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Michael Waterhouse
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Merck Will Continue to Face Currency, Product Development, and Liquid Crystal Headwinds in 2018

Merck KGaA’s year-end results fell mostly in line with our expectations, which were already at the low end of management’s outlook. Based in large part on negative currency effects, management’s guidance of an approximate 4% to 6% decline in EBITDA for 2018 falls below our forecast. We anticipate a slight reduction in our fair value estimate as we adjust our projections, especially for the performance materials division. We also plan to lower our Bavencio forecast following Merck’s recent phase ...
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