Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)

Merck & Co. Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 12 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Merck & Co. stock have an average target of 133, with a low estimate of 104 and a high estimate of 155. The average target predicts an increase of 25.07% from the current stock price of 106.34.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$104	$133	$135	$155
Change	-2.20%	+25.07%	+26.95%	+45.76%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Merck & Co. stock from 12 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	May '24	Jun '24	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24
Strong Buy	4	4	5	5	5	5
Buy	5	4	4	4	4	4
Hold	3	3	2	2	2	2
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	13	12	12	12	12	12

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Colin Bristow UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $142 → $136	Strong Buy	Maintains	$142 → $136	+27.89%	Oct 9, 2024
Robyn Karnauskas Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $143 → $132	Strong Buy	Maintains	$143 → $132	+24.13%	Oct 9, 2024
Carter Gould Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $142 → $140	Buy	Maintains	$142 → $140	+31.65%	Oct 7, 2024
Louise Chen Cantor Fitzgerald	Cantor Fitzgerald	Buy Reiterates $155	Buy	Reiterates	$155	+45.76%	Oct 3, 2024
Louise Chen Cantor Fitzgerald	Cantor Fitzgerald	Buy Reiterates $155	Buy	Reiterates	$155	+45.76%	Sep 16, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

64.75B

Increased by 7.71%

from 60.12B

Revenue Next Year

69.01B

Increased by 6.58%

from 64.75B

EPS This Year

8.15

Increased by 5,717.94%

from 0.14

EPS Next Year

9.82

Increased by 20.61%

from 8.15

Fiscal Year	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	39.12B	41.52B	48.70B	59.28B	60.12B	64.75B	69.01B	73.21B
Revenue Growth	-7.50%	6.13%	17.31%	21.72%	1.40%	7.71%	6.58%	6.07%
EPS	3.82	2.78	5.14	5.71	0.14	8.15	9.82	10.84
EPS Growth	64.64%	-27.15%	84.62%	11.15%	-97.55%	5,717.94%	20.61%	10.30%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	13.06	10.82	9.81
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	28	28	22

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	67.7B	74.8B	79.1B
Avg	64.8B	69.0B	73.2B
Low	62.1B	64.2B	67.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	12.6%	15.6%	14.6%
Avg	7.7%	6.6%	6.1%
Low	3.4%	-0.9%	-3.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	8.79	10.86	12.40
Avg	8.15	9.82	10.84
Low	7.78	8.94	9.85

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	6,177.5%	33.3%	26.2%
Avg	5,717.9%	20.6%	10.3%
Low	5,458.0%	9.7%	0.3%

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.