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57. Merck
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Financials: Latest Results
Rank: 57 (Previous rank: 53)
CEO: Kenneth C. Frazier
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Key financials $ millions % change
from 2010
Revenues 48,047.0 4.5
Profits 6,272.0 628.5
Assets 105,128.0 —
Stockholders' equity 54,517.0 —
Market value (3/29/2012) 115,702.7 —
Profits as % of  
Revenues 13.1
Assets 6.0
Stockholders' equity 11.5
Earnings per share  
2011 $ 2.02
% change from 2010 621.4
2001-2011 annual growth rate % -4.3
Total return to investors %
2011 9.3
2001-2011 annual rate 0.0
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Rank Company 500
rank		 Revenues
($ millions)
1 Pfizer 40 67,932.0
2 Johnson & Johnson 42 65,030.0
3 Merck 57 48,047.0
4 Abbott Laboratories 71 38,851.3
5 Eli Lilly 119 24,286.5
6 Bristol-Myers Squibb 134 21,244.0
7 Amgen 168 15,582.0
8 Gilead Sciences 306 8,385.4
9 Mylan 396 6,129.8
10 Allergan 448 5,419.1
11 Biogen Idec 476 5,048.6
12 Celgene 492 4,842.1
Issue date: May 21, 2012
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1 Merck Dr.
Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
908-423-1000
www.merck.com
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