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Earnings Est	Current Qtr Dec-09	Next Qtr Mar-10	Current Year Dec-09	Next Year Dec-10
Avg. Estimate	0.78	0.80	3.27	3.46
No. of Analysts	14	9	16	18
Low Estimate	0.63	0.60	3.18	3.32
High Estimate	0.84	0.92	3.31	3.60
Year Ago EPS	0.87	0.74	3.42	3.27

Next Earnings Date: 16-Feb-10 -

Revenue Est	Current Qtr Dec-09	Next Qtr Mar-10	Current Year Dec-09	Next Year Dec-10
Avg. Estimate	9.35B	11.05B	26.70B	45.38B
No. of Analysts	10	8	11	13
Low Estimate	6.09B	10.46B	23.42B	43.36B
High Estimate	10.40B	11.71B	27.73B	47.65B
Year Ago Sales	6.03B	5.39B	23.85B	26.70B
Sales Growth (year/est)	55.0%	105.3%	12.0%	70.0%

Earnings History	Dec-08	Mar-09	Jun-09	Sep-09
EPS Est	0.74	0.77	0.77	0.82
EPS Actual	0.87	0.74	0.83	0.90
Difference	0.13	-0.03	0.06	0.08
Surprise %	17.6%	-3.9%	7.8%	9.8%

EPS Trends	Current Qtr Dec-09	Next Qtr Mar-10	Current Year Dec-09	Next Year Dec-10
Current Estimate	0.78	0.80	3.27	3.46
7 Days Ago	0.78	0.80	3.27	3.46
30 Days Ago	0.78	0.80	3.27	3.48
60 Days Ago	0.79	0.77	3.28	3.46
90 Days Ago	0.78	0.85	3.27	3.45

EPS Revisions	Current Qtr Dec-09	Next Qtr Mar-10	Current Year Dec-09	Next Year Dec-10
Up Last 7 Days	0	0	0	0
Up Last 30 Days	2	1	2	2
Down Last 30 Days	3	0	3	3
Down Last 90 Days

Growth Est	MRK	Industry	Sector	S&P 500
Current Qtr.	-10.3%	5.4%	5.1%	N/A
Next Qtr.	8.1%	13.9%	10.9%	N/A
This Year	-4.4%	11.0%	9.8%	N/A
Next Year	5.8%	11.6%	11.9%	N/A
Past 5 Years (per annum)	9.343%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next 5 Years (per annum)	4.58%	6.15%	7.97%	N/A
Price/Earnings (avg. for comparison categories)	11.19	11.61	12.44	N/A
PEG Ratio (avg. for comparison categories)	2.44	1.89	1.56	N/A

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