PINX: MKGAF
Last close prices updated as of
Feb 03, 2023, 3:44 PM EST
| USD
- Last Close 201
- Sector Healthcare
- Industry Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
- Investment Style Large Blend
- Day Range 194.70 – 201.33
- Year Range 148.41 – 225.89
- Market Cap 87.3904 Bil
- Volume / Avg 331.0 / 1,472.6
- Price / Sales 3.68
- Price / Book 2.84
- Forward Div Yield 0.98%
- Trailing Div Yield 0.92%
Morningstar‘s Stock Analysis MKGAF
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Company Profile MKGAF
Business Description
Merck KGaA operates in three main segments: life sciences, performance materials, and healthcare. The life sciences segment (46% of 2021 sales) provides laboratory consumables and instruments to researchers in academia and applied fields, including the biopharmaceutical industry. In the healthcare segment (36%), Merck develops, manufactures, and sells branded pharmaceuticals with significant therapeutic concentrations in oncology, multiple sclerosis, and fertility. In its electronics segment (18%), the company offers specialty materials to manufacture a variety of products, such as semiconductors, flat-screen televisions, automobiles, and cosmetics. In 1995, the E. Merck KG family publicly sold part of the company, resulting in the current 30% public ownership of the firm.
FAQs for Merck KGaA Stock
No. MKGAF does not currently have a forward dividend yield.
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The formula for calculating dividend yield is to divide the annual dividend paid per share by the stock price.
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MKGAF’s market cap is 87.39 Bil.
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It’s often used to measure a company’s size. In the Morningstar Style Box, large-cap names account for the
largest 70% of U.S. stocks, mid-cap names account for the largest 70–90%, and small-cap names are the remaining 10% of companies.
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MKGAF’s stock style is Large Core.
Style is an investment factor that has a meaningful impact on investment risk and returns.
Style is calculated by combining value and growth scores, which are first individually calculated.
High-growth stocks tend to represent the technology, healthcare, and communications sectors. They rarely distribute dividends to shareholders, opting for reinvestment in their businesses. More value-oriented stocks tend to represent financial services, utilities, and energy stocks. These are established companies that reliably pay dividends.
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MKGAF’s beta can be found in Trading Information at the top of this page.
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