ELI LILLY AND COMPANY vs Merck & Co., Inc., two Drug Manufacturers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LLY and MRK diverge most: on revenue growth, LLY reads +49.9% and MRK reads +4.7%; on return on equity, LLY reads 78.8% and MRK reads 7.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's LLY price has a different growth bar priced in than MRK (+22.2% implied for LLY vs +10.6% for MRK); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LLY | MRK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1178.18 | $145.57 |
| Market cap | $1.11T | $359.6B |
| Sector | Drug Manufacturers | Drug Manufacturers |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +22.2% | +10.6% |
| P/E | 39.5 | 116.5 |
| P/B | 32.74 | 8.56 |
| P/S | 13.92 | 5.40 |
| EV/EBITDA | 550.3 | 126.9 |
| Revenue growth | +49.9% | +4.7% |
| Net margin | 33.5% | 4.8% |
| Return on equity | 78.8% | 7.6% |
| Return on assets | 18.8% | 2.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 1.4% | 2.2% |
| FCF yield | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Dividend yield | 0.5% | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 1.62 | 1.28 |
| Current ratio | 1.35 | 1.32 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.02 | 7.28 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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