Constituents | 1,856 |
| Min | 0.0x |
| Max | 205.1x |
| Median | 2.1x |
| Mean | 10.6x |
| Standard Deviation | 26.3x |
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