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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

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Merck's Keytruda Gets Priority Review for Rare Skin Cancer

Merck's (MRK) sBLA for Keytruda to expand its label for a rare form of skin cancer gets priority review from FDA.

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    Novo Nordisk's Ozempic Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Events (revised)

    Novo Nordisk (NVO) announces post hoc results from SUSTAIN 6 study demonstrating that Ozempic consistently reduces the risk of major cardiovascular (CV) events across type II diabetes population.

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      AstraZeneca Up This Year So Far on Favorable Pipeline Updates

      AstraZeneca's (AZN) stock is on an upward trajectory this year. Let us have a look at the reasons for the same.

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        Merck (MRK) Receives FDA Approval for Two HIV Medicines

        Merck's (MRK) two new HIV-1 medicines, Delstrigo and Pifeltro, get approval in the United States.

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          Bristol-Myers' Sprycel Seeks Label Expansion in the U.S.

          The FDA accepts Bristol-Myers' (BMY) sBLA for label expansion of Sprycel for the treatment of pediatric patients with newly diagnosed Ph+ ALL.

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            Pharma Stock Roundup: Approval of NVS & ABBV Cancer Drugs, MRK's HIV Drug in Focus

            Novartis (NVS) & AbbVie (ABBV) get cancer approvals. Merck (MRK) gets FDA nod for two new HIV medicines.

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              4 Large Cap Pharma Stocks in Focus on Robust Cancer Pipeline

              We discuss four pharma giants, which possess the industry's strongest oncology pipeline portfolios.

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                Esperion (ESPR) Combination Regimen Lowers Bad Cholesterol

                Esperion Therapeutics' (ESPR) combination regimen of bempedoic acid and Merck's Zetia achieves significant reduction in bad cholesterol in a phase III study.

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                  Novo Nordisk's Ozempic Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Events

                  Novo Nordisk (NVO) announces post hoc results from SUSTAIN 6 study demonstrating that Ozempic consistently reduces the risk of major cardiovascular (CV) events across type II diabetes population.

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                    AT&T Partners Softbox to Test Drones for Medicine Delivery

                    AT&T's (T) trial run, if proven successful, is likely to pave the way for delivery of critical medicines during period of crisis.

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                      Merck, Eisai Get EU Approval for Lenvima Label Expansion

                      Merck (MRK) and Japanese partner Eisai gain an approval from the EU for Lenvima label expansion. The anti-cancer drug receives the regulatory body's nod for first-line treatment of unresectable HCC.

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                        Bristol-Myers (BMY) sBLA for Empliciti Gets Priority Review

                        The FDA granted priority review to the Bristol-Myers' (BMY) label expansion application for Empliciti seeking approval of the drug in combination with Pomalyst in multiple myeloma patients who are resistant to Revlimid.

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                          Pharma Stock Roundup: FDA Blow for AGN, Label Expansion Nod for MRK, BMY Cancer Drugs

                          Allergan (AGN) gets CRL for uterine fibroids candidate, Esmya. Merck (MRK) and Bristol-Myers' (BMY) PD-L1 inhibitors get FDA approval for expanded labels.

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                            Horizon Pharma (HZNP) Boasts Robust Pipeline Amid Competition

                            Horizon Pharma (HZNP) remains focused on advancing its pipeline candidates and is also making efforts to expand the label of its already approved drugs.

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                              Japan Nods to AstraZeneca's Tagrisso for First-Line NSCLC

                              AstraZeneca (AZN) receives approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for the label expansion of Tagrisso.

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                                Merck Gets FDA Nod for Keytruda Lung Cancer Label Expansion

                                Merck (MRK) gets FDA approval to include overall survival data from a key late-stage lung cancer study, KEYNOTE-189 study, on the label of its PD-L1 inhibitor, Keytruda.

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                                  Bristol-Myers' Opdivo Gets FDA Nod for Small Cell Lung Cancer

                                  Bristol-Myers' (BMY) blockbuster immuno-oncology drug Opdivo gets the FDA approval for small cell lung cancer indication, which shall further expand the addressable patient population of the drug.

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                                    Merck, Eisai Get FDA Approval for Lenvima Label Expansion

                                    Merck (MRK) and Japanese partner Eisai gains an FDA approval for Lenvima label expansion. The anti-cancer drug receives the regulatory body's nod for the first line treatment of unresectable HCC.

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                                      Pharma Stock Roundup: Blow for Bayer, FDA Nod for MRK Cancer Drug in New Indication

                                      Bayer's (BAYRY) Monsanto subsidiary faces $289 million fine in Roundup lawsuit. Merck/Eisai's drug Lenvima gets FDA approval to treat the most common form of liver cancer.

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                                        Pain Therapeutics' Shares Rally on Alzheimer's Study Grant

                                        Pain Therapeutics (PTIE) receives grant of $3.2 million from National Institutes of Health to support development of its Alzheimer's disease candidate, PTI-125.

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                                          Agenus (AGEN) Delivering Well on Its Pipeline Candidates

                                          We have issued an updated report on Agenus (AGEN) highlighting updates on its pipeline candidates.

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                                            Here's Why Merck (MRK) Stock is Up Since Q2 Earnings Release

                                            Merck's (MRK) stock is up 4.2% since announcement of earnings in July. Let us have a look at the reasons for the same.

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                                              Agenus' (AGEN) Q2 Loss Narrower Than Expected, Revenues Beat

                                              Agenus (AGEN) posts narrower-than-expected loss in the second quarter of 2018 and expects to file three investigational new drugs by the end of 2018.

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                                                Pharma Stock Roundup: NVO Q2 Earnings, JNJ, AGN & AZN's Pipeline Updates in Focus

                                                Novo Nordisk (NVO) reports strong Q2 results. J&J (JNJ) seeks approval for new dosing regimen of multiple myeloma drug. Allergan (AGN) exercises option to buy Editas' lead ocular candidate.

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                                                  Top Research Reports with Q2 Earnings Analysis: Merck, CVS Health, CME Group & More

                                                  Today's Research Daily features updated research reports on 16 major stocks, including Merck (MRK), CVS Health (CVS) and CME Group (CME).