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Merck & Co. (MRK)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$80.37 USD

80.37
10,826,887

+0.93 (1.17%)

Updated Aug 7, 2025 04:02 PM ET

After-Market: $80.36 -0.01 (-0.01%) 7:58 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.75%
2Buy17.82%
3Hold9.58%
4Sell5.28%
5Strong Sell2.61%
S&P50011.30%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

  • Value Score A
  • Growth Score A
  • Momentum Score A
  • VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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A Value C Growth D Momentum B VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 35% (87 out of 246)

Industry: Large Cap Pharmaceuticals

Zacks News

Zacks Equity Research

Merck or Pfizer: Which is the Better Large-Cap Pharma Stock?

In the Large-cap pharma sector, Merck (MRK) and Pfizer (PFE) are two of the biggest names.

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    Bristol-Myers' MM Drug Empliciti Application Validated by EMA

    Bristol-Myers' (BMY) application for multiple myeloma drug, Empliciti gets validated in Europe.

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      J&J Files NDA for Erdafitinib in Urothelial Cancer Indication

      Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) submits regulatory application to the FDA seeking approval of pan-FGFR inhibitor, erdafitinib, for the treatment of metastatic urothelial cancer, a type of bladder cancer.

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        Accenture, Merck & Amazon AWS Partner for Cloud Platform

        Accenture's (ACN) latest partnership is likely to boost its Products segment.

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          Agenus Receives Milestone Payment of $5 Million from Incyte

          Agenus (AGEN) receives a milestone payment of $5 million from Incyte on the initiation of a phase I study of INCAGN2385.

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            Can Pfizer (PFE) Bank on Bavencio for Long-Term Growth?

            Pfizer's (PFE) latest anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy, Bavencio, is being touted as a significant long-term top-line driver for the company.

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              Pharma Stock Roundup: AZN's Leukemia Drug Wins FDA Nod, MRK's Keytruda in Focus

              Label expansion of Merck's (MRK) Keytruda and FDA approval of AstraZeneca's (AZN) leukemia drug grab headlines this week

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                AstraZeneca's Lumoxiti Gets FDA Nod for Hairy Cell Leukemia

                AstraZeneca's (AZN) rare blood cancer candidate receives approval from the FDA for relapsed or refractory hairy cell leukemia (HCL) in patients who have received at least two prior systemic therapies.

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                  Are Options Traders Betting on a Big Move in Merck (MRK) Stock?

                  Investors need to pay close attention to Merck (MRK) stock based on the movements in the options market lately.

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                    Dow 30 Stock Roundup: Apple Unveils 3 New iPhones, Boeing Clinches $2.9B Deal

                    The index chalked up gains this week amid renewed hopes of trade talks between the United States and China.

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                      Merck Gets Priority Review for Yet Another Keytruda sBLA

                      Merck's (MRK) sBLA to include overall survival data from a key lung cancer study on Keytruda's label gets FDA's priority review. If approved, it will expand the eligible patient population.

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                        Merck's Antibacterial Drug Succeeds in Label Expansion Study

                        Merck's (MRK) label expansion study evaluating its antibacterial drug, Zerbaxa for two types of pneumonia infections meets primary endpoints.

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                          Immunotherapy for NSCLC: 4 Large-Cap Pharma Stocks in Focus

                          Here we take a look at companies with approved immunotherapy therapies or pipeline candidates for the treatment of widely prevalent NSCLC.

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                            Pfizer's Drug Combo Betters Survival in Kidney Cancer Study

                            Pfizer's (PFE) phase III study on a combination of its cancer drugs, Bavencio and Inlyta meets primary endpoint of improving PFS in advanced kidney cancer patients with PD-L1+ tumors.

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                              The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Merck, PepsiCo, 3M, Broadcom and Phillips 66

                              The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Merck, PepsiCo, 3M, Broadcom and Phillips 66

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                                3 Small Biotech Stocks That Almost Doubled in Past Month

                                We take a look at three biotech stocks, prices of which have almost doubled in the past month.

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                                  Merck's Keytruda Combo Gets Nod for Lung Cancer in Europe

                                  Merck's (MRK) Keytruda receives approval for treating nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer in combination with chemotherapies in first-line setting.

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                                    Alkermes Expands Study to Evaluate ALKS 4230-Keytruda Combo

                                    Alkermes expands a phase I study to evaluate its immuno-oncology candidate, ALKS 4230, in combination with Keytruda in patients with advanced solid tumors.

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                                      Top Stock Reports for Merck, PepsiCo & 3M

                                      Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Merck (MRK), PepsiCo (PEP) and 3M (MMM).

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                                        Perrigo's OTC Version of Diarrhea Drug Imodium Gets FDA Nod

                                        Perrigo (PRGO) announces approval of over-the-counter equivalent of Imodium Multi-Symptom Relief tablet in the United States.

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                                          The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Novartis, AstraZeneca, Merck, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson

                                          The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Novartis, AstraZeneca, Merck, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson

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                                            Pharma Stock Roundup: NVS' Sandoz Deal, Pipeline Updates at AZN & Others in Focus

                                            Novartis (NVS) to sell parts of its Sandoz Unit. AstraZeneca (AZN), Merck (MRK), Pfizer (PFE) and others announce pipeline and regulatory updates.

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                                              Roche's Tecentriq sBLA Review For NSCLC Gets Extended by FDA

                                              The FDA extends the review period for Roche's sBLA for Tecentriq in combination with Avastin for the initial treatment of NSCLC by three months.

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                                                Dow 30 Stock Roundup: Coca-Cola Buys Costa, DowDuPont Earnings Impress

                                                The index remained weighed down by trade tensions during a holiday-shortened week.

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                                                  Large Cap Pharma Stocks Staging a Comeback in Second Half

                                                  Strong earnings, rising demand and successful clinical studies are paving the way for a rebound in the large-cap pharma industry in the second half.