Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK): gross margin, 10 filed years
Gross margin at Merck & Co., Inc. was 74.8% in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 10 computed years from FY2016 it ranged from 64.8% (FY2016) to 76.3% (FY2024), with a median of 70.0%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 74.8%, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | Gross margin | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 64.8% | 10-K, filed 2017-02-28 |
| FY2017 | 67.8% | 10-K, filed 2018-02-27 |
| FY2018 | 68.1% | 10-K, filed 2019-02-27 |
| FY2019 | 69.3% | 10-K, filed 2020-02-26 |
| FY2020 | 67.2% | 10-K, filed 2021-02-25 |
| FY2021 | 72.0% | 10-K, filed 2022-02-25 |
| FY2022 | 70.6% | 10-K, filed 2023-02-24 |
| FY2023 | 73.2% | 10-K, filed 2024-02-26 |
| FY2024 | 76.3% | 10-K, filed 2025-02-25 |
| FY2025 | 74.8% | 10-K, filed 2026-02-24 |
How each year is computed
Gross profit / revenue x 100
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.