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MRK · NYQ

Merck & Company, Inc.

142.79USD+0.60%
Today's range141.52 – 144.15
52-week range82.01 – 156.92

Key numbers

Market value
$351.20B

What the whole company is worth on the stock market.

P/E ratio
113.3

Price ÷ last year's profit per share. Higher means investors pay more for each $1 of profit.

Forward P/E
15.1

The same ratio using next year's expected profit.

Beta
0.2220

How much the stock swings compared with the market: 1 moves like the market, 1.5 moves 50% more.

Dividend yield
2.38%

Yearly dividend as a share of the price.

What analysts say

27 analysts

Strong buy: 5Buy: 14Hold: 8Sell: 0Strong sell: 0
Average price target156.28 +9.45% vs today's price

Recent analyst actions

2026-10-07 · Morgan StanleyOverweight
2026-10-05 · JP MorganOverweight
2026-09-29 · ScotiabankSector Outperform
2026-09-10 · HSBCBuy
2026-09-09 · Leerink PartnersOutperform
2026-09-08 · GuggenheimBuy

Financial health

Piotroski F-Score
4/9

Nine checks of profitability, debt and efficiency. 7–9 strong, 4–6 average, 0–3 weak.

Profitability and debt

Revenue, last 12 months$66.57B
Revenue growth+5.1%
Gross margin75.9%
Operating margin-0.2%
Net margin4.8%
Return on equity7.0%
Free cash flow$15.17B
Debt to equity128%
Current ratio1.32

Short-term assets ÷ short-term debts. Below 1 means more due within a year than on hand.

Fair value (DCF model)

A discounted-cash-flow model: what future cash flows are worth today. It is a model, not a promise.

Pessimistic
59.29
Base case
63.95
Optimistic
71.75
Margin of safety
-55.2%

Compared with similar companies

The company next to its sector peers.

CompanyPriceP/EP/BMarket value
LLYEli Lilly and Company1,188.7241.538.3$1.11T
JNJJohnson & Johnson258.4529.86.1$626.26B
ABBVAbbVie Inc.271.3674.794.4$471.27B
MRKMerck & Company, Inc.142.79110.75.0$351.20B
UNHUnitedHealth Group Incorporated375.9824.13.2$340.11B
TMOThermo Fisher Scientific Inc662.0635.44.1$246.83B
AMGNAmgen Inc.413.0825.320.4$221.52B
ABTAbbott Laboratories98.7331.44.2$170.08B
PFEPfizer, Inc.28.0036.91.6$159.68B
BMYBristol-Myers Squibb Company59.7013.25.9$122.45B
Sector average42.318.3

About the company

SectorHealthcare
IndustryDrug Manufacturers - General
Employees73,000
CountryUnited States

Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It offers human health pharmaceutical for various areas under the Keytruda, Keytruda Qlex, Welireg, Gardasil, ProQuad, M-M-R II, Varivax, Vaxneuvance, Capvaxive, RotaTeq, Pneumovax 23, Bridion, Prevymis, Dificid, Zerbaxa, Winrevair, Adempas/ Verquvo, Ohtuvayre, Lagevrio, Isentress/Isentress HD, Delstrigo, Pifeltro, Belsomra, Januvia, and Janumet brands. The company also provides veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services, such as livestock products under the Nuflor, Bovilis/Vista, Bovilis Cryptium, Banamine, Estrumate, Matrix, Resflor, Zuprevo, Revalor, Safe-Guard, M+Pac, Porcilis, Circumvent, Nobilis/Innovax, Paracox and Coccivac, Exzolt, Slice, Imvixa, Clynav, Aquavac/Norvax, Aquaflor, Flexolt brands; Allflex Livestock Intelligence solutions; and companion animal products under the Brav…

Data: Elcaro Core (Yahoo Finance, Binance, Treasury) · Information, not investment advice.