Healthcare
Live Price
Offline$161.38
-0.85% today
1Y Change
+16.17%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Coverage: 247 bars · Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) is a Healthcare stock with a market cap of $47.85B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $161.38 and up 16.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -0.3%, EPS growth of -6.1%, a dividend yield of 2.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -0.3%, EPS -6.1%, free cash flow -2.3% with operating margin 20.2% and ROIC 7.6%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 18.3 and price/sales 2.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MKGAF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Healthcare peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
MKGAF
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
MKGAF Max Drawdown
-24.31%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for MKGAF and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
2.00%
Trailing 12M Payout
$1.87
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | Apr 28, 2026 | Apr 29, 2026 | $1.87 | $1.87 | Annual |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Apr 29, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | $2.51 | $2.50 | Annual |
| Apr 29, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | May 2, 2024 | $2.36 | $2.35 | Annual |
| May 2, 2023 | May 3, 2023 | May 4, 2023 | $2.42 | $2.42 | Annual |
| Apr 25, 2022 | Apr 26, 2022 | Apr 27, 2022 | $1.98 | $2.00 | Annual |
| Apr 26, 2021 | Apr 27, 2021 | Apr 28, 2021 | $1.69 | $1.69 | Annual |
| May 29, 2020 | Jun 1, 2020 | Jun 3, 2020 | $1.44 | $1.44 | Annual |
| Apr 29, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 | May 2, 2019 | $1.40 | $1.39 | Annual |
| Apr 30, 2018 | May 2, 2018 | May 3, 2018 | $1.51 | $1.52 | Annual |
| May 2, 2017 | May 3, 2017 | May 4, 2017 | $1.31 | $1.31 | Annual |
| May 2, 2016 | — | May 2, 2016 | $1.21 | $1.20 | Annual |
| Apr 20, 2015 | — | Apr 20, 2015 | $1.08 | $1.08 | Annual |
| May 12, 2014 | — | May 12, 2014 | $2.61 | $1.31 | Annual |
| Apr 29, 2013 | — | Apr 29, 2013 | $2.23 | $1.70 | Annual |
| Apr 23, 2012 | — | Apr 23, 2012 | $1.97 | $0.98 | Annual |
| Apr 11, 2011 | — | Apr 11, 2011 | $1.81 | $0.90 | Annual |
| Apr 12, 2010 | — | Apr 12, 2010 | $1.36 | $0.68 | Annual |
| Apr 6, 2009 | Apr 3, 2009 | Apr 6, 2009 | $2.01 | $1.01 | Annual |
| Mar 31, 2008 | — | Mar 31, 2008 | $5.04 | $2.52 | Annual |
| Apr 30, 2007 | — | Apr 30, 2007 | $1.43 | $0.72 | Annual |
| Jul 3, 2006 | — | Jul 3, 2006 | $1.09 | $0.54 | Annual |
| Apr 1, 2005 | — | Apr 1, 2005 | $1.29 | $0.65 | Annual |
| Mar 29, 2004 | — | Mar 29, 2004 | $0.97 | $0.48 | Annual |
| Mar 31, 2003 | — | Mar 31, 2003 | $1.08 | $0.54 | Annual |
| Mar 25, 2002 | — | Mar 25, 2002 | $0.83 | $0.42 | Annual |
| Apr 6, 2001 | — | Apr 6, 2001 | $0.81 | $0.40 | Annual |
| May 12, 2000 | — | May 12, 2000 | $0.77 | $0.38 | Annual |
| Jun 25, 1999 | — | Jun 25, 1999 | $0.86 | $0.43 | Annual |
| Jun 26, 1998 | — | Jun 26, 1998 | $0.83 | $0.42 | Annual |
| Jun 20, 1997 | — | Jun 20, 1997 | $0.72 | $0.36 | Annual |
| Jun 21, 1996 | — | Jun 21, 1996 | $0.21 | $0.10 | Annual |
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