MRK · Merck & Co., Inc.

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Merck & Co Inc (MRK)

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. Pharmaceuticals
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$151.62 +1.69 (+1.13%)
At close: September 2 at 4:00:00 PM EDT
$152.43 +0.71 (+0.47%)
🌅 Pre-Market: 8:37:25 AM EDT
DAY'S RANGE $151.62
$150.10 $152.54
52-WEEK RANGE $151.62
$77.58 $156.92

What's happening

  • MRK is up 1.13% today, trading at $151.62. — Live quote
  • Volume today (362,085) is well below its 3-month average of 10,353,780. (Finnhub fundamentals)
  • Last quarter's EPS beat estimates: $-0.13 actual vs. $-0.27 estimated (+52.3%). (Finnhub earnings history)

Deterministic template sentences filled in from the same sourced figures shown elsewhere on this page -- not an AI-written summary, no live model call.

Key Statistics

Market Cap$374.12B
P/E (TTM1)103.86
EPS2 (TTM)$1.25
Div Yield2.87%
Beta30.14
Volume362,085
Open151.49
Prev Close149.93
Bid / Ask141.88 / 0.00
Next Earnings 2026-10-29

Analyst Recommendations

Strong buy 8 Buy 18 Hold 10 Sell 0 Strong sell 0

Aggregate ratings for 2026-09-01 (36 analysts polled by Finnhub) — consensus count.

Performance Overview (Trailing returns vs S&P 500 benchmark)

YTD RETURN
MRK +44.06%
vs S&P 500 +31.86%
1-YEAR RETURN
MRK +80.14%
vs S&P 500 +61.28%
6-MONTH RETURN
MRK +22.47%
3-MONTH RETURN
MRK +31.12%

Valuation Measures & Ratios

Enterprise Value4$373.34B
Forward P/E519.50
PEG Ratio64.91
Price / Sales (TTM1)4.95
Price / Book76.48
EV4 / Revenue5.68
EV4 / EBITDA24.76
Profit Margin4.77%
Operating Margin9.58%
Return on Equity (ROE8)17.93%
Return on Assets (ROA9)6.97%
Avg Volume (3M)10,353,780
Quarterly history (5 periods)
Measure Jun '26Mar '26Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25
Market cap $317.48B $294.26B $204.54B $192.55B $217.31B
P/E 68.47 26.63 11.09 10.63 11.78
Price/Sales 4.81 4.53 3.13 3.00 3.39
Price/Book 7.57 6.41 3.94 3.93 4.50
EV/Revenue 5.48 5.17 3.47 3.41 3.78
ROE 11.06% 24.09% 35.58% 36.98% 38.18%
ROA 3.57% 8.59% 14.24% 15.42% 16.03%

Trailing-twelve-month ratios computed from SEC EDGAR quarterly figures and historical daily close prices (Alpaca). Diluted shares are derived from Net income ÷ EPS (diluted) for each quarter, not separately reported. Forward P/E and PEG aren't shown here — both need historical analyst-consensus estimates, which no free source provides; see the current-period figures above instead.

Glossary — what these abbreviations mean
1. TTM
Trailing twelve months — the sum of the last four reported quarters, not a calendar year or the single latest quarter.
2. EPS
Earnings per share — net income divided by diluted shares outstanding.
3. Beta
A stock's historical volatility relative to the overall market. Above 1 means it has moved more than the market; below 1, less.
4. EV (Enterprise Value)
Market cap plus total debt minus cash — roughly what it would cost to buy the whole company, debt included.
5. Forward P/E
Price divided by analysts' estimated earnings for the next 12 months, instead of trailing actual earnings.
6. PEG Ratio
P/E divided by expected earnings growth rate. A lower number can indicate a stock is cheap relative to how fast it's expected to grow.
7. Price / Book
Share price divided by book value (assets minus liabilities) per share.
8. ROE
Return on equity — net income divided by shareholders' equity, a measure of how efficiently a company turns equity into profit.
9. ROA
Return on assets — net income divided by total assets, a measure of how efficiently a company turns assets into profit.
10. MRQ
Most recent quarter — the single latest reported period, as opposed to TTM. The Financials section's "Quarterly" view below shows MRQ-style figures.
11. YoY
Year over year — percent change versus the same period one year earlier, used for growth figures like those on Compare cards and the Screener.

Short Interest

Shares Short24,506,520
Change from Prior Settlement-13.35%
% of Float
Days to Cover (Short Ratio)2.84

Source: FINRA Rule 4560 consolidated short interest, settlement date 2026-08-14. Reported bi-monthly with a reporting lag — not real-time.

Quotes and the 1-day extended-hours chart: Yahoo Finance. Longer historical charts: Alpaca (IEX feed) — real-time but IEX-only volume (~2.5% of consolidated market volume). Fundamentals + earnings: Finnhub.

Price history

Events

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Technical signal summary

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Free IEX historical data only goes back to ~2021 — 5Y/Full show whatever's actually available, not a promise of that much history. Indicators are computed client-side from these same price bars; earnings markers ("E") come from Finnhub's free tier (~last 4 quarters + next upcoming) — older quarters aren't available. The move-highlight dots are a heuristic (|% change| vs rolling volatility) with a best-effort headline lookup, not a claim of causation.

Peer and sector context

No reviewed peer group is available for this symbol.

Balanced evidence

A deterministic summary of sourced facts—not an AI verdict.

Potential strengths

Potential concerns

Rule-based facts only; absence from either side is not evidence, and this is not a recommendation.

Financials

Income statement

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Sep '24Jun '24Mar '24
Revenue $16.61B $16.29B $17.28B $15.81B $15.53B $16.66B $16.11B $15.78B
Net income -$1.33B -$4.24B $5.79B $4.43B $5.08B $3.16B $5.46B $4.76B
EPS (diluted) $-0.54 $-1.72 $2.32 $1.76 $2.01 $1.24 $2.14 $1.87
EPS (basic) $-0.54 $-1.72 $2.32 $1.76 $2.01 $1.25 $2.15 $1.88
Net margin -$8 -$26 $33 $28 $33 $19 $34 $30

Balance sheet

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Dec '25Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Dec '24Sep '24
Total assets $129.80B $128.69B $136.87B $129.55B $117.52B $115.12B $117.11B $117.53B
Stockholders' equity $41.93B $45.88B $52.61B $51.85B $48.99B $48.34B $46.31B $44.50B
Total current assets $36.68B $35.02B $43.52B $47.56B $37.06B $35.50B $38.78B $40.36B
Total current liabilities $27.73B $26.95B $28.33B $28.63B $26.04B $25.17B $28.42B $29.59B
Cash & equivalents $6.85B $5.33B $14.56B $18.17B $8.01B $8.63B $13.24B $14.59B
Marketable securities (current) $292.0M $375.0M $0 $45.0M $615.0M $599.0M $447.0M $0

Cash flow

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Dec '25Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Dec '24Sep '24
Operating cash flow $5.37B $3.92B $2.86B $7.82B $3.29B $2.50B $3.45B $9.29B
Investing cash flow -$5.60B -$10.21B -$11.20B -$283.0M -$770.0M -$1.49B -$1.44B -$3.85B
Financing cash flow $1.76B -$2.98B $4.75B $2.64B -$3.56B -$5.75B -$3.01B -$2.42B
Free cash flow $4.48B $2.93B $1.82B $6.83B $2.53B $1.17B $2.51B $8.51B
Capital expenditures $893.0M $991.0M $1.03B $987.0M $764.0M $1.33B $937.0M $783.0M
Depreciation & amortization

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (10-Q/10-K), as originally tagged by the company. Quarterly cash flow is reconstructed by de-cumulating fiscal-year-to-date figures (how cash flow is tagged in 10-Qs); other quarterly lines are reported directly.

Institutional holders

SEC Form 13F filers holding MRK as of the latest reported quarter. 13F only covers investment managers with $100M+ in assets — this is not a complete ownership picture, and does not include insiders (see Recent SEC filings below) or non-13F-eligible holders.

Source: Business Quant SEC Form 13F · report period 2026-06-30 · 31 filers

Held by These Filers55.4%
Shares Outstanding2,470,000,000
FilerSharesValue% OutQtr ChangeFiled
BlackRock, Inc. 226,999,837 $29.17B 9.19% +0.5% 2026-08-07
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 161,323,174 $20.73B 6.53% +0.2% 2026-06-30
State Street Corp 120,413,256 $15.57B 4.88% +0.9% 2026-08-07
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 86,249,283 $11.08B 3.49% +2.3% 2026-08-14
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 67,738,969 $8.70B 2.74% +0.6% 2026-06-30
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 60,744,214 $7.79B 2.46% +2.0% 2026-08-12
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 54,365,289 $6.99B 2.20% +9.2% 2026-08-14
Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. 54,365,289 $6.99B 2.20% +0.0% 2026-08-13
Morgan Stanley 48,641,158 $6.25B 1.97% +2.1% 2026-08-11
FMR LLC 45,440,355 $5.84B 1.84% +2.1% 2026-08-13
Jpmorgan Chase & Co 43,886,420 $5.68B 1.78% -17.2% 2026-08-12
Fisher Asset Management, LLC 38,516,263 $4.95B 1.56% +45.7% 2026-08-04
NORGES BANK 36,983,784 $4.75B 1.50% +0.0% 2026-08-12
Bank Of America Corp /De/ 30,535,208 $3.92B 1.24% -0.8% 2026-08-14
Northern Trust Corp 26,275,718 $3.38B 1.06% -3.0% 2026-08-12
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 22,075,139 $2.84B 0.89% +9.6% 2026-08-14
Franklin Resources Inc 19,548,585 $2.51B 0.79% +20.2% 2026-08-04
UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 19,547,171 $2.51B 0.79% -4.3% 2026-08-13
Legal & General Group Plc 18,873,343 $2.43B 0.76% -3.4% 2026-08-14
Invesco Ltd. 18,611,171 $2.39B 0.75% -14.8% 2026-08-13
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 18,518,796 $2.4M 0.75% -19.6% 2026-08-14
Bank of New York Mellon Corp 18,340,173 $2.36B 0.74% -2.0% 2026-08-06
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 17,486,486 $2.25B 0.71% +13.1% 2026-08-11
Ameriprise Financial Inc 17,387,435 $2.24B 0.70% +6.9% 2026-08-14
Capital International Investors 15,386,689 $1.98B 0.62% +1668.1% 2026-08-07

Insider activity

Directors, officers, and 10%+ owners' reported transactions from SEC Form 4. A filing reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings · checked 25 most recent filings · covers 2026-08-05 to 2026-08-13

Recent transactions

  • Insiders have net sold 228,238 shares over the last 182 days, across 0 purchases and 17 sales.
  • Most recent: Guindo Chirfi (EVP, Access, Policy & Comms) — Open market sale of 10,000 shares on 2026-08-13.

Deterministic template sentences filled in from the SEC Form 4 figures in the tables below -- not an AI-written summary, no live model call.

Insider purchases & sales, last 6 months

Purchases (open market)0 sh(0 txns)
Sales (open market)228,238 sh(17 txns)
Net Shares-228,238

Counts only open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) — grants, option exercises, tax withholding, and gifts are excluded since they aren't a market buy/sell decision.

Insider roster

NameTitleMost Recent TransactionDateShares
Guindo ChirfiEVP, Access, Policy & CommsOpen market sale2026-08-1310,000
Zachary JenniferEVP, General CounselOption exercise2026-08-1241,494
DeLuca Richard R.EVP&Pres, Merck Animal HeallthOpen market sale2026-08-1211,099
Maraldo David R.EVP & Pres. MMDOption exercise2026-08-056,311
Williams David MichaelEVP,Chief Info&Digital OfficerOption exercise2026-08-054,600

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPrice
2026-08-13Guindo ChirfiEVP, Access, Policy & CommsOpen market sale 10,000$135.00
2026-08-12Zachary JenniferEVP, General CounselOption exercise 41,494$117.89
2026-08-12Zachary JenniferEVP, General CounselOption exercise 13,433$84.71
2026-08-12Zachary JenniferEVP, General CounselOpen market sale 80,315$133.46
2026-08-12DeLuca Richard R.EVP&Pres, Merck Animal HeallthOpen market sale 11,099$131.61
2026-08-12DeLuca Richard R.EVP&Pres, Merck Animal HeallthOpen market sale 600$132.04
2026-08-11DeLuca Richard R.EVP&Pres, Merck Animal HeallthOpen market sale 7,410$131.33
2026-08-11DeLuca Richard R.EVP&Pres, Merck Animal HeallthOpen market sale 5,427$132.35
2026-08-10DeLuca Richard R.EVP&Pres, Merck Animal HeallthOpen market sale 20,784$130.43
2026-08-06DeLuca Richard R.EVP&Pres, Merck Animal HeallthOpen market sale 805$131.02
2026-08-06DeLuca Richard R.EVP&Pres, Merck Animal HeallthOpen market sale 4,945$130.23
2026-08-06DeLuca Richard R.EVP&Pres, Merck Animal HeallthOpen market sale 300$131.02
2026-08-06Guindo ChirfiEVP, Access, Policy & CommsOpen market sale 15,000$131.00
2026-08-05Maraldo David R.EVP & Pres. MMDOption exercise 6,311$73.73
2026-08-05Maraldo David R.EVP & Pres. MMDOpen market sale 6,311$128.72
2026-08-05Maraldo David R.EVP & Pres. MMDOption exercise 9,709$87.10
2026-08-05Maraldo David R.EVP & Pres. MMDOpen market sale 9,709$128.72
2026-08-05Maraldo David R.EVP & Pres. MMDOption exercise 2,686$84.71
2026-08-05Maraldo David R.EVP & Pres. MMDOpen market sale 2,686$128.72
2026-08-05Williams David MichaelEVP,Chief Info&Digital OfficerOption exercise 4,600$77.62
2026-08-05Williams David MichaelEVP,Chief Info&Digital OfficerOpen market sale 4,600$128.77
2026-08-05Williams David MichaelEVP,Chief Info&Digital OfficerOption exercise 13,542$75.36
2026-08-05Williams David MichaelEVP,Chief Info&Digital OfficerOpen market sale 13,542$128.77
2026-08-05Williams David MichaelEVP,Chief Info&Digital OfficerOption exercise 34,705$73.73
2026-08-05Williams David MichaelEVP,Chief Info&Digital OfficerOpen market sale 34,705$128.77

Recent SEC filings

Official company reports and insider transaction filings. Form 4 reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.

Source: SEC EDGAR submissions · updated 2026-09-03 08:29 UTC

FiledFormReport periodOfficial filing
2026-08-1342026-08-13 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-1342026-08-12 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-1242026-08-10 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-1042026-08-06 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-0742026-08-05 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-0742026-08-05 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-0742026-08-06 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-0710-Q2026-06-30 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-048-K2026-08-04 View on SEC.gov →
2026-07-0142026-06-30 View on SEC.gov →
2026-07-0142026-06-30 View on SEC.gov →
2026-07-0142026-06-30 View on SEC.gov →

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