Is MRK halal?
Merck & Company, Inc.
Halal
Merck & Company, Inc. passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 14 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
145.95
Day
+0.52%
Market cap
$358.28B
Industry
Drug Manufacturers - General
Sector
Healthcare
What the company does
Merck is a drug maker: Keytruda (cancer immunotherapy — about 45% of revenue), the Gardasil vaccine, Januvia, Winrevair, plus an animal-health unit. Its money comes from prescription-drug and vaccine sales.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $53.91B ÷ 36-month average market cap $270.18B = 19.9%
19.9%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $8.36B ÷ 36-month average market cap $270.18B = 3.1%
3.1%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $343.00M ÷ annual revenue $65.01B (2025) = 0.5%
0.5%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $358.28B.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 15.2% of total assets (2026-06-30). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- 0.55% weight · #27 of 503
- Among halal stocks
- 0.52% · #28 of 1455
- Held by funds
- SPUS 0.93% · HLAL 0.91%
- Dividend
- 2.28% · purify 0.5% · net 2.27%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 9 superinvestors · Average reported price: $128.50
- Kahn Brothers Group$28.0M4.4%
- Bill NygrenOakmark Funds$1.6B2.1%
- Sarah KettererCauseway Capital Management$122.7M1.3%
- Prem WatsaFairfax Financial Holdings$22.2M0.8%
- Christopher BloomstranSemper Augustus$5.7M0.7%
- Mairs & Power Funds$6.6M0.1%
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