MERCK & CO INC
Company Information
Ticker Symbol: MRK
Exchange: NYSE
Contact Info: One Merck Drive
Whitehouse Station NJ 08889-0100
908 423-1000
CEO/President: Richard T. Clark
Industry: Medical - Drugs    /    Standard Industry Code: 2834
Description: Merck & Co., Inc. is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Established in 1891, Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. The company devotes extensive efforts to increase access to medicines through far-reaching programs that not only donate Merck medicines but help deliver them to the people who need them. Merck also publishes unbiased health information as a not-for-profit service.

Share Information
Shares Outstanding: 2,108,860 (000) Market Value: 74,506,200 ($000)
Percentage of Inst.
Shareholders:
65.42% Number of Inst.
Shareholders:
0.24%
Last Quarter
Sales:
6049.70 ($Mil.) Last Quarter
Net Income:
3424.30 ($Mil.)
Last Quarter EPS: 0.90 P/E Ratio: 10.58
Most Recent Earnings: 0.90 on 10/22/09 Earnings Per Share: 3.80
Most Recent Split: 2-1 on 02/17/99 Annual Dividend Rate: 1.52
Most Recent Dividend: 0.380 on 09/02/09 Annual Dividend Yield: 4.3%

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