Merck Kgaa Stock Book Value Per Share

MRK Stock   141.60  0.65  0.46%   
Merck KGaA fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Merck KGaA's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Merck Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Merck KGaA's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Merck KGaA stock.
  
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Merck KGaA Company Book Value Per Share Analysis

Merck KGaA's Book Value per Share (B/S) can be calculated by subtracting liabilities from assets, and then dividing it by the total number of currently outstanding shares. It indicates the level of safety associated with each common share after removing the effects of liabilities. In other words, a shareholder can use this ratio to see how much he or she can sell the stake in the company in the event of a liquidation.

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Current Merck KGaA Book Value Per Share

    
  64.91 X  
Most of Merck KGaA's fundamental indicators, such as Book Value Per Share, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Merck KGaA is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
The naive approach to look at Book Value per Share is to compare it to current stock price. If Book Value per Share is higher than the currently traded stock price, the company can be considered undervalued. However, investors must be aware that conventional calculation of Book Value does not include intangible assets such as goodwill, intellectual property, trademarks or brands and may not be an appropriate measure for many firms.
Competition

In accordance with the recently published financial statements, the book value per share of Merck KGaA is about 64 times. This is 3918.18% lower than that of the Healthcare sector and significantly higher than that of the Drug Manufacturers-Specialty & Generic industry. The book value per share for all Germany stocks is 96.64% higher than that of the company.

Merck Book Value Per Share Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Merck KGaA's direct or indirect competition against its Book Value Per Share to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Merck KGaA could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Merck KGaA by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Merck KGaA is currently under evaluation in book value per share category among its peers.

Merck Fundamentals

About Merck KGaA Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Merck KGaA's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Merck KGaA using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Merck KGaA based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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