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Merck & Co. (MRK)

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$79.81 USD

79.81
5,704,473

-0.98 (-1.21%)

Updated Aug 6, 2025 01:40 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 37% (90 out of 246)

Industry: Large Cap Pharmaceuticals

Zacks News

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Merck's Cancer Drug Keytruda Positive in Clinical Studies

Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) announced positive data from a phase III study KEYNOTE-024, evaluating its anti-PD-1 therapy, Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

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    Incyte Provides Updated Data on Cancer Combination Therapies

    Incyte along with partner Bristol-Myers Squibb announced updated data from phase I/II study, ECHO-204, evaluating epacadostat in combination with Opdivo for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and melanoma.

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      Bristol-Myers Presents Data on Immuno-Oncology Drug Opdivo

      Bristol-Myers BMY announced that the EC has approved immuno-oncology drug Opdivo for the treatment of locally advanced unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) in adults after failure of prior platinum-containing therapy.

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        Incyte Announces Data on Enzyme Inhibitor with Keytruda

        Incyte Corporation (INCY) and Merck & Co. (MRK) announced an updated data from the advanced non-small cell lung cancer patient cohort of the ongoing phase I/II ECHO-202 study.

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          The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: General Electric, Walt Disney, Merck, Pfizer and Chevron

          The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: General Electric, Walt Disney, Merck, Pfizer and Chevron

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            Merck (MRK) Up 2.3% Since Earnings Report: Can It Continue?

            Merck (MRK) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock? We take a look at earnings estimates for some clues.

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              Top Ranked Income Stocks to Buy for June 5th

              Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong income characteristics for investors to consider today, June 5th:

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                Aduro's Drug Gets Clearance by the FDA for Solid Tumors

                Aduro Biotech, Inc. (ADRO) announced that the FDA has cleared the Investigational New Drug application (IND) for its pipeline candidate ADU-S100 (MIW815).

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                  Gilead Single Tablet Regiment for HIV Good in Phase III

                  Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD) reported positive results on four phase III studies evaluating bictegravir in combination with FTC/TAF as a single tablet regimen for HIV infection.

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                    Merck's HIV Drug Isentress Gets FDA Approval for Higher Dose

                    Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) recently announced that the FDA has approved Isentress HD, a new 1,200 mg once daily dose of its marketed drug Isentress (raltegravir), in combination with other anti-retroviral therapies.

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                      UnitedHealth's (UNH) Business Unit Collaborates with Merck

                      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.???s (UNH) information and technology-enabled health services business "Optum" recently announced its collaboration with Merck & Co. Inc (MRK).

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                        Merck (MRK) Buys Rights to Anti-tau Antibody for Alzheimer

                        Merck & CO, Inc. (MRK) announced that it has bought exclusive worldwide license from Teijin Pharma for the development, manufacture and commercialization of an investigational preclinical anti-tau antibody.

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                          Pfizer's Epogen Biosimilar Gets Positive FDA Committee Vote

                          Pfizer, Inc. (PFE) announced that an FDA advisory committee has recommended approval of its biosimilar version of ESA Epogen and Procrit.

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                            Celldex's Immuno-Oncology Pipeline Continues to Impress

                            On May 25, we issued an updated research report on Hampton, NJ-based Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (CLDX).

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                              The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Merck, 3M, United Technologies, Ford Motor and Humana

                              The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Merck, 3M, United Technologies, Ford Motor and Humana

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                                Radius Health Osteoporosis Drug Positive in Phase III Study

                                Radius Health, Inc. (RDUS) announced positive data from the ACTIVExtend study on Tymlos demonstrating significant reduction (84%) in the incidence of new vertebral fractures compared to placebo when dosed daily for 43 months.

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                                  Merck's (MRK) Keytruda Gets FDA Nod for Solid Tumor Cancers

                                  Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) announced that Keytruda, has received accelerated approval for the treatment of microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient solid tumors .

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                                    Merck Presents Phase II Data on Chronic Cough Candidate

                                    Merck (MRK) presented data from a phase II study on its pipeline candidate MK-7264 (formerly AF-219) at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Annual Conference.

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                                      Merck vs. Sanofi: Which Stock is a Better Pick Post Q1 Earnings?

                                      Merck (MRK) and Sanofi (SNY) are both Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stocks. Which company looks better-positioned for the remainder of the year?

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                                        Amgen Evenity Approval Derailed on Cardiovascular Side Effect

                                        A late-stage study at Amgen, Inc. (AMGN) showed that its pipeline candidate Evenity/romosozumab led to a statistically significant superior fracture risk reduction.

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                                          Merck's HIV Drug Gets Positive CHMP Opinion for Higher Dose

                                          Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) recently announced that the 600 mg film-coated formulation of its marketed drug, Isentress (raltegravir) in combination with other anti-retroviral therapies, has received positive opinion from CHMP.

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                                            Company News for May 19, 2017

                                            Companies in the News are: LB,P,INCY,MRK,SHPG

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                                              Merck's (MRK) Keytruda Gets FDA Nod for Two New Indications

                                              Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) announced that the FDA has approved two new indications for Keytruda (pembrolizumab), the company's anti-PD-1 therapy.

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                                                Incyte (INCY) Announces Positive Data on Enzyme Inhibitor

                                                Incyte Corporation (INCY) recently announced that new data was published from the ongoing trial, ECHO-202 online by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

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                                                  Immune Design (IMDZ) Posts Narrower-than-Expected Loss in Q1

                                                  Immune Design Corp. (IMDZ) reported first-quarter 2017 loss of 50 cents per share, narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 62 cents and also a year-ago loss of 61 cents.