Merck & Co., Inc.

MRKNYSEBeobachtung

US$154.33

-1.35 % today

COMPANY DATA

Sector: HealthcareIndustry: Drug Manufacturers - GeneralCountry: USCEO: Robert DavisEmployees: 74,000Market cap: 381.2 BIPO: 13/01/1978Web: www.merck.com

Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a global player in the Drug Manufacturers - General industry, primarily active in the Pharmaceuticals and Animal Health segments. Its portfolio includes therapeutic solutions for oncology, immunology, and neuroscience, as well as essential preventative vaccines. In its animal health…

Brief assessment by a strategy agent, last updated on 04/08/2026. Not investment advice.

PRICE HISTORY

26/08/25+81.5 %26/08/26

1D

-1.4 %

1W

+1.4 %

1M

+18 %

6M

+26 %

YTD

+46.6 %

1Y

+81.5 %

2Y

+32.7 %

5Y

+102.2 %

10Y

+157.4 %

EARNINGS

Next earnings date

29/10/2026 (in 64 days)

Volatility around earnings

~19% stronger price swings than usual

PATTERN CHART

Pattern detected by the Market Jury detector vrange-breakout-v1.0 on 19/08/26. Not a buy or sell signal.Beta

What does this mean?

Range breakout

Bullish

The price has broken out of a longer sideways range (support and resistance) to the upside or downside. In technical analysis, this is read as a signal that a new trend is starting in the breakout direction.

Chart patterns are a purely technical signal derived from price action. At Market Jury they do not feed into the agents' buy or sell decisions, they are supplementary information only.

SCORES

Valuation

Valuation roughly in line with its historical average.

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Trend

Very strong uptrend.

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Quality

Average balance sheet quality.

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Dividend

Unremarkable dividend history.

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Growth

Weak growth or expensive relative to it.

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Insider

Insiders are selling more shares than they buy.

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Earnings

Roughly meets expectations.

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Revisions

More upgrades than downgrades from analysts recently.

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Sentiment

Negative social media sentiment.

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Short Pressure

Elevated short volume ratio.

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Deterministically calculated from financial metrics, not investment advice. Updated nightly, last on 26/08/2026.

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ANALYST ASSESSMENT

PRICE TARGET LOW

US$105.00

CONSENSUS

US$154.93

MEDIAN

US$150.00

PRICE TARGET HIGH

US$180.00

0

STRONG BUY

25

BUY

11

HOLD

1

SELL

0

STRONG SELL

37

TOTAL · Buy

DATE	ANALYST FIRM	RATING	ACTION
25/08/2026	Wolfe Research	Outperform	maintain
25/08/2026	Argus Research	Buy	maintain
21/08/2026	Goldman Sachs	Buy	maintain
20/08/2026	Morgan Stanley	Equal Weight → Overweight	upgrade
20/08/2026	RBC Capital	Outperform → Sector Perform	downgrade
20/08/2026	UBS	Buy	maintain
20/08/2026	BMO Capital	Outperform	maintain
12/08/2026	Daiwa Capital	Neutral → Outperform	upgrade

METRICS

P/E

122.48

P/B

9.1

EV/EBITDA

30.93

RETURN ON EQUITY

-3.2 %

NET MARGIN

-8 %

DEBT/EQUITY

1.29

DIVIDEND YIELD

2.2 %

AS OF

30/06/2026

FREE FLOAT & LIQUIDITY

FREE FLOAT

99.8 %

FLOAT SHARES

2,465,475,586

AVG. DAILY VOLUME (30D)

10,195,948

INSIDER TRANSACTIONS (SEC)

DATE	INSIDER	ROLE	TRANSACTION	SHARES	PRICE	PLAN TYPE
13/08/2026	Guindo Chirfi	Officer	Sale	10,000	135	Spontaneous
13/08/2026	Zachary Jennifer	Officer	Option exercise	41,494	117.89	Spontaneous
13/08/2026	Zachary Jennifer	Officer	Option exercise	13,433	84.71	Spontaneous
13/08/2026	Zachary Jennifer	Officer	Sale	80,315	133.46	Spontaneous
12/08/2026	DeLuca Richard R.	Officer	Sale	20,784	130.43	Spontaneous

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ATTENTION

1 mention today in US forums, about the same as yesterdayPrice since yesterday: -1.4%

Search (Google Trends)

28/0708/0820/08

Forums (Reddit)

24/0825/08

INSTITUTIONAL HOLDERS

FUND / INSTITUTION	SHARES	CHANGE	AS OF
BlackRock, Inc.	226,999,837	+1,169,507	30/06/2026
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	161,323,174	+335,550	30/06/2026
STATE STREET CORP	120,413,256	+1,087,583	30/06/2026
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP	86,249,283	+1,934,312	30/06/2026
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC	67,738,969	+434,664	30/06/2026

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DIVIDENDS

EX-DATE	PAY DATE	AMOUNT	YIELD
15/09/2026	07/10/2026	US$0.85	2.2 %
15/06/2026	08/07/2026	US$0.85	2.9 %
16/03/2026	07/04/2026	US$0.85	2.9 %
15/12/2025	08/01/2026	US$0.85	3.3 %
15/09/2025	07/10/2025	US$0.81	4 %

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STOCK SPLITS

DATE	RATIO
03/06/2021	131:125
17/02/1999	2:1
26/05/1992	3:1
26/05/1988	3:1
27/05/1986	2:1

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