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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

Zacks News

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Large-Cap Pharma Industry Outlook Dull Amid Coronavirus Woes

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Esperion (ESPR) Q2 Earnings Top, Drug Sales Hurt by Coronavirus

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Pharma ETFs Soar on Robust Q2 Earnings

Total earnings of 66.4% of the healthcare market capitalization that has reported so far are up 4.4% on revenue growth of 4%.

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Nektar (NKTR) reports encouraging second-quarter 2020 results. The company continues to progress with its pipeline candidates.

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Pharma Stock Roundup: ABBV, MRK Q2 Earnings & Coronavirus Updates in Focus

Sanofi (SNY)/Glaxo (GSK) and J&J (JNJ) sign deals with U.S. government for coronavirus vaccine candidate. Several drugmakers announce second-quarter results.

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Exelixis (EXEL) beats on earnings and sales in the second quarter.

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Novo Nordisk's (NVO) Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates, Sales Miss

Novo Nordisk's (NVO) earnings surpass estimates but revenues miss the same in the second quarter of 2020.

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Moderna (MRNA) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates

Moderna (MRNA) reports narrower-than-expected second-quarter loss. Shares decline presumably on absence of any new data on coronavirus vaccine candidate.

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Bristol-Myers (BMY) Q2 Earnings Beat, 2020 Earnings View Up

Bristol-Myers (BMY) beats on earnings and sales in the second quarter on the strength of Revlimid and Eliquis.

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Corcept (CORT) Q2 Earnings Top Estimates, Revenues Miss Mark

Corcept's (CORT) earnings trump estimates for the second quarter of 2020 while revenues fall shy of the same.

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Epizyme's (EPZM) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Miss Estimates

Epizyme (EPZM) reports a wider-than-expected loss and misses sales estimates in the second quarter of 2020.

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Investors should consider adding a few large-cap names that are prepared to grow for years to come. These three stocks also pay dividends and provide exposure to three very different and vital industries...

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Growth investing has taken the lead over value and is likely to stay given a slew of reasons.

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Will Eliquis, Revlimid Drive Bristol-Myers (BMY) Q2 Earnings?

Investors will focus on regular top and bottom-line numbers along with key pipeline updates when Bristol-Myers (BMY) reports second-quarter 2020 results.

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Company News for Aug 3, 2020

Companies In The News Are: MRK, CVX, NOK, CHD.

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Is a Beat in the Cards for Bristol-Myers' (BMY) Q2 Earnings?

Investors will focus on regular top and bottom-line numbers along with key pipeline updates when Bristol-Myers (BMY) reports second-quarter 2020 results.

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

Merck (MRK) increases earnings and sales guidance for the year, which pushes shares up in pre-market trading.

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Seattle Genetics (SGEN) Q2 Earnings Beat, Adcetris Aids Sales

Seattle Genetics (SGEN) reports a narrower-than-expected loss and beats sales estimates in the second quarter of 2020.

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More Earnings, Data Following Big Tech Q2 Blowout: XOM, MRK, CAT & More

Markets finish out a busy week in the heart of Q2 earnings season with plenty of other leaders across a spectrum of industries, plus a few new economic reports.

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Earnings & Economic Data Deluge

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Merck (MRK) Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates

Merck (MRK) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 20.18% and -0.42%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2020. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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AstraZeneca (AZN) Q2 Earnings & Sales Beat, Increase Y/Y

AstraZeneca (AZN) comes up with better-than expected Q2 results. It maintains its financial outlook for the year. Stock up.

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How Much Will Coronavirus Hurt Merck's (MRK) Q2 Earnings? (Revised)

Investor focus is likely to be on the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on Merck's(MRK) performance when it reports second-quarter earnings.

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Pfizer (PFE) Q2 Earnings Top, Sales Hurt by Coronavirus, View Up

Pfizer (PFE) beats estimates for earnings while missing the same for sales. It slightly raises its financial outlook for the year.