Merck & Co Inc

MRK

Compliant
Exchange
Sector
Headquarters
Group
USA
Mega Cap

Merck & Co Inc is Shariah Compliant. It passes 3/5 Shariah standards we screen against.

0.42%

Impure Income*

$0.019

Purification*

$0.177

Zakat*

Financials

Market cap Group
Analysts' Rating
Price Target (Mean)
Total Analysts
Revenue Growth
Mega Cap
BUY
$129.46
29
4.97%
Operating Margin
Net Profit Margin
Quick Ratio
Current Ratio
EPS Growth
37.72%
28.09%
1.30
1.54
-45.18%

Shariah Compliance

  • Updated on April 29, 2026
Debt
16.72%
✓
Non-Compliant Assets
0.61%
✓
Impure Income
0.42%
✓

AAOIFI Rulebook:

  • Non-compliant Liabilities (like Interest-based Debt) < 30% of Market cap
  • Non-compliant Assets (like Interest-based Investments) < 30% of Market cap
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: AAOIFI SS21

Debt
18.59%
✓
Impure Income
0.42%
✓

S&P Sharia Rulebook:

  • Interest-based Debt < 33% of 36-mo avg. Market cap
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: S&P Shariah Methodology

Debt
19.16%
✓
Impure Income
0.42%
✓

Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) Rulebook:

  • Interest-based Debt < 33% of 24-mo avg. Market cap
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: DJIM Methodology

Debt
36.05%
✗
Cash
10.64%
✓
Cash & AR
19.32%
✓
Impure Income
0.42%
✓

FTSE Shariah Rulebook:

  • Interest-based Debt < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Cash and interest-bearing items < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Accounts receivable and cash < 50% of Total Assets
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: FTSE RUSSELL

Debt
36.05%
✗
Cash
10.64%
✓
Cash & AR
19.32%
✓
Impure Income
0.42%
✓

MSCI Islamic Rulebook:

  • Interest-based Debt < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Cash and interest-bearing items < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Accounts receivable and cash < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: MSCI Islamic Indexes

Impure Income Breakdown

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-
Interest Income
0.42%

Note on Purification and Zakat:

  • Purification and Zakat (for long-term investing) calculations are in USD per share and based on AAOIFI methodology. AAOIFI requires purification every financial period (e.g. quarterly). 
  • If you follow S&P Shariah’s Dividend-only purification, then remove the impure income % from the dividends you receive. No purification required for non-dividend paying stocks, according to S&P Shariah.
  • For Zakat, if you did not invest in a company from a long term perspective, then consider the shares as trading goods and give 2.5% of the total value if a year has passed on them. 

Company Profile

Merck & Co., Inc. is a global health care company that delivers health solutions through its prescription medicines, including biologic therapies, vaccines and animal health products. Its Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products. The Company sells its human health pharmaceutical products primarily to drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, government agencies and managed health care providers. It sells these human health vaccines primarily to physicians, wholesalers, distributors and government entities. Its Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a range of veterinary pharmaceutical and vaccine products, as well as health management solutions and services, for the prevention, treatment and control of disease in all livestock and companion animal species. Its products include KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) injection, for intravenous use; WELIREG (belzutifan) tablets, for oral use; Ohtuvayre (ensifentrine) and others.

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