Merck Common Stock Shares Outstanding vs Retained Earnings Analysis

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Merck financial indicator trend analysis is infinitely more than just investigating Merck Company recent accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether Merck Company is a good investment. Please check the relationship between Merck Common Stock Shares Outstanding and its Retained Earnings accounts. Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Merck Company. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in metropolitan statistical area.

Common Stock Shares Outstanding vs Retained Earnings

Common Stock Shares Outstanding vs Retained Earnings Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Merck Company Common Stock Shares Outstanding account and Retained Earnings. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have weak contrarian relationship.

The correlation between Merck's Common Stock Shares Outstanding and Retained Earnings is -0.14. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Common Stock Shares Outstanding that can explain the historical movement of Retained Earnings in the same time period over historical financial statements of Merck Company, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Merck's Common Stock Shares Outstanding and Retained Earnings is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Common Stock Shares Outstanding of Merck Company are associated (or correlated) with its Retained Earnings. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Retained Earnings has no effect on the direction of Common Stock Shares Outstanding i.e., Merck's Common Stock Shares Outstanding and Retained Earnings go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

-0.14

Relationship Direction	Negative
Relationship Strength	Insignificant

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Common Stock Shares Outstanding

The total number of shares of a company's common stock that are currently owned by all its shareholders.

Retained Earnings

The cumulative amount of net income that a company retains for reinvestment in its operations, rather than distributing it to shareholders as dividends.

Most indicators from Merck's fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into Merck Company current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Merck Company. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in metropolitan statistical area.

At this time, Merck's Selling General Administrative is quite stable compared to the past year. Sales General And Administrative To Revenue is expected to rise to 0.18 this year, although the value of Tax Provision will most likely fall to about 2.2 B.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	35.1B	41.9B	44.0B	46.2B
Total Revenue	48.7B	59.3B	60.1B	32.4B

Gross Profit Total Revenue

Merck fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Intangible Assets	Accounts Payable	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Common Stock Total Equity	Short Term Investments
Total Assets		0.57	0.66	0.79	0.87	0.53	0.28	0.88	0.73	1.0	0.23	0.74	0.57	0.3	0.74	0.93	0.62	0.15	0.7	0.98	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.27	0.95	0.16
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.57		0.95	0.75	0.25	0.89	0.91	0.75	0.2	0.59	0.69	0.11	0.88	-0.27	0.95	0.58	0.95	-0.55	0.97	0.5	0.27	0.24	0.77	0.75	0.64	-0.24
Other Current Liab	0.66	0.95		0.77	0.39	0.87	0.84	0.82	0.27	0.68	0.55	0.26	0.89	-0.14	0.96	0.66	0.92	-0.44	0.98	0.61	0.22	0.37	0.73	0.69	0.74	-0.09
Total Current Liabilities	0.79	0.75	0.77		0.4	0.61	0.6	0.93	0.42	0.81	0.64	0.28	0.57	-0.25	0.77	0.86	0.76	-0.43	0.82	0.73	0.53	0.37	0.86	0.4	0.87	-0.17
Total Stockholder Equity	0.87	0.25	0.39	0.4		0.33	-0.07	0.59	0.79	0.84	-0.16	0.9	0.4	0.67	0.47	0.72	0.35	0.57	0.4	0.9	0.07	0.93	0.06	0.1	0.72	0.37
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.53	0.89	0.87	0.61	0.33		0.74	0.65	0.33	0.53	0.71	0.12	0.97	-0.14	0.84	0.57	0.9	-0.36	0.87	0.5	0.16	0.39	0.63	0.89	0.53	-0.4
Net Debt	0.28	0.91	0.84	0.6	-0.07	0.74		0.57	-0.21	0.33	0.66	-0.23	0.74	-0.51	0.8	0.28	0.84	-0.73	0.83	0.18	0.11	-0.09	0.74	0.71	0.41	-0.2
Retained Earnings	0.88	0.75	0.82	0.93	0.59	0.65	0.57		0.48	0.89	0.49	0.45	0.65	-0.14	0.82	0.84	0.79	-0.31	0.83	0.84	0.26	0.5	0.81	0.48	0.9	0.01
Cash	0.73	0.2	0.27	0.42	0.79	0.33	-0.21	0.48		0.69	0.08	0.8	0.31	0.54	0.38	0.75	0.27	0.44	0.35	0.8	0.39	0.81	0.11	0.07	0.6	-0.08
Non Current Assets Total	1.0	0.59	0.68	0.81	0.84	0.53	0.33	0.89	0.69		0.25	0.68	0.57	0.26	0.76	0.92	0.63	0.11	0.72	0.96	0.29	0.79	0.54	0.28	0.95	0.13
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.23	0.69	0.55	0.64	-0.16	0.71	0.66	0.49	0.08	0.25		-0.35	0.61	-0.63	0.53	0.4	0.67	-0.71	0.61	0.17	0.33	-0.08	0.79	0.72	0.31	-0.75
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.74	0.11	0.26	0.28	0.9	0.12	-0.23	0.45	0.8	0.68	-0.35		0.18	0.74	0.34	0.63	0.17	0.61	0.27	0.83	0.18	0.79	-0.09	-0.16	0.62	0.52
Net Receivables	0.57	0.88	0.89	0.57	0.4	0.97	0.74	0.65	0.31	0.57	0.61	0.18		-0.03	0.87	0.57	0.87	-0.28	0.88	0.53	0.06	0.44	0.57	0.85	0.57	-0.28
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.3	-0.27	-0.14	-0.25	0.67	-0.14	-0.51	-0.14	0.54	0.26	-0.63	0.74	-0.03		-0.05	0.23	-0.24	0.92	-0.12	0.38	0.07	0.67	-0.61	-0.38	0.19	0.47
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.74	0.95	0.96	0.77	0.47	0.84	0.8	0.82	0.38	0.76	0.53	0.34	0.87	-0.05		0.71	0.9	-0.34	0.99	0.68	0.27	0.47	0.71	0.63	0.79	-0.1
Inventory	0.93	0.58	0.66	0.86	0.72	0.57	0.28	0.84	0.75	0.92	0.4	0.63	0.57	0.23	0.71		0.6	0.03	0.72	0.92	0.52	0.72	0.57	0.25	0.94	-0.05
Other Current Assets	0.62	0.95	0.92	0.76	0.35	0.9	0.84	0.79	0.27	0.63	0.67	0.17	0.87	-0.24	0.9	0.6		-0.47	0.93	0.57	0.28	0.33	0.77	0.79	0.62	-0.21
Other Stockholder Equity	0.15	-0.55	-0.44	-0.43	0.57	-0.36	-0.73	-0.31	0.44	0.11	-0.71	0.61	-0.28	0.92	-0.34	0.03	-0.47		-0.42	0.23	-0.14	0.57	-0.74	-0.48	-0.03	0.46
Total Liab	0.7	0.97	0.98	0.82	0.4	0.87	0.83	0.83	0.35	0.72	0.61	0.27	0.88	-0.12	0.99	0.72	0.93	-0.42		0.64	0.35	0.4	0.76	0.66	0.77	-0.17
Total Current Assets	0.98	0.5	0.61	0.73	0.9	0.5	0.18	0.84	0.8	0.96	0.17	0.83	0.53	0.38	0.68	0.92	0.57	0.23	0.64		0.3	0.82	0.42	0.22	0.91	0.21
Short Term Debt	0.3	0.27	0.22	0.53	0.07	0.16	0.11	0.26	0.39	0.29	0.33	0.18	0.06	0.07	0.27	0.52	0.28	-0.14	0.35	0.3		0.11	0.28	-0.16	0.4	-0.27
Intangible Assets	0.8	0.24	0.37	0.37	0.93	0.39	-0.09	0.5	0.81	0.79	-0.08	0.79	0.44	0.67	0.47	0.72	0.33	0.57	0.4	0.82	0.11		0.08	0.16	0.65	0.15
Accounts Payable	0.5	0.77	0.73	0.86	0.06	0.63	0.74	0.81	0.11	0.54	0.79	-0.09	0.57	-0.61	0.71	0.57	0.77	-0.74	0.76	0.42	0.28	0.08		0.59	0.59	-0.36
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.27	0.75	0.69	0.4	0.1	0.89	0.71	0.48	0.07	0.28	0.72	-0.16	0.85	-0.38	0.63	0.25	0.79	-0.48	0.66	0.22	-0.16	0.16	0.59		0.22	-0.48
Common Stock Total Equity	0.95	0.64	0.74	0.87	0.72	0.53	0.41	0.9	0.6	0.95	0.31	0.62	0.57	0.19	0.79	0.94	0.62	-0.03	0.77	0.91	0.4	0.65	0.59	0.22		0.14
Short Term Investments	0.16	-0.24	-0.09	-0.17	0.37	-0.4	-0.2	0.01	-0.08	0.13	-0.75	0.52	-0.28	0.47	-0.1	-0.05	-0.21	0.46	-0.17	0.21	-0.27	0.15	-0.36	-0.48	0.14

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Merck Account Relationship Matchups

Merck fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	84.4B	91.6B	105.7B	109.2B	106.7B	60.3B
Short Long Term Debt Total	26.3B	31.8B	33.1B	30.7B	36.3B	38.1B
Other Current Liab	14.9B	14.7B	15.6B	16.0B	17.5B	18.3B
Total Current Liabilities	22.2B	27.3B	23.9B	24.2B	25.7B	13.3B
Total Stockholder Equity	25.9B	25.3B	38.2B	46.0B	37.6B	25.5B
Property Plant And Equipment Net	15.1B	18.0B	19.3B	21.4B	24.5B	25.7B
Net Debt	16.7B	23.7B	25.0B	18.0B	29.4B	30.8B
Retained Earnings	46.6B	47.4B	53.7B	61.1B	53.9B	32.6B
Cash	9.7B	8.1B	8.1B	12.7B	6.9B	5.6B
Non Current Assets Total	56.9B	63.8B	75.4B	73.4B	74.5B	41.1B
Non Currrent Assets Other	5.3B	9.2B	8.1B	7.7B	10.6B	6.1B
Cash And Short Term Investments	10.5B	8.1B	8.1B	13.2B	7.1B	7.3B
Net Receivables	6.8B	7.2B	9.2B	9.5B	11.7B	12.3B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	2.6B	2.5B	2.5B	2.5B	2.5B	2.7B
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	84.4B	91.6B	105.7B	109.2B	106.7B	60.3B
Non Current Liabilities Total	36.2B	38.9B	43.6B	38.9B	43.3B	45.5B
Inventory	6.0B	6.3B	6.0B	5.9B	6.4B	3.7B
Other Current Assets	4.3B	6.9B	7.0B	7.2B	7.0B	7.4B
Other Stockholder Equity	(16.3B)	(17.2B)	(12.9B)	(12.1B)	(12.9B)	(12.3B)
Total Liab	58.4B	66.2B	67.4B	63.1B	69.0B	72.5B
Total Current Assets	27.5B	27.8B	30.3B	35.7B	32.2B	19.2B
Short Term Debt	3.6B	6.7B	2.4B	1.9B	1.7B	2.3B
Intangible Assets	14.2B	14.6B	22.9B	20.3B	18.0B	14.3B
Accounts Payable	3.7B	4.3B	4.6B	4.3B	3.9B	2.8B
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	15.1B	18.0B	37.5B	39.4B	41.3B	43.4B
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(6.2B)	(6.6B)	(4.4B)	(4.8B)	(5.2B)	(4.9B)
Short Term Investments	774M	1M	0.0	498M	252M	239.4M
Other Liab	12.7B	12.1B	11.7B	9.1B	10.5B	10.2B
Other Assets	5.3B	7.8B	9.4B	7.4B	8.5B	5.5B
Long Term Debt	22.7B	25.4B	30.7B	28.7B	33.7B	17.2B
Good Will	19.4B	20.2B	21.3B	21.2B	21.2B	12.3B
Treasury Stock	(56.0B)	(56.8B)	(57.1B)	(56.5B)	(57.5B)	(54.6B)
Property Plant Equipment	15.1B	18.0B	19.3B	21.4B	24.6B	16.2B
Net Tangible Assets	(7.7B)	(9.5B)	3.5B	4.5B	4.1B	4.5B
Noncontrolling Interest In Consolidated Entity	94M	87M	73M	67M	54M	51.3M

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

(0.33)

Dividend Share

3.04

Earnings Share

4.78

Revenue Per Share

24.931

Quarterly Revenue Growth

0.044

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Merck Common Stock Shares Outstanding vs Retained Earnings Analysis

Common Stock Shares Outstanding vs Retained Earnings

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Non Current Assets Total	+ 1.0	Total Assets
Total Liab	+ 0.99	Non Current Liabilities Total
Total Current Assets	+ 0.98	Total Assets
Total Liab	+ 0.98	Other Current Liab
Total Liab	+ 0.97	Short Long Term Debt Total
Net Receivables	+ 0.97	Property Plant And Equipment Net

Short Term Investments	- 0.75	Non Currrent Assets Other
Accounts Payable	- 0.74	Other Stockholder Equity
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.73	Net Debt
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.71	Non Currrent Assets Other
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	- 0.63	Non Currrent Assets Other
Accounts Payable	- 0.61	Common Stock Shares Outstanding