Merck & Co., Inc.

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145.60+3.22 (+2.26%)today
At close: Oct 9, 4:02 PM EDT · Real-time · USD
After hours146.31+0.71 (+0.49%)Oct 9, 7:54 PM EDT

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Key statistics

Previous close142.38
Open141.37
Day range141.39146.68
52-week range82.01156.92
Volume8.00M
Avg. volume (3M)9.81M
Market cap359.22B
P/E ratio (TTM)115.56
Forward P/E15.62
EPS (TTM)1.26
Dividend yield2.34% (3.40)
Beta (5Y)—
Shares outstanding2.47B
Earnings dateOct 29, 2026
Analyst target—
Profit margin—

Latest news

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The Globe and Mail·

Merck & Company (MRK) Receives a Buy from UBS

UBS analyst Michael Yee maintained a Buy rating on Merck & Company today and set a price target of $175.00. Yee covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Amgen, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. According to…

The Globe and Mail·

Merck & Company (MRK) Gets a Buy from Morgan Stanley

In a report released today, Terence Flynn from Morgan Stanley assigned a Buy rating to Merck & Company, with a price target of $179.00. Flynn covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as BioNTech SE, Merck & Company, and Amgen.…

Trefis·

Does The Move In Merck Stock Change Anything?

Merck (MRK) stock returned 69.6% over the year to October 8, 2026, against 16.3% for the S&P 500. The gain built up over a year of drug approvals and clinical trial results, arriving just as the company prepares for the patent loss on…

PharmaVoice·

A day in the life of a Merck R&D chief

Dr. Eliav Barr pulls back the curtain on what it’s like to manage Merck’s fast-growing pipeline. Welcome to “Day in the Life,” a series examining what it’s like to walk in a pharma exec’s shoes. Today, we’re going behind the scenes with…

The Brunswick News·

Our Beloved Merck

It started when I was in college. I was pursuing degrees in journalism and broadcasting. It occurred to me that if I could work part-time jobs in those fields, then once I graduated from college, I would be ahead of others. This was a new…

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