Side-by-side comparison

MRK vs SYK — Side-by-side comparison

MRK screens cheaper on EV/FCF, MRK has the higher ROIC, SYK has grown revenue faster over five years, and SYK has the cleaner balance sheet by net debt / EBITDA.

MRK

Merck & Co.

Price

$122.41

Market cap

$208.5B

Day %

N/A

SYK

Stryker Corp.

Price

$316.48

Market cap

$145.6B

Day %

N/A

Peer Comparison

Target stock against 1 market-cap comparable peer.

Heat map: red worst to green best


MRK Target	Merck & Co.	$208.5B	16.8x	15.7x	34.7%	9.4%	19.0%	N/A	N/A	N/A
SYK	Stryker Corp.	$145.6B	37.7x	33.0x	14.5%	11.8%	17.1%	64.0%	-0.6x	N/A

MRK implied-growth snapshot

Simple static valuation context using owner earnings yield and realized growth.

EV/FCF

15.7x

FCF yield

5.9%

5Y rev CAGR

9.4%

SYK implied-growth snapshot

Simple static valuation context using owner earnings yield and realized growth.

EV/FCF

33.0x

FCF yield

2.9%

5Y rev CAGR

11.8%

5Y indexed stock chart

Static Recharts view indexed to 100 from available annual per-share data.

Quality Scorecard

Build-time composite score for MRK.

Grade C

/ 100

Quality Radar0 – 20 per axis

Quality Scorecard

Build-time composite score for SYK.

Grade B

/ 100

Quality Radar0 – 20 per axis