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Merck & Co. (MRK)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$80.69 USD

80.69
6,882,688

+0.32 (0.40%)

Updated Aug 8, 2025 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $80.95 +0.26 (0.32%) 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 F Growth F Momentum D 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 28% (68 out of 244)

Industry: Large Cap Pharmaceuticals

Zacks News

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Merck (MRK) Beats on Q2 Earnings and Sales, Ups 2023 View

Merck (MRK) beats Q2 estimates for earnings and sales. It raises its 2023 guidance. Stock rises in pre-market.

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Compared to Estimates, Merck (MRK) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

Although the revenue and EPS for Merck (MRK) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2023, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

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Merck (MRK) Reports Q2 Loss, Tops Revenue Estimates

Merck (MRK) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 5.07% and 4.50%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2023. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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Moderna (MRNA) to Report Q2 Earnings: Will It Beat Estimates?

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Drug, Biotech Stocks' Q2 Earnings Due on Aug 1: PFE, MRK & More

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AstraZeneca (AZN) Q2 Earnings & Sales Beat, Nil COVID Sales

AstraZeneca (AZN) beats second-quarter estimates for earnings and sales. The company did not generate any revenues from COVID-19 medications. Management reaffirms its 2023 guidance.

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Pharma Stock Roundup: AZN, SNY, ABBV Q2 Results, MRK, MRNA Cancer Jab in Phase III

AstraZeneca (AZN), Sanofi (SNY) and AbbVie (ABBV) announce second-quarter results.

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Merck (MRK) to Report Q2 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

Investor focus is likely to be on the sales of Merck's (MRK) blockbuster oncology medicine, Keytruda when the company reports Q2 earnings.

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Analysts Estimate Merck (MRK) to Report a Decline in Earnings: What to Look Out for

Merck (MRK) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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AstraZeneca (AZN) to Report Q2 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

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Merck (MRK) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know

Merck (MRK) closed at $110.39 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.78% move from the prior day.

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Is Merck (MRK) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

The average brokerage recommendation (ABR) for Merck (MRK) is equivalent to a Buy. The overly optimistic recommendations of Wall Street analysts make the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric questionable. So, is it worth buying the stock?

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Merck (MRK) Keytruda Advanced Cervical Cancer Study Meets Goal

Interim data from a late-stage study, evaluating Merck's (MRK) Keytruda as a combination therapy, met one of its primary endpoints of progression-free survival.

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Merck (MRK) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

Merck (MRK) closed at $105.57 in the latest trading session, marking a -1.65% move from the prior day.

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Merck (MRK) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

Merck (MRK) closed at $108.70 in the latest trading session, marking a -1.15% move from the prior day.

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