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Merck & Co. (MRK)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$80.03 USD

80.03
8,018,410

-0.66 (-0.82%)

Updated Aug 11, 2025 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $80.05 +0.02 (0.02%) 6:02 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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AstraZeneca's Imfinzi Gets EU Approval for First-Line SCLC

AstraZeneca's (AZN) Imfinzi gets approval in Europe to treat extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

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Are You Looking for a High-Growth Dividend Stock? Merck (MRK) Could Be a Great Choice

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Bayer Submits Application for Heart Failure Drug in China

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Pharma Stock Roundup: AZN's Coronavirus Antibody Combo Study, & Other Updates

AstraZeneca (AZN) begins dosing in phase I study on antibody cocktail therapy to treat COVID-19. Glaxo's (GSK) Blenrep gets approval in Europe.

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Top Analyst Reports for Salesforce, Merck & AT&T

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Why Is Merck (MRK) Up 8.4% Since Last Earnings Report?

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While the prospect of a COVID-19 treatment will lead to broad-based gains, some investing areas are expected to benefit the most.

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Merck's Keytruda Gets Approval for Esophageal Cancer in Japan

Merck's (MRK) Keytruda receives approval in Japan as second-line treatment for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. A new dosing regimen also receives approval in the country.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Index ended above 28,000 for the first time in six months.

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Merck's Keytruda Positive in First-Line Esophageal Cancer Study

Merck's (MRK) Keytruda improves overall survival and progression-free survival compared to current standard of care in first-line metastatic esophageal cancer patients.

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AstraZeneca's Imfinzi Gets Priority Tag for 4-Week Dosing

The FDA grants priority review to AstraZeneca's (AZN) sBLA seeking approval of Imfinzi for a four-week fixed-dose regimen for its approved indications in bladder cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.

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Bristol Myers & Dragonfly Team Up for Immunotherapy Program

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