Merck & Co. income statement
In fiscal 2025, Merck & Co. reported revenue of $65.01bn, up 1.3% on the year before and net income of $18.25bn, or $7.28 per diluted share. Every line below comes from the company's 10-K and 10-Q filings; column headings link to the filing.
Income statement
| Fiscal year | 2007Dec 2007 | 2008Dec 2008 | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 24.2 | 23.9 | 27.4 | 46.0 | 39.8 | 40.1 | 42.3 | 39.1 | 41.5 | 48.7 | 59.3 | 60.1 | 64.2 | 65.0 | 66.6 |
| Cost of revenue | — | — | — | — | 14.0 | 12.9 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 17.4 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 16.4 | 18.0 |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | 25.8 | 27.2 | 28.8 | 27.1 | 27.9 | 35.1 | 41.9 | 44.0 | 49.0 | 48.6 | 48.6 |
| Research and development | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 13.5 | 30.5 | 17.9 | 15.8 | 30.5 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 7.6 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 13.1 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 11.1 |
| Interest expense | — | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| Income before tax | — | — | 15.3 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 13.9 | 16.4 | 1.9 | 19.9 | 21.1 | 5.9 |
| Income tax | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Net income | 3.3 | 7.8 | 12.9 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 9.8 | 7.1 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 0.4 | 17.1 | 18.3 | 3.2 |
| Diluted EPS | $1.49 | $3.63 | $5.65 | $0.28 | $1.41 | $0.87 | $2.32 | $3.81 | $2.78 | $5.14 | $5.71 | $0.14 | $6.74 | $7.28 | $1.28 |
| Diluted shares (average) | — | 2,143m | 2,273m | 3,120m | 2,787m | 2,748m | 2,679m | 2,580m | 2,541m | 2,538m | 2,542m | 2,547m | 2,541m | 2,507m | 2,482m |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 16.7 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.6 |
| Cost of revenue | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Gross profit | 12.6 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| Research and development | 5.9 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 12.6 | 9.7 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| Interest expense | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Income before tax | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 3.4 | −3.5 | −0.7 |
| Income tax | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Net income | 3.2 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 3.0 | −4.2 | −1.3 |
| Diluted EPS | $1.24 | $1.48 | $2.01 | $1.76 | $2.32 | $1.20 | −$1.72 | −$0.54 |
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