Merck Operating Income vs Income Before Tax Analysis

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Merck financial indicator trend analysis is infinitely more than just investigating Merck Company recent accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether Merck Company is a good investment. Please check the relationship between Merck Operating Income and its Income Before Tax accounts. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Merck Company. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.

Operating Income vs Income Before Tax

Operating Income vs Income Before Tax Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Merck Company Operating Income account and Income Before Tax. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have almost identical trend.

The correlation between Merck's Operating Income and Income Before Tax is 0.98. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Operating Income that can explain the historical movement of Income Before Tax in the same time period over historical financial statements of Merck Company, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Merck's Operating Income and Income Before Tax is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Operating Income of Merck Company are associated (or correlated) with its Income Before Tax. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Income Before Tax has no effect on the direction of Operating Income i.e., Merck's Operating Income and Income Before Tax go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.98

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Very Strong

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Operating Income

Operating Income is the amount of profit realized from Merck Company operations after accounting for operating expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), wages and depreciation. Operating income takes the gross income and subtracts other operating expenses and then removes depreciation. Operating Income of Merck Company is typically a synonym for earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and is also commonly referred to as operating profit or recurring profit. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), representing the amount of profit a company generates from its operations.

Income Before Tax

Income Before Tax which can also be referred as pre-tax income is reported on Merck income statement and is an important metric when analyzing Merck Company profitability. Accounting techniques because taxes can be complex, and not perfectly consistent from one company to company, an analyst may use pre-tax income as a more stable measure of profitability.

Most indicators from Merck's fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into Merck Company current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Merck Company. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.

At this time, Merck's Tax Provision is quite stable compared to the past year. Selling General Administrative is expected to rise to about 10.8 B this year, although the value of Discontinued Operations will most likely fall to about 601.9 M.

	2020	2021	2023	2024 (projected)
EBIT	7.7B	13.9B	16.0B	11.8B
Discontinued Operations	2.5B	704M	633.6M	601.9M

Ebit Discontinued Operations

Merck fundamental ratios Correlations

	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Other Liab	Net Tangible Assets	Retained Earnings	Accounts Payable	Other Assets	Net Receivables	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Current Assets	Common Stock	Property Plant Equipment	Total Assets	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Long Term Debt	Good Will	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Total Liab
Other Current Liab		0.91	-0.8	0.74	0.62	-0.07	0.81	0.59	0.17	0.96	0.23	0.66	-0.54	0.82	0.61	0.59	0.72	0.17	0.25	0.58	-0.53	0.64	0.59	0.31	0.47	0.32
Total Current Liabilities	0.91		-0.71	0.66	0.62	0.04	0.93	0.6	0.23	0.91	0.23	0.62	-0.67	0.73	0.67	0.58	0.67	0.28	0.23	0.67	-0.6	0.67	0.68	0.56	0.64	0.55
Other Liab	-0.8	-0.71		-0.99	-0.89	0.03	-0.6	-0.87	-0.6	-0.86	-0.6	-0.93	0.72	-0.95	-0.91	-0.89	-0.99	-0.16	-0.44	-0.87	0.82	-0.9	-0.88	-0.49	-0.7	-0.44
Net Tangible Assets	0.74	0.66	-0.99		0.9	-0.1	0.52	0.84	0.66	0.79	0.57	0.94	-0.76	0.89	0.91	0.89	0.98	0.1	0.52	0.86	-0.87	0.87	0.89	0.57	0.68	0.46
Retained Earnings	0.62	0.62	-0.89	0.9		0.29	0.6	0.94	0.45	0.69	0.8	0.99	-0.57	0.85	0.96	0.99	0.9	-0.15	0.72	0.92	-0.96	0.81	0.92	0.5	0.64	0.28
Accounts Payable	-0.07	0.04	0.03	-0.1	0.29		0.39	0.43	-0.4	0.05	0.7	0.17	0.37	0.18	0.24	0.35	0.03	-0.27	0.22	0.29	-0.19	0.14	0.23	-0.27	0.16	-0.28
Other Assets	0.81	0.93	-0.6	0.52	0.6	0.39		0.67	0.04	0.86	0.43	0.56	-0.46	0.72	0.64	0.6	0.59	0.24	0.17	0.67	-0.53	0.66	0.66	0.36	0.65	0.42
Net Receivables	0.59	0.6	-0.87	0.84	0.94	0.43	0.67		0.47	0.74	0.89	0.91	-0.54	0.91	0.96	0.97	0.91	0.09	0.46	0.96	-0.85	0.92	0.94	0.39	0.79	0.37
Inventory	0.17	0.23	-0.6	0.66	0.45	-0.4	0.04	0.47		0.33	0.25	0.49	-0.85	0.46	0.61	0.45	0.67	0.54	0.02	0.63	-0.52	0.7	0.65	0.7	0.73	0.78
Other Current Assets	0.96	0.91	-0.86	0.79	0.69	0.05	0.86	0.74	0.33		0.41	0.71	-0.63	0.92	0.74	0.69	0.83	0.34	0.16	0.74	-0.59	0.82	0.73	0.37	0.68	0.47
Other Stockholder Equity	0.23	0.23	-0.6	0.57	0.8	0.7	0.43	0.89	0.25	0.41		0.74	-0.17	0.69	0.78	0.86	0.67	-0.14	0.48	0.78	-0.68	0.69	0.74	0.09	0.56	0.04
Total Current Assets	0.66	0.62	-0.93	0.94	0.99	0.17	0.56	0.91	0.49	0.71	0.74		-0.6	0.86	0.95	0.98	0.92	-0.15	0.72	0.89	-0.95	0.81	0.91	0.51	0.61	0.28
Common Stock	-0.54	-0.67	0.72	-0.76	-0.57	0.37	-0.46	-0.54	-0.85	-0.63	-0.17	-0.6		-0.59	-0.72	-0.54	-0.75	-0.54	-0.12	-0.73	0.66	-0.77	-0.77	-0.89	-0.83	-0.91
Property Plant Equipment	0.82	0.73	-0.95	0.89	0.85	0.18	0.72	0.91	0.46	0.92	0.69	0.86	-0.59		0.88	0.87	0.95	0.23	0.31	0.87	-0.72	0.92	0.85	0.31	0.72	0.38
Total Assets	0.61	0.67	-0.91	0.91	0.96	0.24	0.64	0.96	0.61	0.74	0.78	0.95	-0.72	0.88		0.97	0.95	0.11	0.53	0.99	-0.94	0.93	0.99	0.61	0.83	0.51
Total Stockholder Equity	0.59	0.58	-0.89	0.89	0.99	0.35	0.6	0.97	0.45	0.69	0.86	0.98	-0.54	0.87	0.97		0.91	-0.1	0.66	0.93	-0.93	0.85	0.93	0.44	0.68	0.28
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.72	0.67	-0.99	0.98	0.9	0.03	0.59	0.91	0.67	0.83	0.67	0.92	-0.75	0.95	0.95	0.91		0.22	0.4	0.93	-0.84	0.95	0.93	0.52	0.78	0.51
Net Debt	0.17	0.28	-0.16	0.1	-0.15	-0.27	0.24	0.09	0.54	0.34	-0.14	-0.15	-0.54	0.23	0.11	-0.1	0.22		-0.75	0.22	0.16	0.44	0.2	0.27	0.61	0.77
Cash	0.25	0.23	-0.44	0.52	0.72	0.22	0.17	0.46	0.02	0.16	0.48	0.72	-0.12	0.31	0.53	0.66	0.4	-0.75		0.42	-0.77	0.19	0.46	0.32	0.02	-0.21
Non Current Assets Total	0.58	0.67	-0.87	0.86	0.92	0.29	0.67	0.96	0.63	0.74	0.78	0.89	-0.73	0.87	0.99	0.93	0.93	0.22	0.42		-0.89	0.95	1.0	0.61	0.89	0.58
Non Currrent Assets Other	-0.53	-0.6	0.82	-0.87	-0.96	-0.19	-0.53	-0.85	-0.52	-0.59	-0.68	-0.95	0.66	-0.72	-0.94	-0.93	-0.84	0.16	-0.77	-0.89		-0.75	-0.92	-0.69	-0.65	-0.39
Long Term Debt	0.64	0.67	-0.9	0.87	0.81	0.14	0.66	0.92	0.7	0.82	0.69	0.81	-0.77	0.92	0.93	0.85	0.95	0.44	0.19	0.95	-0.75		0.94	0.53	0.92	0.65
Good Will	0.59	0.68	-0.88	0.89	0.92	0.23	0.66	0.94	0.65	0.73	0.74	0.91	-0.77	0.85	0.99	0.93	0.93	0.2	0.46	1.0	-0.92	0.94		0.68	0.88	0.61
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.31	0.56	-0.49	0.57	0.5	-0.27	0.36	0.39	0.7	0.37	0.09	0.51	-0.89	0.31	0.61	0.44	0.52	0.27	0.32	0.61	-0.69	0.53	0.68		0.67	0.82
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.47	0.64	-0.7	0.68	0.64	0.16	0.65	0.79	0.73	0.68	0.56	0.61	-0.83	0.72	0.83	0.68	0.78	0.61	0.02	0.89	-0.65	0.92	0.88	0.67		0.84
Total Liab	0.32	0.55	-0.44	0.46	0.28	-0.28	0.42	0.37	0.78	0.47	0.04	0.28	-0.91	0.38	0.51	0.28	0.51	0.77	-0.21	0.58	-0.39	0.65	0.61	0.82	0.84

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Merck Operating Income vs Income Before Tax Analysis

Operating Income vs Income Before Tax

Operating Income vs Income Before Tax Correlation Analysis

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Good Will	+ 1.0	Non Current Assets Total
Total Current Assets	+ 0.99	Retained Earnings
Total Stockholder Equity	+ 0.99	Retained Earnings
Non Current Assets Total	+ 0.99	Total Assets
Good Will	+ 0.99	Total Assets
Property Plant And Equipment Net	+ 0.98	Net Tangible Assets

Property Plant And Equipment Net	- 0.99	Other Liab
Net Tangible Assets	- 0.99	Other Liab
Non Currrent Assets Other	- 0.96	Retained Earnings
Non Currrent Assets Other	- 0.95	Total Current Assets
Property Plant Equipment	- 0.95	Other Liab
Non Currrent Assets Other	- 0.94	Total Assets