MRK

NYSE Merck & Co., Inc.
Sep 28, 2026 · 11:14 PM ET EOD Market Closed

$148.69 ↑ +0.00 (+0.00%) Trading Up from the previous close of $148.69, $0.50 below the day’s high of $149.19

YTD change
+41.26%
vs 20-day SMA
+0.54%
vs 200-day SMA
+22.21%

Price ranges

Previous day
$147.48 $149.98
open $148.06 close $148.78
+$0.72 (+0.49%)
Today
$146.28 $149.19
open $147.65 now $148.69
+$1.04 (+0.70%)
Past week
$145.60 $153.57
from $146.87 now $148.69
+$1.82 (+1.24%)
Past month
$142.32 $153.57
from $149.54 now $148.69
-$0.85 (-0.57%)
This year
$104.43 $156.92
from $105.26 now $148.69
+$43.43 (+41.26%)

Price & Performance

+30.59 (+25.90%) / 6M

$105.40$123.68$141.95$160.23Mar 30Jun 29Sep 28

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Very Good
  • The stock is 5.2% away from all-time highs of $156.92
  • MRK is up 41% since the beginning of the year
  • MRK is up 89% over the past 12 months
  • MRK is down 1% over the past 1 month
  • 1% of all MRK investors are betting against MRK
  • Number of investors short MRK has gone up 22% versus last month

MRK reads very good: price sits above both the 20- and 200-day averages, short interest is rising month over month, the 12-month move is +89.2%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable No
EPS $-0.13
Earnings momentum +105.9% Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change +105.9%

Valuation

P/E ratio 117.44
Enterprise value $414.3B
Beta 0.06

Balance sheet & scale

Income$3.2M
Revenue$66.3B
Cash$7.2B
Debt$53.9M
Income / Debt 0.06×

Company & Peers

Company profile and competitor comparison

Company profile

ExchangeNYSE
Sector Manufacturing
Sub Sector Chemical Manufacturing
Market cap $366.8B

Merck & Co., Inc. is a health care company, which engages in the provision of health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products. It operates through the following segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, and Other. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets animal health products, such as pharmaceutical and vaccine products, for the prevention, treatment and control of disease in livestock, and companion animal species. The Other segment consists of sales for the non-reportable segments of healthcare services. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, NJ.

Competitor comparison

TickerCompany PriceChange
LLY Eli Lilly and Company $1,184.78 +0.11%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson $271.95 +0.27%
ABBV AbbVie, Inc. $266.28 +0.73%
RHHVF Roche Holding Ltd $444.62 -0.32%
NVS Novartis AG Sponsored ADR $146.88 +0.98%

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