C
Merck KGaA MKGAF
$145.36 -$2.55-1.72%
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C
Hold 3/6/2025Upgraded
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was upgraded to C- from D+ on 3/6/2025 due to an increase in the dividend index, valuation index and efficiency index.
D
Sell 2/6/2025Downgrade
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to D+ from C- on 2/6/2025 due to a decline in the total return index, volatility index and valuation index.
C
Hold 12/20/2024Downgrade
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to C- from C on 12/20/2024 due to a decline in the total return index and volatility index.
C
Hold 11/15/2024Upgraded
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was upgraded to C from C- on 11/15/2024 due to a major increase in the growth index, valuation index and solvency index. Operating cash flow increased 72.96% from $926.73M to $1.6B, EBIT increased 41.3% from $853.53M to $1.21B, and earnings per share increased from $1.5069 to $2.0448.
C
Hold 9/23/2024Downgrade
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to C- from C on 9/23/2024 due to a decline in the volatility index and valuation index.
C
Hold 8/19/2024Upgraded
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was upgraded to C from C- on 8/19/2024 due to an increase in the total return index and volatility index.
C
Hold 8/2/2024Downgrade
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to C- from C on 8/2/2024 due to a major decline in the growth index, valuation index and efficiency index. Operating cash flow declined 17.52% from $1.12B to $926.73M, EBIT declined 15.55% from $1.01B to $853.53M, and net income declined 13.28% from $753.4M to $653.34M.
C
Hold 7/25/2024Upgraded
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was upgraded to C from C- on 7/25/2024 due to an increase in the volatility index and valuation index.
C
Hold 7/2/2024Downgrade
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to C- from C on 7/2/2024 due to a noticeable decline in the growth index, volatility index and valuation index. Total revenue declined 1.19% from $5.63B to $5.56B, and operating cash flow declined 0.89% from $1.13B to $1.12B.
C
Hold 2/20/2024Upgraded
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was upgraded to C from C- on 2/20/2024 due to an increase in the volatility index.
C
Hold 2/5/2024Downgrade
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to C- from C on 2/5/2024 due to a major decline in the total return index, growth index and efficiency index. Total revenue declined 2.44% from $5.77B to $5.63B.
C
Hold 11/16/2016Upgraded
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was upgraded to C from C- on 11/16/2016 due to a major increase in the growth index, valuation index and efficiency index. Operating cash flow increased 239.06% from $351.3M to $1.19B, net income increased 44.75% from $352.43M to $510.16M, and earnings per share increased from $0.2711 to $0.3907.
C
Hold 11/3/2016Downgrade
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to C- from C on 11/3/2016 due to a decline in the volatility index.
C
Hold 8/26/2016Upgraded
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was upgraded to C from C- on 8/26/2016 due to a noticeable increase in the total return index, growth index and volatility index. EBIT increased 14.36% from $614.39M to $702.6M, and total revenue increased 6.32% from $4.04B to $4.3B.
C
Hold 3/14/2016Upgraded
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was upgraded to C- from D- on 3/14/2016 due to a significant increase in the efficiency index, growth index and dividend index.
D
Sell 3/9/2016Downgrade
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to D- from C on 3/9/2016 due to a significant decline in the efficiency index, growth index and volatility index.
C
Hold 6/12/2015Downgrade
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to C from B on 6/12/2015 due to a substantial decline in the valuation index and total return index.
B
Buy 5/22/2015Upgraded
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was upgraded to B from C on 5/22/2015 due to a significant increase in the growth index, valuation index and volatility index.
C
Hold 5/20/2015Downgrade
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to C from B on 5/20/2015 due to a significant decline in the growth index, valuation index and dividend index. Operating cash flow declined 78.02% from $1.43B to $313.37M, and total revenue declined 9.82% from $3.79B to $3.42B.
B
Buy 3/12/2015Upgraded
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was upgraded to B from C on 3/12/2015 due to a significant increase in the growth index, valuation index and dividend index.
C
Hold 3/4/2015Downgrade
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to C from B on 3/4/2015 due to a significant decline in the growth index, valuation index and solvency index. EBIT declined 49.19% from $665.82M to $338.31M, debt to equity increased from 0.37 to 0.5, and total revenue declined 2.5% from $3.89B to $3.79B.
B
Buy 2/27/2015Upgraded
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was upgraded to B from B- on 2/27/2015 due to an increase in the volatility index and valuation index.
B
Buy 2/13/2015Upgraded
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was upgraded to B- from C+ on 2/13/2015 due to an increase in the volatility index and total return index.
C
Hold 9/11/2014Downgrade
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to C+ from B- on 9/11/2014 due to a large decline in the total return index, volatility index and solvency index. The quick ratio declined from 1.15 to 0.81, and debt to equity increased from 0.33 to 0.36.
B
Buy 7/21/2014Downgrade
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to B- from B on 7/21/2014 due to a noticeable decline in the volatility index and total return index.
B
Buy 7/3/2014None
Merck KGaA (MKGAF) was downgraded to B from U on 07/03/2014.
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