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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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Lilly (LLY) to Report Q1 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

Lilly's (LLY) new drugs like Trulicity, Taltz and Jardiance have been performing well. Let's see if these along with its older products lead the company to an earnings beat.

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    J&J, Novartis' Q1 Earnings Impress: Will Others Follow Suit?

    Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Novartis reported strong first-quarter 2018 earnings results earlier this week.

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      Bristol-Myers' Opdivo Gets Priority Review for Lung Cancer

      The FDA accepts Bristol-Myers Squibb's (BMY) supplemental Biologics License Application and grants priority review for the label expansion of Opdivo to treat patients with small cell lung cancer.

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        Merck's Keytruda Betters Survival in Lung Cancer Combo Study

        Merck (MRK) releases complete data from a phase III study showing Keytruda in combination with Lilly's Alimta and platinum chemotherapy reducing death risk by half compared with only chemotherapy.

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          J&J (JNJ) Tops Q1 Earnings Estimates, Raises Sales Guidance

          J&J (JNJ) beats estimates for both earnings and sales in the first quarter of 2018. It maintains the previously issued earnings guidance for 2018 while increasing the sales range.

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            Company News For Apr 17, 2018

            Companies In The News are: JBHT,ERI,MRK,ALKS

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              Bristol-Myers Reports Positive Data in NSCLC Trial on Opdivo

              Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) announced positive results from the phase III trial, CheckMate -078 trial on immuno-oncology drug Opdivo among a predominantly Chinese population.

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                Dow 30 Stock Roundup: P&G Hikes Dividend; Boeing, American Airlines Ink $12B Deal

                The Dow enjoyed a week of strong gains as trade war and Syria related fears receded.

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                  Is J&J's (JNJ) Pharma Segment Likely to Drive Q1 Earnings?

                  The positive trend seen in J&J's (JNJ) pharma segment sales in the second half of 2017 is likely to continue in Q1.

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                    Nektar Starts Phase I/II Combo for Advanced Solid Tumors

                    Nektar (NKTR) initiates dosing in a phase I/II study, evaluating the combination of its two novel immuno-oncology agents, NKTR-262 and NKTR-214, on patients with advanced solid tumors.

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                      Pfizer's Kidney Cancer Drug Misses Endpoint in Phase III

                      Pfizer's (PFE) kidney cancer drug Inlyta (axitinib) fails to demonstrate a clear improvement in the primary endpoint of extending disease-free survival (DFS) in a late-stage study.

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                        vTv Therapeutics Crashes on Alzheimer's Drug Study Failure

                        vTv Therapeutics (VTVT) shares suffered a major blow when the company's late stage study on lead candidate, azeliragon, for the treatment of Alzheimer's failed.

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                          Merck's Keytruda Offers Survival Benefit in Lung Cancer Study

                          Merck's (MRK) phase III study showed that Keytruda monotherapy led to significantly improved overall survival (OS) as a first-line therapy in certain lung cancer patients.

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                            NewLink Shares Plunge After Incyte & Merck's Study Fails

                            Shares of NewLink Genetics Corp. (NLNT) plunged about 42.6% following the news of the failure of Incyte and Merck's phase III combination study for metastatic melanoma.

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                              Incyte's Epacadostat Fails in Melanoma Study, Shares Plunge

                              Incyte's (INCY) epacadostat in combination with Merck's Keytruda fails to meet primary endpoint of PFS in a phase III melanoma study.

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                                Biogen Cracks the Case With AbbVie for Humira Biosimilar

                                Biogen (BIIB) and partner Samsung Bioepis resolve an ongoing patent row with AbbVie regarding Biogen's biosimilar version of AbbVie's arthritis drug, Humira, in the EU.

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                                  AstraZeneca's (AZN) Bydureon Gets FDA Nod for Expanded Use

                                  AstraZeneca's (AZN) Bydureon gets FDA approval for expanded use in type II diabetes patients. Meanwhile, regulatory submissions for its leukemia candidate and Lynparza get acceptance in the United States and EU, respectively.

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                                    Aeglea Initiates Lung Cancer Combination Study With Keytruda

                                    Aeglea BioTherapeutics (AGLE) doses first patients in two early stage lung cancer studies evaluating pegzilarginase as single agent and in combination with Merck's Keytruda.

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                                      Fast Pipeline Progress Pushes ImmunoGen Above 150% in a Year

                                      ImmunoGen's (IMGN) shares shoot up more than 150% in a year's time on rapid pipeline progress, positive study data and strategic collaborations.

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                                        Merck KGaA's Tepotinib Gets Fast Track Designation in Japan

                                        Merck KGaA's (MKGAF) lung cancer candidate, tepotinib gets fast track designation in Japan.

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                                          Merck, Eisai Get Japanese Nod for Lenvima Label Expansion

                                          Merck (MRK) and partner Eisai receive approval in Japan for Lenvima for the first line treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

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                                            Roche's Tecentriq Combo Study Meets Co-Primary Endpoint

                                            Roche's (RHHBY) phase III study, evaluating a combination of Tecentriq and Avastin plus carboplatin and paclitaxel for first line treatment of advanced lung cancer met its co-primary endpoint of overall survival.

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                                              Merck Gets European Committee Vote for Veterinary Product

                                              Merck (MRK) is seeking approval of Bravecto Plus, a spot-on solution for cats. The drug is part of the company's Animal Health unit.

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                                                Seattle Genetics' Adcetris Gets FDA Nod for Label Expansion

                                                Seattle Genetics' (SGEN) cancer drug, Adcetris, gets FDA approval to include fifth indication, frontline treatment of advanced classical Hodgkin lymphoma, in its label.

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                                                  Roche Tecentriq Phase III Combo Study Meets Primary Endpoint

                                                  Roche (RHHBY) announces that the combination study of Tecentriq plus chemotherapy meets its co-primary endpoint of progression-free survival.