Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)
NYSE: MRK · Real-Time Price · USD
85.48
+1.36 (1.62%)
At close: Sep 2, 2025, 4:00 PM
85.39
-0.09 (-0.11%)
After-hours: Sep 2, 2025, 7:59 PM EDT

Merck & Co. Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 13 analysts that cover Merck & Co. stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $108.54, which forecasts a 26.98% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $84 and the highest is $155.

Price Target: $108.54 (+26.98%)
Analyst Consensus: Buy
TargetLowAverageMedianHigh
Price$84$108.54$110$155
Change-1.73%+26.98%+28.69%+81.33%
* Price targets were last updated on Jul 30, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Merck & Co. stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

RatingApr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25
Strong Buy655554
Buy222222
Hold788888
Sell000000
Strong Sell000000
Total151515151514

Latest Forecasts

AnalystFirmRatingRatingActionPrice TargetUpsideDate
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
Hold
Maintains
$97$90
HoldMaintains$97$90+5.29%Jul 30, 2025
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Hold
Maintains
$99$98
HoldMaintains$99$98+14.65%Jul 10, 2025
Citigroup
Citigroup
Hold
Downgrades
$115$84
HoldDowngrades$115$84-1.73%May 14, 2025
Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald
Hold
Initiates
$85
HoldInitiates$85-0.56%Apr 22, 2025
Guggenheim
Guggenheim
Strong Buy
Reiterates
$115
Strong BuyReiterates$115+34.53%Apr 17, 2025
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
65.40B
from 64.17B
Increased by 1.91%
Revenue Next Year
68.65B
from 65.40B
Increased by 4.97%
EPS This Year
9.00
from 6.74
Increased by 33.60%
EPS Next Year
9.71
from 9.00
Increased by 7.81%
Fiscal YearFY 2020FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026
Period EndingDec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2026
Revenue
41.52B48.70B59.28B60.12B64.17B65.40B68.65B
Revenue Growth
6.13%17.31%21.72%1.40%6.74%1.91%4.97%
EPS
2.785.145.710.146.749.009.71
EPS Growth
-27.15%84.62%11.15%-97.55%4,714.29%33.60%7.81%
Forward PE
-----9.498.81
No. Analysts
-----2728
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue20252026202720282029
High68.7B74.4B
Avg65.4B68.6B
Low62.8B64.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth20252026202720282029
High
7.0%
13.8%
Avg
1.9%
5.0%
Low
-2.1%
-1.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS20252026202720282029
High9.5010.78
Avg9.009.71
Low8.618.51

EPS Growth

EPS Growth20252026202720282029
High
41.0%
19.8%
Avg
33.6%
7.8%
Low
27.8%
-5.5%
Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.