Discounted Cash Flow

Merck & Co., Inc.

MRK · Based on 10 years of SEC filings

Average annual growth rates

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Average annual growth is the mean year-over-year change across each period.

Endpoint CAGR (better for long term trend)

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Endpoint CAGR is the compound annual rate from the first to last year in each period.

Projections use average year-over-year growth. Change this in Settings.

Projected growth rate

Free cash flow growth
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Averaged growth (FCF & NI)
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Net income growth
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Sales growth (not added to calculations)
10-year: — 5-year: — 3-year: —

Click a greyed-out slider to switch metrics. Slide between the 10-year, 5-year, and 3-year historic growth rates for FCF, net income, or their average.

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Historical inputs (10 fiscal years)

YEAR Sales Net Income Free Cash Flow Net Margin EPS (diluted)
2016 $39.8b $3.9b $8.8b 9.8% $1.42
2017 $40.1b (0.8%) $2.4b (-38.9%) $4.6b (-48.0%) 6.0% (-39.4%) $0.88 (-38.0%)
2018 $42.3b (5.4%) $6.2b (159.8%) $8.3b (82.2%) 14.7% (146.5%) $2.34 (165.9%)
2019 $46.8b (10.7%) $9.8b (58.2%) $10.0b (20.0%) 21.0% (42.9%) $3.84 (64.1%)
2020 $48.0b (2.5%) $7.1b (-28.2%) $5.6b (-44.1%) 14.7% (-29.9%) $2.79 (-27.3%)
2021 $48.7b (1.5%) $13.0b (84.6%) $-3.5b (-162.1%) 26.8% (82.0%) $5.16 (84.9%)
2022 $59.3b (21.7%) $14.5b (11.3%) $-4.4b (-26.8%) 24.5% (-8.6%) $5.73 (11.0%)
2023 $60.1b (1.4%) $365.0m (-97.5%) $-955.0m (78.2%) 0.6% (-97.5%) $0.14 (-97.6%)
2024 $64.2b (6.7%) $17.1b (4589.6%) $20.9b (2293.6%) 26.7% (4293.4%) $6.76 (4728.6%)
2025 $65.0b (1.3%) $18.3b (6.6%) $15.3b (-27.1%) 28.1% (5.3%) $7.30 (8.0%)

Base FCF: (latest fiscal year)

Discount rate: %

Terminal growth:

Projection period: years

Alt A decline yrs:

Alt B total yrs:

Values abbreviated: b = billions, m = millions, k = thousands.

Projected cash flows

Year Projected cash flow Discount Factor Present Value

PV of projected FCF:

Terminal FCF:

Terminal value:

PV of terminal value:

Enterprise value (DCF):

DCF price per share:

Current price:

Alternative DCF Models

Model Fair Value Upside PV(FCFs) PV(Terminal) Total Years
Standard (10yr→TV) 10 + TV
Alt A (Gradual Decline)
Alt B (30yr Hard Stop) N/A

This is a simplified DCF model for illustration. It uses reported free cash flow, a single growth assumption, fixed WACC, and a Gordon Growth terminal value. It is not investment advice.

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