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Merck & Co. (MRK)

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$79.95 USD

79.95
3,603,327

-0.74 (-0.92%)

Updated Aug 11, 2025 02:10 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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Why Merck (MRK) is a Top Dividend Stock for Your Portfolio

Dividends are one of the best benefits to being a shareholder, but finding a great dividend stock is no easy task. Does Merck (MRK) have what it takes? Let's find out.

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AstraZeneca (AZN) Q1 Earnings & Sales Beat, Increase Y/Y

AstraZeneca (AZN) beats estimates for both earnings and sales. It maintains its financial outlook for the year.

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Biotech Stocks Earnings Roster for Apr 30: AMGN, GILD & More

Let us take a look at what is in store for some of the biotech stocks, which are scheduled to report on Apr 30.

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AbbVie (ABBV) to Report Q1 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

AbbVie's (ABBV) Q1 top line is likely to have been impacted by biosimilar competition for Humira in international markets. However, oncology drugs may have demonstrated strong growth.

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Merck (MRK) Surpasses Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

Merck (MRK) beats estimates for earnings as well as for sales in first-quarter 2019. The company lowers its sales and earnings guidance to include impact of COVID-19. Shares down.

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Earnings Data Deluge

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A Plethora of Q1 Earnings Results: MMM, CAT, PEP & More

A big morning for Q1 earnings reports joins a new Advance Trade in Goods report out this morning. Pre-market indexes are way in the green at this hour.

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Merck (MRK) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates

Merck (MRK) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 7.91% and 2.09%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2020. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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Big Drug Stock Q1 Earnings Due on Apr 28: MRK, PFE and NVS

Let us take a look at three big drug companies due to release their first-quarter financial results on Apr 28.

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3 Top Dividend Stocks to Maximize Your Retirement Income - April 27, 2020

The traditional approaches to retirement planning are longer covering all expenses in nest egg years. So what can retirees do? Thankfully, there are alternative investments that provide steady, higher-rate income streams to replace dwindling bond yields.

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Will Pfizer's (PFE) BioPharma Unit Q1 Earnings Increase?

In Pfizer's (PFE) Biopharma unit, oncology sales are likely to have risen in the first quarter, while in non-oncology, Xeljanz and Eliquis alliance revenues are likely to have supported the top line.

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

Merck (MRK) closed the most recent trading day at $80.88, moving +1.13% from the previous trading session.

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Merck (MRK) to Report Q1 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

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

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Immunomedics Wins Fast FDA Approval for Breast Cancer Drug

The FDA nods to Immunomedics' (IMMU) Trodelvy for treating patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, having previously received minimum two therapies. Stock rallies in pre-market trading.

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Healthcare ETFs Looks Strong Ahead of Q1 Earnings

The healthcare sector has been on a tear driven by potential vaccines and treatments for COVID-19.

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Growth in New Drugs to Give a Boost to Roche (RHHBY) Q1 Sales

Roche's (RHHBY) newer drugs are likely to have combated the biosimilar competition for legacy drugs in the first quarter.

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Incyte Gets FDA Nod for Cholangiocarcinoma Drug Pemazyre

Incyte (INCY) gets FDA approval for Pemazyre for the treatment of previously-treated, unresectable, locally-advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma.

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Regeneron's BLA for Ebola Vaccine Gets FDA's Priority Review

The FDA accepts Regeneron's (REGN) BLA for REGN-EB3 under a priority review to treat the deadly Ebola virus infection. A verdict is pending on Oct 25, 2020.

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Pharma Stock Roundup: JNJ's Q1 Earnings, Coronavirus Product Development Efforts

J&J (JNJ) announces Q1 results. Several companies offer update on their studies/plans to make coronavirus treatments or vaccines

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Merck (MRK) Stock Moves -0.93%: What You Should Know

Merck (MRK) closed the most recent trading day at $82.07, moving -0.93% from the previous trading session.

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Merck (MRK) is a Top Dividend Stock Right Now: Should You Buy?

Dividends are one of the best benefits to being a shareholder, but finding a great dividend stock is no easy task. Does Merck (MRK) have what it takes? Let's find out.

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J&J (JNJ) Beats on Q1 Earnings, Cuts View on Coronavirus Impact

J&J (JNJ) beats estimates for both earnings and sales in the first quarter of 2020. It lowers its adjusted earnings and sales outlook for 2020 for coronavirus-related uncertainty. Stock up.

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AstraZeneca's Koselugo Gets FDA Nod for Rare Genetic Disorder

The FDA approves AstraZeneca (AZN) and Merck's kinase inhibitor, Koselugo, for treating pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) having symptomatic, inoperable plexiform neurofibromas.

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Will J&J's Pharma Unit Perform Above Market to Drive Q1 Result?

J&J's (JNJ) Pharma segment is delivering an above-market performance despite currency headwinds and the impact of biosimilar and generic competition.

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Merck (MRK) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know

Merck (MRK) closed the most recent trading day at $82.46, moving +1.03% from the previous trading session.