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Merck & Company Inc

Ticker: MRK ISIN: US58933Y1055
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Stock Large-cap Dividend payer Trading above 200-day average Near 52-week high
Market cap
$368.94B
P/E
118.68
Forward P/E
55.56
Profit margin
4.77%
Revenue growth QoQ
5.10%
Div. yield
2.17%
Beta
0.21
$149.88 1.07%
Price as of 2026-10-21 · NYSE

Performance by timeframe

Rolling returns
1 Month -0.68%
6 Months +32.48%
1 Year +76.10%
5 Years +16.43% p.a.+113.87%
10 Years +13.38% p.a.+250.88%
Since inception +7.51% p.a.+509.56%
Calendar year returns
YTD +45.33%
2025 +9.79%
2024 -6.26%
2023 +1.01%
2022 +49.42%
2021 +1.75%

Key stats

Market cap
368.94B
P/E
118.68
Dividend yield
2.17%
Beta
0.21
52-week range
75.81 - 156.92
50-day MA
130.79
200-day MA
116.64
Section 1

Business overview

Company profile data from fundamentals.

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 Bravecto One-Month, Bravecto Injectable/Quantum, Bravecto TriUNO, Bravecto Plus, Sentinel Spectrum, Sentinel Flavor Tabs, Numelvi, Optimmune, Nobivac NXT, GilvetMab, Otomax, Mometamax, Mometamax Ultra, Posatex, Caninsulin/Vetsulin, Panacur, Safeguard, Regumate, Prestige, Scalibor/Exspot, Sure Petcare, and Home Again brands. It has development and commercialization agreement for three of Daiichi Sankyo's deruxtecan ADC candidates; AstraZeneca PLC to co-development and co-commercialize AstraZeneca's Lynparza products for multiple cancer types; licensed to develop, manufacture and commercialize LM-299, a novel investigational PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody from LaNova; and collaboration agreement with Eisai Co., Ltd., Bayer AG, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, as well Moderna, Inc. Merck & Co., Inc. has strategic collaboration with Infinimmune, Inc. to discover and develop antibodies against multiple therapeutic targets. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.

Sector Healthcare
Industry Drug Manufacturers - General
Country United States
Exchange NYSE
Section 2

Financial quality

Profitability and balance-sheet quality indicators from reported fundamentals.

Profitability

ROE 6.96%
ROA 11.87%
Profit margin 4.77%
Operating margin -0.24%
PEG ratio 10.50
Revenue/share TTM 26.85
Revenue TTM 66.57B
EBITDA 28.87B
Gross profit TTM 50.53B
Beta 0.21

Valuation

Trailing P/E 118.68
Forward P/E 55.56
P/B 9.01
P/S 5.54
EV/EBITDA 29.47
EV/Revenue 6.38

ESG Scores

Total ESG 28.4
Environment 3.1
Social 15.6
Governance 12.7
Section 3

Earnings

Earnings metrics from company highlights and earnings datasets.

EPS estimate (current year) 2.75
Quarterly earnings growth -19.30%
Revenue TTM 66.57B
Reported quarters 124
Section 4

Dividends & corporate actions

Dividend and split fields from fundamentals.

Dividend yield 2.17%
Forward annual div. yield 3.85%
Dividend per share 3.3200
Payout ratio 42.41%
Ex-dividend date 2025-09-15
Next dividend date 2026-10-07
Split factor 1048:1000
Last split date 2021-06-03
Section 5

Ownership / analyst view

Institutional ownership and analyst estimate fields when available.

Analyst

Analyst target price $101.79
Analyst rating 4.0385

Ownership & short interest

Shares outstanding 2.50B
Shares float 2.49B
Institutional ownership 80.43%
Insider ownership 6.70%
Short ratio 2.80
Short % of float 0.99%

Details

Instrument metadata and source update timestamps.

Symbol MRK
Name Merck & Company Inc
Asset type STOCK
Exchange NYSE
Currency USD
ISIN US58933Y1055
Country USA
Code + exchange MRK.NYSE
Last price date 2026-08-28
Fundamentals updated 2026-08-29

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