MRK.DE · Intrinsic value
Is Merck KGaA (MRK.DE) overvalued or undervalued?
As of Oct 19, 2026, TickerWorth's valuation lenses put Merck KGaA (MRK.DE) at €35.65 – €216.46, too broad a range to say where the delayed market price of €144.35 sits in it, so we do not call it over- or undervalued. It is a model estimate, and every input behind it is sourced below.
Model by Miraaj Patel · generated from market data · Updated Oct 19, 2026 · How these pages are made
What is MRK.DE worth?
- Fair-value range
- €35.65 – €216.46
- Market price
- €144.35
- Gap to fair value
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- Verdict
- Too wide to call
Reverse DCF: Today's price implies revenue growth of 15.8% a year for 5 years; our model assumes 3.7% a year on average over the same horizon.
What is MRK.DE's TickerWorth Score?
Middle of the pack — real strengths and real weaknesses
Compared with Healthcare companies in Europe
Its strongest point: recent price trend has been strong. Its weakest: trades above our estimate of what it's worth.
- Value · 40 of 100
Cheaper than 40% of Healthcare companies in Europe
- Price vs worth · 30 of 100
- Quality · 51 of 100
More profitable than 51% of Healthcare companies in Europe
- Financial health · 71 of 100
Financially stronger than 71% of Healthcare companies in Europe
- Growth · 49 of 100
Growing faster than 49% of Healthcare companies in Europe
- Momentum · 91 of 100
Outperformed 91% of Healthcare companies in Europe over the past year
Confidence: Medium confidence · Scored
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Why MRK.DE gets a range, not one number
At a recent price of €144.35, Merck KGaA (MRK.DE) sits inside a range too wide to call either way: our valuation lenses put the business somewhere between €35.65 and €216.46 per share. They disagree too widely for us to state a single fair value. We publish the range rather than a midpoint because a number that precise would claim more than the methods can support. This is an educational model, not a price target or a recommendation.
Read the full reasoning
The valuation discounts Merck KGaA's projected free cash flows at a weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) of 8.5%, with a long-run terminal growth rate of 2.5%. About 76% of the enterprise value comes from the terminal value — the portion beyond the explicit forecast window — which is typical for a stable, cash-generative business and a reminder that small changes in the discount rate or terminal growth assumption swing the intrinsic value meaningfully.
Running the DCF in reverse — solving for the growth the current price already assumes — the market is implying roughly 15.8% annual revenue growth for MRK.DE. Our base case instead compounds to about 3.7% a year over the same forecast, so the market is pricing in materially faster growth than our base case. The reverse-DCF is a quick sanity check: it reframes 'is this stock cheap?' as 'do I believe the growth the price requires?' rather than arguing over a single point estimate of fair value.
Sensitivity matters more than any single number. Across a reasonable band of discount-rate assumptions, MRK.DE's modeled DCF value ranges from about €48.84 to €139.39 per share. If that range still sits below today's price, the market is optimistic relative to the model across the whole band; if it brackets the price, the stock is roughly fairly valued on our assumptions. Use the interactive slider to see exactly where your own cost-of-capital view lands.
How to read this page: the DCF fair value is what Merck KGaA would be worth if its cash flows grow as modeled and are discounted at the stated WACC. The assumptions table shows every input and its source; the reverse-DCF shows what the market believes; the sensitivity band shows how fragile the answer is. None of this is investment advice — it is a transparent, auditable framework for forming your own view of MRK.DE's intrinsic value. Figures update as new filings and prices come in.
Every input behind MRK.DE's DCF
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Base-year revenueLive feed — totalRevenue (TTM) | €21,135,000,000 |
| Base EBIT marginComputed — trailing operatingMargins, held roughly flat | 13.9% |
| Forecast revenue growthESTIMATEAssumption — TickerWorth's 5-year explicit forecast | 3% → 4% → 4% → 4% → 4% |
| Risk-free rateLive feed — US 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) | 5.2% |
| BetaLive feed — yfinance, 5-year monthly beta vs the S&P 500 (clamped to 0.4–2.5) | 0.81 |
| Terminal growthESTIMATEAssumption — TickerWorth house default 2.5%, held below WACC | 2.5% |
| Diluted sharesLive feed — sharesOutstanding | 435M |
| Market priceDelayed quote · as of 2026-10-19 16:21 UTC | €144.35 |
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What does Merck KGaA do?
What does it do?
Merck KGaA operates as a science and technology company in Europe, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The Life Science segment offers products, solutions, and services to academic, research and diagnostic labs, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies, as well as the industrial sector; reagents, consumables, devices, instruments, software, and services for research, production, and testing to lab water instruments, microbiology and biomonitoring products, test assays, analytical reagents, and flow cytometry kits and instruments. It operates in the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic industry (Healthcare sector), headquartered in Germany. The company employs roughly 62,136 people.
How does it make money?
The business turns 21.1B in annual revenue into profit. Out of every $100 of sales, about $14 is left as operating profit (operating margin of 13.9%), after a 59% gross margin on the products/services it sells. After all costs, taxes and interest, 11.2% of revenue becomes bottom-line net profit.
Is it financially healthy?
Financially it looks mixed: carries modest debt (0.4× equity), comfortably covers its short-term bills (1.7× current ratio), and is currently profitable.
MRK.DE insider trading
Insider filings are available for US-listed companies only.
Common questions
What is MRK.DE's intrinsic value?
TickerWorth's valuation lenses put Merck KGaA (MRK.DE) between €35.65 and €216.46 per share, versus a market price of €144.35. They disagree too widely for us to state a single fair value, so we publish the range.
Is MRK.DE overvalued or undervalued?
At €144.35 the price sits inside a range too wide to call either way. We don't call MRK.DE overvalued or undervalued from a range this wide. This is an educational estimate, not advice.
What discount rate is used for MRK.DE?
A WACC of 8.5% and a terminal growth rate of 2.5%.
Is Merck KGaA stock undervalued?
TickerWorth's fair-value range for Merck KGaA (MRK.DE) is €35.65 – €216.46 against a market price of €144.35. Too wide to call. We publish a range here, not one number, so we do not call it over- or undervalued. This is a model estimate, not investment advice.
Merck KGaA (MRK.DE) DCF valuation and fair value
Our fair-value range for Merck KGaA (MRK.DE) is €35.65 – €216.46, built on a 8.5% discount rate (WACC) and 2.5% terminal growth. It blends our discounted-cash-flow model with other valuation lenses. Every assumption is listed on this page with its source.
What growth is priced into Merck KGaA stock?
Today's price implies revenue growth of 15.8% a year for 5 years; our model assumes 3.7% a year on average over the same horizon. This is a reverse DCF: it holds our cash-flow model's other inputs and solves for the revenue growth that makes the model equal today's price of €144.35. A model estimate, not investment advice.
Merck KGaA (MRK.DE) insider trading
We have no recent SEC Form 4 insider filings on file for Merck KGaA (MRK.DE). Form 4 covers US-listed companies only.
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