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Merck KGaA raises forex-adj profit guidance on drugs, lab gear
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on August 7, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on August 7, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Merck KGaA raises profit guidance, citing strong pharmaceuticals and lab gear performance, despite foreign exchange challenges.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany's Merck KGaA on Thursday raised its full-year operating earnings guidance, excluding the effect of harsh foreign exchange headwinds, citing a strong performance at its pharmaceuticals and lab equipment businesses.
In a statement, Merck predicted organic growth in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, adjusted for one-off items, of 4% to 8%, where it had previously seen a range between 2% and 7%. Cost cuts were also a driver, it added.
Hit by a weak U.S. dollar that is weighing on the value of Merck's overseas revenues, second-quarter adjusted EBITDA slipped 3% to 1.46 billion euros ($1.70 billion), below an analyst consensus of 1.52 billion posted on the company's website.
The company, also a maker of materials for semiconductor manufacturing, narrowed its guidance range for organic sales growth to 2% to 5%, where it had previously seen a gain of 2% to 6%.
Merck in April struck a deal to buy U.S. biotech company SpringWorks Therapeutics for $3.9 billion to add rare cancer therapies ahead of expected revenue losses linked to expiring drug patents.
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(Reporting by Ludwig Burger, editing by Kirsti Knolle)
Merck KGaA raised its full-year operating earnings guidance, excluding the effects of foreign exchange headwinds.
Merck predicted organic growth in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization of 4% to 8%.
The weak U.S. dollar impacted Merck's overseas revenues, causing second-quarter adjusted EBITDA to slip 3% to 1.46 billion euros.
Merck narrowed its guidance range for organic sales growth to 2% to 5%, down from a previous range of 2% to 6%.
In April, Merck struck a deal to buy U.S. biotech company SpringWorks Therapeutics for $3.9 billion to enhance its portfolio of rare cancer therapies.
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