Financial Statement-Related Analysis of Merck inc. (Citation and references are strongly needed)

This is mainly an objective analysis where you are expected to provide as much of the information as available;

Supplement with your observations linking what you have found from the numbers and what you learned;

With respect to any financial statement-related analysis, please work according to the following guidelines:

Work with annual reports only based on the companys fiscal year-end

Work only with 2019/2020/2021 fiscal year-end information

Here are the major items we will be looking for:

Clear demonstration of the understanding of your companys capital structure

a. Starts with the balance sheet ( You can find this and other information on yahoo finance).

b. Detail of firms credit rating and summary of outstanding long-term debt

c. Identification of multiple share classes of common equity and the differentiation between classes (voting, non-voting, etc.)

d. Identification of meaningful hybrid financing instruments such as preferred equity or convertible bonds.