Merck Company Stock Today
| MRK Stock | USD 100.06 1.13 1.12% |
Performance0 of 100
| Odds Of DistressLess than 9
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Merck is selling for 100.06 as of the 17th of December 2024. This is a 1.12 percent decrease since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's last reported lowest price was 99.36. Merck has less than a 9 % chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years, but has generated negative returns over the last 90 days. Note, on December 9, 2024, Representative Jared Moskowitz of US Congress acquired under $15k worth of Merck Company's common stock.
Business Domain Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences | IPO Date 13th of January 1978 | Category Healthcare | Classification Health Care |
Merck Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. Merck Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey. Merck operates under Drug ManufacturersGeneral classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. The company has 2.53 B outstanding shares of which 32.79 M shares are now shorted by investors with about 2.7 days to cover. More on Merck Company
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Follow Valuation Odds of Bankruptcy
Fiscal Year End 6th of February 2025
Merck Stock Highlights
ESG Sustainability
Environmental | Governance | Social |
| Chairman | Kenneth Frazier |
| Thematic Ideas | (View all Themes) |
| Old Names | [Merck & Company Inc, Marka S.A., Merck & Company Inc, Merck & Company Inc] |
| Business Concentration | Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences, Health Care, Dow Jones Industrial, DAX Index, NYSE Composite, ARCA Institutional, SP 500 Index, SP 100 Index, SP 100, Dow Jones Composite, NYSE 100 Index, ARCA Pharmaceutical, BETTERINVESTING 100 INDEX, DAX Price, BTRINVSTNG 100 INDEX, HDAX Performance, HDAX Price, Compulsion, Robots And Drones, Giant Impact, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Drug Manufacturers—General, Healthcare (View all Sectors) |
| Excise Tax Activities | Animal TestingCatholic |
| Average Analyst Recommendation | |
Merck Company (MRK) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in 126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ, United States, 07065 and employs 70,000 people. Merck is listed under Pharmaceuticals category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Mega-Cap' category with a total capitalization of 253.12 B. Merck Company runs under Pharmaceuticals sector within Health Care industry. The entity has 2.53 B outstanding shares of which 32.79 M shares are now shorted by investors with about 2.7 days to cover.
Merck Company has about 12.69 B in cash with 13.01 B of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 4.44.
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Ownership AllocationMerck Company maintains a total of 2.53 Billion outstanding shares. The majority of Merck outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. These third-party entities are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to shop for positions in Merck Company to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional holders are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Merck Company. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Merck as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Please note that on December 9, 2024, Representative Jared Moskowitz of US Congress acquired under $15k worth of Merck Company's common stock.
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Merck Stock Institutional Holders
| Instituion | Recorded On | Shares | |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2024-09-30 | 23.6 M | |
| T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. | 2024-09-30 | 22.5 M | |
| Deutsche Bank Ag | 2024-09-30 | 19.6 M | |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 2024-09-30 | 18.8 M | |
| Bank Of New York Mellon Corp | 2024-09-30 | 18.7 M | |
| Ubs Asset Mgmt Americas Inc | 2024-09-30 | 17.8 M | |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 2024-09-30 | 17.2 M | |
| Royal Bank Of Canada | 2024-09-30 | 16.6 M | |
| Amundi | 2024-09-30 | 16.1 M | |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2024-09-30 | 249.8 M | |
| Blackrock Inc | 2024-06-30 | 207.3 M |
Merck Company Risk Profiles
Investors will always prefer to have the highest possible return on investment while minimizing volatility. Merck market risk premium is the additional return an investor will receive from holding Merck long position in a well-diversified portfolio.
| Risk Adjusted Performance | (0.11) | |||
| Jensen Alpha | (0.22) | |||
| Total Risk Alpha | (0.33) | |||
| Treynor Ratio | (0.95) |
Merck Stock Against Markets
Merck Corporate Directors
| Thomas Glocer | Lead Independent Director | Profile | |
| Christine Seidman | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Kathy Warden | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Paul Rothman | Independent Director | Profile |
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Is Pharmaceuticals space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Merck. If investors know Merck will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Merck listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.33) | Dividend Share 3.04 | Earnings Share 4.78 | Revenue Per Share 24.931 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.044 |
The market value of Merck Company is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Merck that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Merck's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Merck's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Merck's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Merck's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Merck's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Merck is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Merck's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.