Merck & Co., Inc.MRKNYSE
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R&D Expense Growth Under PressureDecelerating
Percentile Rank36
Year-over-Year Change

Year-over-year research & development expense growth

Percentile
P36
Within normal range
vs 5Y Ago
-0.2x
Contraction
Streak
2 qtr
Consecutive declineDecelerating
PeriodValue
Q4 2025-12.80%
Q3 20254.59%
Q2 202511.79%
Q1 2025-21.01%
Q4 2024-21.80%
Q3 202467.49%
Q2 2024-12.32%
Q1 2024-58.53%
Q4 2023191.11%
Q3 2023-75.17%
Q2 2023211.53%
Q1 202313.27%
Q4 2022-14.19%
Q3 202257.22%
Q2 20228.62%
Q1 2022-16.04%
Q4 202125.48%
Q3 2021-43.42%
Q2 202179.15%
Q1 2021-58.68%
Q4 202074.29%
Q3 202060.62%
Q2 2020-5.61%
Q1 2020-13.30%
Q4 2019-20.47%
Q3 201946.37%
Q2 201913.36%
Q1 2019-12.78%
Q4 20187.06%
Q3 2018-9.06%
Q2 2018-28.85%
Q1 201840.11%
Q4 2017-48.31%
Q3 2017147.64%
Q2 2017-2.62%
Q1 2017-60.64%
Q4 2016179.39%
Q3 2016-22.64%
Q2 201629.66%
Q1 2016-7.73%