Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)

US — Healthcare Sector
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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol MRK
  • Rev/Share 26.1097
  • Book/Share 20.8469
  • PB 5.9395
  • Debt/Equity 0.0
  • CurrentRatio 0.0
  • ROIC 0.0

 

  • MktCap 309275525853.0
  • FreeCF/Share 4.2315
  • PFCF 29.3542
  • PE 16.8895
  • Debt/Assets 0.0
  • DivYield 0.0265
  • ROE 0.3631

 

  • Rating B
  • Score 3
  • Recommendation Neutral
  • P/E Score 3
  • DCF Score 4
  • P/B Score 2
  • D/E Score 1

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Initiation MRK RBC Capital Mkts -- Outperform -- $142 Feb. 25, 2026
Initiation MRK Barclays -- Overweight -- $140 Feb. 20, 2026
Upgrade MRK Deutsche Bank Hold Buy -- $150 Feb. 13, 2026
Upgrade MRK Wolfe Research Peer Perform Outperform -- $135 Jan. 8, 2026
Upgrade MRK BMO Capital Markets Market Perform Outperform -- $130 Dec. 18, 2025
Upgrade MRK Wells Fargo Equal Weight Overweight -- $125 Nov. 24, 2025
Initiation MRK Scotiabank -- Sector Outperform -- $105 Nov. 13, 2025
Resumed MRK Citigroup -- Neutral -- $95 Oct. 13, 2025
Downgrade MRK Berenberg Buy Hold -- $90 Sept. 17, 2025
Downgrade MRK Citigroup Buy Neutral -- $84 May 14, 2025

News

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Notifies Investors It Has Filed a Complaint to Recover Losses Suffered by Purchasers of Merck & Co., Inc. Securities and Sets a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of April 14, 2025
MRK
Published: February 12, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP: To: All persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of Merck & Co., Inc. (“Merck” or the “Company”) (NYSE: MRK) between February 3, 2022 to February 3, 2025, both dates inclusive. You are hereby notified that the class action lawsuit Michael Cronin v.

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image for news SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Notifies Investors It Has Filed a Complaint to Recover Losses Suffered by Purchasers of Merck & Co., Inc. Securities and Sets a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of April 14, 2025
Jim Cramer Says These 2 Large Cap Dividend Stocks Are Hot February Buys
MRK, WMT
Published: February 11, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Media personality Jim Cramer often makes bold statements about companies and a lot of times, he proves himself correct.

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Merck: 4 No-Brainer Reasons to Buy This Dip
MRK
Published: February 10, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Neutral

Big pharma has come under a lot of scrutiny from regulators and consumers as sentiment sours on the industry. As such, the market can be unforgiving when companies even slightly miss expectations or forecasts.

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Better High-Yield Dividend Stock: Pfizer vs. Merck
MRK, PFE
Published: February 10, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Investors looking for ways to pump up their passive income streams might want to turn their heads toward the pharmaceutical industry. At recent prices, you can buy shares of Merck (MRK -0.88%) that offer a yield above 3%, and shares of Pfizer (PFE -0.35%) offer a yield above 6%.

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About Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)

  • IPO Date 1978-01-13
  • Website https://www.merck.com
  • Industry Drug Manufacturers - General
  • CEO Robert Davis
  • Employees 73000

Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, and diabetes, as well as vaccine products, such as preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. It serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, and government agencies; managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions; and physicians and physician distributors, veterinarians, and animal producers. The company has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; Ridgeback Biotherapeutics; and Gilead Sciences, Inc. to jointly develop and commercialize long-acting treatments in HIV. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey.