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DuPont (ROE Decomposition) for MRK
AI-generated plain-English read of dupont (roe decomposition) for MRK. Updated daily.
Balanced ROE, deteriorating
highROE is declining (-3.2%) across multiple legs: profitability, asset efficiency, and leverage are all moving against the company. Broad deterioration like this is harder to reverse than a single-leg problem.
What will probably happen
- ROE has been falling: without a reversal in the weakest leg, the next period will likely show further pressure.
- Profitability is the weakest link: deteriorating margins with no signs of recovery. This is the leg most likely to disappoint next quarter.
What to do
- If you HOLD this stock
- ROE is declining. Reassess whether the original investment thesis still holds. If the weakest leg doesn't reverse in the next one or two quarters, that's a signal to trim.
- If you are EVALUATING this stock
- ROE is declining. Wait for one quarter of stabilization before entering. Deteriorating DuPont trends often have a lag; buying into a falling knife adds more risk than the valuation discount typically compensates for.
- If you trade OPTIONS
- No sharp DuPont signal either way. Premium is fairly priced for a fundamentals-stable story. Wait for a clearer inflection in one of the legs before positioning directionally.
36 periods with all three DuPont legs populated: trend reads are reliable.
Technical details
Technical analysis
- ROE
- -3.2%, deteriorating
- Sector context
- not provided
- Periods analysed
- 36
- Primary ROE driver
- Balanced
- Profitability (net margin)
- -8.0%, deteriorating, worrying
- Asset efficiency (turnover)
- 0.13×, stable, healthy
- Leverage (equity multiplier)
- 3.09×, improving, mixed
Key levels
| Level | Value |
|---|---|
| latest em | 3.092 |
| latest roe | -0.032 |
| latest margin | -0.08 |
| latest turnover | 0.128 |
| em high threshold | 4 |
| em critical threshold | 5 |
Caveats
- ROE is negative: the decomposition is directionally informative but interpret absolute magnitudes with care.