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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

Pre-Market: $80.52 +0.15 (0.19%) 8:28 AM 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 F 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% (85 out of 244)

Industry: Large Cap Pharmaceuticals

Zacks News

Zacks Equity Research

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Merck, Occidental Petroleum, Capital One Financial, Kimberly-Clark and Allstate

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Merck, Occidental Petroleum, Capital One Financial, Kimberly-Clark and Allstate

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    Is Merck & Co. (MRK) Outperforming Other Medical Stocks This Year?

    Is Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) Outperforming Other Medical Stocks This Year?

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      Top Analyst Reports for Merck, Occidental Petroleum & Capital One Financial

      Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Merck (MRK), Occidental Petroleum (OXY) and Capital One Financial (COF).

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        Gilead Collaborates with Hookipa for HBV and HIV Therapies

        Gilead Sciences (GILD) collaborates with Hookipa Biotech AG for the development of immunization technologies for HBV and HIV diseases.

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          TESARO Collaborates With Roche to Develop Zejula Combination

          TESARO (TSRO) collaborates with Genentech, a subsidiary of Roche, to develop Zejula in combination with an immune-oncology drug for treating ovarian cancer.

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            Merck Presents Positive Melanoma Data on Keytruda at ASCO

            Merck (MRK) presents encouraging data from two pivotal advanced melanoma studies on its PD-L1 inhibitor, Keytruda.

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              Nektar (NKTR) and Bristol-Myers Present Data on Cancer Study

              Nektar (NKTR) and Bristol-Myers Squibb announce preliminary data from the ongoing PIVOT phase I/II study evaluating the combination of Nektar's NKTR-214 with Bristol-Myers Squibb's Opdivo.

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                Bristol-Myers (BMY) Reports Data from CheckMate-214 Study

                Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) announces encouraging data from the phase III CheckMate -214 study.

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                  Merck's (MRK) Keytruda Lung Cancer Data in Focus at ASCO

                  Merck (MRK) presents data from several cancer studies of its PD-L1 inhibitor, Keytruda at ASCO including two key lung cancer trials.

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                    Key FDA Events in June Investors Need to Watch Out For

                    Investors in the healthcare industry are likely to keep a watch on upcoming PDUFA dates for key drugs in Jun 2018.

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                      Gilead & Galapagos Announce Positive Data on Filgotinib

                      Gilead (GILD) and partner Galapagaos (GLPG) announces positive data on filgotinib for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis in adults and ulcerative colitis.

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                        AstraZeneca (AZN) Stock on Growth Path This Year: Here's Why

                        AstraZeneca's (AZN) stock is up this year while the Large-Cap Pharma industry is witnessing a decline

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                          Eisai and Merck Announce Update on Lenvatinib sNDA Review

                          Eisai/Merck's (MRK) sNDA for cancer drug, lenvatinib, seeking approval for first-line treatment of HCC gets a three-month extension from the FDA.

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                            Merck's Keytruda Shows Survival Benefit in Squamous NSCLC

                            Merck's (MRK) Keytruda in combination with chemotherapy demonstrates better OS and PFS in first-line metastatic squamous NSCLC compared to chemotherapy alone.

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                              Amgen's Label Expansion Application for Prolia Gets FDA Nod

                              Amgen (AMGN) announces FDA approval for its regulatory application seeking label expansion for Prolia.

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                                AstraZeneca's (AZN) Q1 Earnings & Sales Miss, Stock Down

                                AstraZeneca (AZN) misses earnings and sales estimates in the first quarter. It maintains its previously issued outlook for 2018.

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                                  The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Home Depot, Merck, Raytheon, Eaton and Sun Life Financial

                                  The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Home Depot, Merck, Raytheon, Eaton and Sun Life Financial

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                                    Top Analyst Reports for Home Depot, Merck & Raytheon

                                    Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Home Depot (HD), Merck (MRK) and Raytheon (RTN).

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                                      Eli Lilly (LLY) to Buy AurKa Pharma, Expand Cancer Pipeline

                                      Eli Lilly (LLY) to buy an early phase oncology asset, AK-01, from AurKa Pharma to expand its oncology pipeline.

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                                        Will Trump's Surprise Drug Pricing Plan Boost Pharma Stocks?

                                        Stocks of pharmaceutical companies get a boost as Trump's proposal will actually not directly hamper their profitability.

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                                          Dow Posts Longest Stretch of Gains in 6 Months: 4 Picks

                                          The index's blue chips have not looked this attractive for some time now.

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                                            Trump Announces Plan to Reign In Drug Prices and Pharma Stocks Rally.

                                            Bid U.S. drug makers are seen as largely spared the worst in the Trump Administrations plans to control drug prices.

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                                              Horizon Pharma (HZNP) Q1 Earnings & Sales Miss, Shares Fall

                                              Horizon Pharma (HZNP) misses earnings and sales estimates in Q1. However, the orphan unit and the rheumatology business continue to grow.

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                                                Agenus' (AGEN) Q1 Loss Wider than Expected, Shares Down

                                                Agenus (AGEN) incurs wider-than-expected loss in Q1 and did not report any revenues during the quarter. The company expects to file six investigational new drugs in 2018.

                                                  Zacks Equity Research

                                                  Has Merck (MRK) Outpaced Other Medical Stocks This Year?

                                                  Is Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) Outperforming Other Medical Stocks This Year?