MRK Earnings Payback Period Calculator

Use this calculator to estimate the number of years it would take the cumulative earnings to equal the current stock price. You can enter a different estimated EPS and estimated annual growth rate to see how the payback period changes.

As a starting point, we used MRK (Non-Gaap) TTM earnings of $5.95 and we assumed an annual earnings growth rate of 21.8%. The growth rate is based on the company's historical 3 year average earnings growth.

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Annual Growth Rate

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Quick Reference Points

Starting Point

EPS:	5.95
Book Value:	15.94
Revenue:	24.85
Gross Margin:	76.8%

Growth Rates

	1 yr	3 yr	5 yr
Revenue	6.5%	9.0%	6.8%
Earnings	92.6%	21.8%	15.9%
Book Value	-13.7%	17.5%	10.4%

Avg Gross Margin

1 yr	3 yr	5 yr
75.2%	72.9%	71.3%