Company Valuation: Merck KGaA

Data adjusted to current consolidation scope
Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Capitalization 1 98,695 78,651 62,651 60,825 53,304 52,326 - -
Change - -20.31% -20.34% -2.91% -12.37% -1.84% - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 107,596 86,979 70,610 68,609 62,533 59,946 57,859 55,822
Change - -19.16% -18.82% -2.83% -8.86% -4.14% -3.48% -3.52%
P/E ratio 32.3x 23.6x 22.2x 21.9x 20.4x 20.2x 17.5x 15.6x
PBR 4.63x 3.03x 2.35x 2.03x 1.86x 1.73x 1.62x 1.51x
PEG - 2.68x -1.5x -14.21x -3.34x -42.9x 1.2x 1.3x
Capitalization / Revenue 5.01x 3.54x 2.98x 2.88x 2.53x 2.49x 2.38x 2.25x
EV / Revenue 5.47x 3.91x 3.36x 3.24x 2.96x 2.86x 2.63x 2.4x
EV / EBITDA 17.6x 12.7x 12x 11.3x 10.2x 10.1x 9.15x 8.22x
EV / EBIT 25.7x 19.4x 19.6x 18.8x 17.4x 16.4x 14.3x 12.5x
EV / FCF 30.3x 31.9x 36.9x 23.8x 26.6x 20.2x 18.5x 16.5x
FCF Yield 3.3% 3.14% 2.71% 4.2% 3.75% 4.96% 5.39% 6.06%
Dividend per Share 2 1.85 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.338 2.432 2.537
Rate of return 0.81% 1.22% 1.53% 1.57% 1.79% 1.94% 2.02% 2.11%
EPS 2 7.03 7.65 6.49 6.39 6 5.972 6.866 7.709
Distribution rate 26.3% 28.8% 33.9% 34.4% 36.7% 39.1% 35.4% 32.9%
Net sales 1 19,687 22,232 20,993 21,156 21,102 20,987 22,007 23,227
EBITDA 1 6,103 6,849 5,879 6,072 6,109 5,909 6,322 6,791
EBIT 1 4,179 4,474 3,609 3,645 3,601 3,660 4,036 4,484
Net income 1 3,055 3,326 2,824 2,777 2,608 2,592 2,956 3,302
Net Debt 1 8,902 8,328 7,959 7,784 9,229 7,620 5,534 3,496
Reference price 2 227.00 180.90 144.10 139.90 122.60 120.35 120.35 120.35
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 434,778 434,778 434,778 434,778 434,778 434,778 - -
Announcement Date 03/03/22 02/03/23 07/03/24 06/03/25 05/03/26 - - -
1EUR in Million2EUR
Estimates

P/E ratio, Detailed evolution

P/E (Y) EV / Sales (Y) EV / EBITDA (Y) Dividend Yield (Y) Capi.($)
19.69x2.8x10x1.99% 59.58B
10.02x5.12x8.06x - 8B
15.05x1.86x6.6x2.94% 7.6B
25.09x7.24x19.9x-.--% 5B
44.91x2.62x31.92x0.66% 4.14B
26.2x5.04x14.42x - 3.03B
111.53x - - -.--% 2.81B
Average 36.07x 4.11x 15.15x 1.12% 12.88B
Weighted average by Cap. 22.98x 3.25x 11.29x 1.81%

Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Historical PBR trend

Evolution Enterprise Value / Sales

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield