Merck KGaA
The Merck Group, branded and commonly known as Merck, is a German multinational science and technology company headquartered in Darmstadt, with about 60,000 employees and a presence in 66 countries. The group includes around 250 companies; the main company is Merck KGaA in Germany. The company is divided into three business lines: Healthcare, Life Sciences and Electronics. Merck was founded in 1668 and is the world's oldest operating chemical and pharmaceutical company, as well as one of the largest pharmaceutical companies globally.
If you'd bought from year…
Same habit, different start year. Each row shows what a constant habit's worth of MRK-DE would be worth today, had you started buying at that point in the asset's history.
| Started | $6/day$6/day coffee | $42/wk$42/week coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 (1998) — listing | $205,340 4.8× | $290,696 4.7× |
| Year 6 (2003) | $120,651 3.4× | $171,597 3.3× |
| Year 11 (2008) | $64,501 2.3× | $92,904 2.3× |
| Year 16 (2013) | $29,168 1.4× | $42,139 1.4× |
| Year 21 (2018) | $14,157 1.1× | $20,464 1.1× |
| Year 26 (2023) | $4,983 1.0× | $7,207 1.0× |
Repeated investment, no fees, dividends reinvested. $6/day coffee = $180 / month equivalent.
Headquarters
Darmstadt, Germany
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