Overview
MRK market data
Price History
MRK price chart
Valuation & Profitability
- P/E (TTM)
- 103.86 Trailing twelve-month price-to-earnings ratio. Higher means the market is pricing in more growth. Negative or missing when earnings are negative.
- Forward P/E
- — P/E based on consensus forward EPS estimates. Lower versus trailing implies expected earnings growth.
- EPS (TTM)
- $7.28 Diluted earnings per share over the trailing twelve months.
- Beta
- 0.21 Volatility relative to the index. 1.00 equals market, above 1 amplifies the broad-market move, below 1 dampens it.
- Dividend Yield
- 2.5% Annual dividend per share divided by current price. Zero or blank when the company does not pay a dividend.
- Profit Margin
- 4.8% Net income divided by revenue. Comparable within a sector, less so across sectors.
- 52w range
- $77.58 – $135.68 Lowest and highest closing prices over the past 52 weeks.
- Analyst Target
- — Mean of sell-side analyst 12-month price targets. Use as a sentiment gauge; targets are biased upward in aggregate.
Display-only. Refreshed once per symbol per 24 hours · market cap $329.6B · P/B 4.97 · P/S 4.95.
Company News
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Daiwa Capital Upgrades Merck & Co to Outperform, Raises Price Target to $143Benzinga · Aug 12, 2026, 3:48 PM
Argus Research Maintains Buy on Merck & Co, Raises Price Target to $145Benzinga · Aug 11, 2026, 1:04 PM
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