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Merck & Co. (MRK)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$80.03 USD

80.03
8,210,110

-0.66 (-0.82%)

Updated Aug 11, 2025 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $80.13 +0.10 (0.12%) 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

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Pfizer (PFE) stops enrolling patients in a phase II/III study evaluating its COVID pill in standard-risk population after new data from this study showed that it is not all statistically significant.

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Merck (MRK) Keytruda Adjuvant Lung Cancer sBLA Accepted by FDA

The FDA is expected to give its decision on Merck's (MRK) Keytruda sBLA for adjuvant stage IB-IIIA NSCLC, following complete surgical resection, on Jan 29, 2023.

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Bristol Myers (BMY) Up 20.4% YTD: Will the Momentum Continue?

Bristol Myers (BMY) has put up an impressive performance so far in 2022, and the momentum should continue.

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Merck (MRK) Stock Moves -1.65%: What You Should Know

Merck (MRK) closed the most recent trading day at $88, moving -1.65% from the previous trading session.

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Roche (RHHBY) Gets EU Nod for Lunsumio, Tecentriq Label Expansion

Roche (RHHBY) obtains EU approval for Lunsumio for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma (FL) and label expansion of Tecentriq.

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Bristol Myers (BMY) to Acquire Turning Point, Withdraws sBLA

Bristol Myers (BMY) is set to acquire Turning Point to bolster its oncology portfolio. The company also withdraws its sbLA for Reblozyl.

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Merck (MRK) Stock Moves -0.1%: What You Should Know

In the latest trading session, Merck (MRK) closed at $89.91, marking a -0.1% move from the previous day.

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Regeneron (REGN) to Buy Sanofi's Stake in Libtayo, Stock Down

Regeneron (REGN) will obtain global rights to Libtayo from Sanofi in exchange for an upfront payment of $900 million and royalties.

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights AstraZeneca, Merck, Roche, J&J, and Pfizer

AstraZeneca, Merck, Roche, J&J, and Pfizer are part of Zacks top Analyst Blog

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Bristol Myers' (BMY) Opdivo Combos Get FDA Nod for ESCC

Bristol Myers (BMY) secures an FDA approval for two Opdivo-based regimens as the first-line treatment of unresectable advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

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Are You a Momentum Investor? This 1 Stock Could Be the Perfect Pick

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Iovance (IOVA) Down After Announcing Data From Melanoma Study

Results from a cohort of the phase II study evaluating Iovance's (IOVA) melanoma candidate were not as superior as data from another cohort of the same study.

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Mirati (MRTX) Down 23% on Mixed Data From Lung Cancer Study

Mirati (MRTX) posts positive data from a phase II study evaluating its lung cancer candidate adagrasib. However, the drug caused side-effects in a large number of study participants.

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Exelixis (EXEL) Announces Results From Phase II HNSCC Study

Exelixis (EXEL) phase II study evaluating Cabometyx in combination with Keytruda in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma meets primary goal.

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Pharma Stock Roundup: EU Nod for AZN, JNJ & Others, PFE COVID Jab Effective in Kids

European Commission authorizes a booster dose of AstraZeneca's (AZN) COVID-19 vaccine and approves Merck (MRK) and Roche's (RHHBY) oncology drugs for expanded use.

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Merck (MRK) Keytruda Gets EU Nod for Expanded Breast Cancer Use

The European Commission approves Merck's (MRK) Keytruda for high-risk early-stage TNBC, which expands its eligible patient population.

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Seagen (SGEN) Posts Positive Data from New Study on Tukysa

Seagen (SGEN) reports favorable data on the pivotal phase II MOUNTAINEER study evaluating Tukysa in combination with Herceptin for treating HER2-positive metastatic colorectal cancer.

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Merck's (MRK) Keytruda Gets CHMP Nod for Expanded Melanoma Use

Merck's (MRK) anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda nears potential approval as an adjuvant treatment for adolescent pediatric patients with stage IIB, IIC or III melanoma following complete resection.

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Mirati (MRTX) Seeks EU Nod for Adagrasib to Treat Lung Cancer

Mirati (MRTX) seeks a nod for its lung cancer candidate adagrasib in the European Union. A regulatory filing in the United States is currently under the FDA review with decision pending this year-end.

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Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Merck, and Glaxo

Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Merck, and Glaxo are part of Zacks Industry Outlook article.

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4 Large Drug Stocks to Watch as the Industry Recovers

Drug/biotech companies are likely to see significant advances in innovation in 2022. In the Large-Cap Pharmaceuticals industry, Eli Lilly (LLY), Novo Nordisk (NVO), Merck (MRK) and Glaxo (GSK) are worth retaining in your portfolio.

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Merck (MRK) Outperforms Industry This Year So Far: Here's Why

Strong sales of key products like Keytruda and Gardasil, a significant contribution from Lagevrio and positive pipeline/regulatory developments have been keeping Merck's (MRK) stock afloat in 2022.

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Pfizer (PFE) Gets EUA for Use of Comirnaty Booster in Children

Pfizer (PFE) and partner BioNTech gets authorization for emergency use of booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, in children aged between 5 years and 11 years.

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Bristol Myers (BMY) Phase III CheckMate -901 Study Disappoints

Bristol Myers (BMY) phase III CheckMate -901 study fails to meet the primary endpoint of overall survival in patients with untreated unresectable or metastatic urothelial cancer.

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Exelixis (EXEL) Q1 Earnings Beat, Revenues Miss Estimates

Exelixis (EXEL) beats on earnings but misses on revenues in the first quarter. While the top line increases on a year-over-year basis, the bottom line improves from the year-ago breakeven figure.