Merck (MRK)
Merck Altman Z-Score: 2.905
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MRK Altman Z-Score Rankings
| Overall | 53rd percentile | 1642 of 3554 |
| Sector | 48th percentile | 221 of 433 in Healthcare |
| Industry | 41st percentile | 10 of 17 in Drug Manufacturers - Major |
MRK Altman Z-Score Range, Past 5 Years
| Minimum | 2.333 | Dec 2009 |
| Maximum | 4.901 | Sep 2007 |
| Average | 3.389 |
About Altman Z-Score
CAUTION: The Altman Z-Score is meant to be applied only to manufacturing firms that are near bankruptcy. It was not based on a sample including non-manufacturing firms (service firms, banks, etc.). Use it at your own risk with those companies, but beware that bankruptcy probabilities may be misstated.
The Altman Z-Score helps investors to gauge the probability of a company going bankrupt. Generally, firms with a score above 3.00 have a low probability of bankruptcy, and those with a Z-Score of less than 1.81 have a relatively high probability of bankruptcy.
Note that this is a probabilistic model, so it will not classify perfectly.
The score was first published in a 1968 paper by Edward Altman titled "Financial Ratios, Discriminant Analysis and the Prediction of Corporate Bankruptcy."
Altman re-tested the model in a 2000 paper titled "Predicting financial distress of companies: Revisiting the Z-score and Zeta models". The paper showed that the model still had utility for looking at manufacturers, though the number of misclassifications did increase over time.
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Recent Quotes
| Symbol | Price | Chg | Chg % | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRK | 37.41 | -0.18 | -0.48% | 114.42B |
| MRH | 20.44 | -0.10 | -0.49% | 1.219B |
| MRGE | 2.40 | -0.08 | -3.23% | 225.70M |
| MRF | 7.84 | -0.06 | -0.76% | |
| MNDO | 1.68 | -0.03 | -1.75% | 32.03M |
| MMYT | 13.61 | -0.64 | -4.49% | 525.11M |
| MMV | 15.00 | +0.00 | +0.03% | |
| MMT | 6.91 | -0.07 | -1.00% | |
| MMSI | 12.98 | -0.23 | -1.74% | 554.82M |
| MMS | 45.86 | -0.57 | -1.23% | 1.567B |
