Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)

NYSE: MRK · IEX Real-Time Price · USD
127.72
-0.18 (-0.14%)
At close: Jul 2, 2024, 4:00 PM
129.00
+1.28 (1.00%)
After-hours: Jul 2, 2024, 7:57 PM EDT
-0.14%
Market Cap 323.49B
Revenue (ttm) 61.40B
Net Income (ttm) 2.31B
Shares Out 2.53B
EPS (ttm) 0.90
PE Ratio 141.91
Forward PE 14.10
Dividend $3.08 (2.41%)
Ex-Dividend Date Jun 17, 2024
Volume 5,644,608
Open 128.21
Previous Close 127.90
Day's Range 126.66 - 128.24
52-Week Range 99.14 - 134.63
Beta 0.40
Analysts Buy
Price Target 133.00 (+4.13%)
Earnings Date Jul 30, 2024

About MRK

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 under the Keytruda, Bridion, Adempas, Lagevrio, Belsomra, Simponi, and Januvia brands, as well as vaccine products consisting of preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines under the Gardasil/Gardasil 9, ProQuad, M-M-R II, Variv... [Read more]

Sector Healthcare
Founded 2000
Employees 72,000
Stock Exchange NYSE
Ticker Symbol MRK
Full Company Profile

Financial Performance

In 2023, Merck & Co.'s revenue was $60.12 billion, an increase of 1.40% compared to the previous year's $59.28 billion. Earnings were $365.00 million, a decrease of -97.49%.

Financial Statements

Analyst Forecast

According to 12 analysts, the average rating for MRK stock is "Buy." The 12-month stock price forecast is $133.0, which is an increase of 4.13% from the latest price.

Price Target
$133.0
(4.13% upside)
Analyst Consensus: Buy
Stock Forecasts

News

N-Power Medicine Collaborates with Merck to Expand Oncologist and Patient Access to Clinical Trials

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--N-Power Medicine collaborates with Merck to expand oncologist and patient access to clinical trials.

1 day ago - Business Wire

Merck and Orion Announce Mutual Exercise of Option Providing Merck Global Exclusive Rights to Opevesostat, an Investigational CYP11A1 Inhibitor, for the Treatment of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, and Orion Corporation (“Orion”) today announced that notice has been provided of the mutual exer...

1 day ago - Business Wire

Merck to Hold Second-Quarter 2024 Sales and Earnings Conference Call July 30

RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $MRK #MRK--Merck to Hold Second-Quarter 2024 Sales and Earnings Conference Call July 30.

1 day ago - Business Wire

Merck Receives Positive EU CHMP Opinion for WINREVAIR™ (sotatercept) in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)

RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $MRK #MRK--Merck Receives Positive EU CHMP Opinion for WINREVAIR™ (sotatercept) in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).

4 days ago - Business Wire

Global Bioreactors Market Forecast Report 2024-2035 with Key Players Profiles of Applikon Biotechnology, Bionet, Cytiva, Eppendorf, Merck, Sartorius, Solaris Biotech, Solida Biotech and LABAO

Dublin, June 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Bioreactors Market: Industry Trends and Global Forecasts, till 2035 - Distribution by Fabrication Material, Type of Bioprocess, Type of Biologic, and Key...

4 days ago - GlobeNewsWire

CDC'S ACIP Unanimously Recommends Merck's CAPVAXIVE™ (Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine) for Pneumococcal Vaccination in Appropriate Adults

RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $MRK #MRK--CDC'S ACIP Unanimously Recommends Merck's CAPVAXIVE (Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine) for Pneumococcal Vaccination in Appropriate Adults.

5 days ago - Business Wire

Merck Stock Is Slipping. A CDC Committee Considers Pneumococcal Vaccines.

News out of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meeting appeared to dim the commercial prospects of Merck's new pneumococcal vaccine.

5 days ago - Barrons

US FDA declines to approve Merck-Daiichi's 'guided missile' cancer drug

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve Merck and Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo's lung cancer treatment, which belongs to a lucrative class of cancer therapies that work like "guided mi...

5 days ago - Reuters

Patritumab Deruxtecan BLA Submission Receives Complete Response Letter from FDA Due to Inspection Findings at Third-Party Manufacturer

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. & RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) for the Biologics License Application (BLA) seeking acceler...

6 days ago - Business Wire

Healthcare: Best strategies to invest in pharma stocks

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6 days ago - Yahoo Finance

USDA Approves Merck Animal Health's NOBIVAC® NXT Canine Flu H3N2 – The First and Only RNA-Particle Technology Vaccine for Canine Influenza

RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside of the United States and Canada, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA (NYSE:MRK), announced today t...

7 days ago - Business Wire

China grants licence to Merck's KEYTRUDA for stomach cancer treatment

China's National Drug Administration has granted Merck's KEYTRUDA therapy a licence for first-line treatment of certain stomach cancer patients in the country.

7 days ago - Reuters

Merck shares drop 10% as pharma giant scraps trial of promising cancer drug

Merck & Co's Frankfurt-listed shares fell 10% on Tuesday morning after the pharmaceutical giant said it had decided to call off a Phase III trial of its cancer drug Xevinapant, in an unexpected turn t...

7 days ago - Market Watch

Merck Provides Update on Phase III TrilynX Study in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

DARMSTADT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the discontinuation of the Phase III randomized TrilynX study evaluating xevinapant plus chemoradi...

8 days ago - Business Wire

With Robust AI Prospects Is IBM A Better Pick Over Merck Stock Within The Dow Index?

We believe that the computing behemoth IBM (NYSE: IBM) is currently a better pick over the pharmaceuticals giant Merck (NYSE: MRK). The decision to invest often comes down to finding the best stocks w...

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8 days ago - Forbes

5 Biotech Stocks With Key Catalysts This Week: Merck, Intellia, Verona, And More

Biotech stocks are high-risk, high-return opportunities that are under the mercy of several make-or-break catalysts, most of which are binary events. It pays to remain cognizant of the timing of these...

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8 days ago - Benzinga

Merck Prepares to Take on Pfizer After Pneumococcal Vaccine Approval

Pfizer currently dominates the market for pneumococcal vaccines. Merck aims to change that.

14 days ago - Barrons

FDA approves Merck's pneumonia vaccine for adults

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Merck's (MRK) new vaccine to protect adults from pneumonia. Yahoo Finance's Anjalee Khemlani reports more on how the vaccine works as the pharmaceut...

14 days ago - Yahoo Finance

US FDA approves Merck's pneumococcal vaccine for adults

Merck said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its next-generation vaccine to protect adults against pneumococcal disease.

15 days ago - Reuters

U.S. FDA Approves CAPVAXIVE™ (Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine) for Prevention of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Adults

RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $MRK #MRK--FDA Approves CAPVAXIVE (Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine) for Prevention of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease & Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Adults.

15 days ago - Business Wire

FDA Approves Merck's KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Plus Carboplatin and Paclitaxel as Treatment for Adult Patients With Primary Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Carcinoma

RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $MRK #MRK--FDA Approves Merck's KEYTRUDA Plus Chemotherapy as Treatment for Adult Patients With Primary Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Carcinoma.

15 days ago - Business Wire

FDA approves Merck vaccine designed to protect adults from bacteria that can cause pneumonia, serious infections

The Food and Drug Administration approved Merck's vaccine designed to protect adults from a bacteria known as pneumococcus that can cause serious illnesses and a lung infection called pneumonia. An ad...

15 days ago - CNBC

Merck's vaccine approval poses threat to one of Pfizer's top-selling products

Merck & Co. Inc. on Monday gained U.S. regulatory approval for a vaccine that could become a tough competitor to one of Pfizer Inc.'s top-selling products.

15 days ago - Market Watch

Merck looks for next-generation opportunities in obesity

Merck is focused on second and third-generation opportunities in the cardiometabolic drugs market, which includes treatments for obesity, the drugmaker said at a healthcare conference on Tuesday.

21 days ago - Reuters

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25 days ago - CNBC Television