MRKCL - Merck & Co., Inc. (SNSE) - Share Price and News

Merck & Co., Inc.
CL ˙ SNSE ˙ US58933Y1055
Overview
Merck & Co., Inc., based in the United States, is a prominent global healthcare company that primarily operates in the pharmaceutical industry. The company is dedicated to the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of a wide range of innovative health solutions. Its portfolio includes prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health products. Merck & Co., Inc. is engaged in key projects that focus on oncology, infectious diseases, and vaccines, reflecting its commitment to addressing some of the most urgent medical challenges. Through its research and development efforts, Merck aims to sustain its leadership in these areas, ensuring continuous improvement in healthcare outcomes globally.
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Basic Stats

The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Merck & Co., Inc. from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.

For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.

Market Cap
EV
Shares Out. 2,513.00 MM
Earnings Date
EPS (TTM) 6.53
Dividend Yield
Ex-Dividend Date 2025-09-15
Borrow Rate
Short Shares Avail.
Short Interest
Short Float
Days to Cover
Risk Free Rate 4.17 %
Price Change (1 yr)
Volatility (1 yr)
Beta
Sharpe Ratio (1 yr)
Sortino Ratio (1 yr)
PE Ratio
Price/Book
Price/TBV
Book/Market
EBIT/EV
EBIT(3yr avg)/EV
ROA 0.15
ROE 0.41
ROIC 0.20
CROIC -0.04
OCROIC 0.22
Implied Volatility
Put/Call OI Ratio
Growth 61.55 /100
Profitability 67.72 /100
Quality Score 77.45 /100
Value Score
Momentum Score
Stability (Low Vol) Score
Analyst Sentiment
Fund Sentiment 18.30 /100
Insider Sentiment
Officer Sentiment
Dividend Score
QVM Score
Piotroski F-SCORE 7.00 /9
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target

The average one-year price target for Merck & Co., Inc. is CLP105,910.28. The forecasts range from a low of CLP84,659.60 to a high of CLP144,379.99. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.

Update Frequency: Monthly

Record Date Projection Date High Low Median Average
2025-04-23 2026-04-23 144,379.99 84,659.60 103,956.70 105,910.28
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades

This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Merck & Co., Inc.. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.

The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
  • Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
  • Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
  • Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.

When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.

The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.

Date Analyst Prior Latest
Recommendation
Action
2024-07-11 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-06-20 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-06-18 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-06-04 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-04-26 Truist Securities Buy Buy Maintains
2024-04-18 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-04-08 Berenberg Buy Buy Maintains
2024-04-05 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-04-01 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-03-28 Truist Securities Buy Buy Reiterate
2024-03-27 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-03-27 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-03-11 Societe Generale Hold Sell Downgrade
2024-03-11 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-02-29 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-02-14 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-02-05 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-02-02 UBS Buy Buy Maintains
2024-02-02 Truist Securities Buy Buy Maintains
2024-02-02 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-02-02 Barclays Overweight Overweight Maintains
2024-01-23 Barclays Overweight Overweight Maintains
2024-01-09 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-01-04 TD Cowen Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2023-11-29 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2023-11-20 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2023-11-15 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2023-11-09 Deutsche Bank Buy Initiate
2023-10-27 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-10-27 BMO Capital Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2023-10-23 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2023-10-11 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-10-06 Truist Securities Buy Buy Reiterate
2023-10-04 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2023-10-02 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2023-09-05 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2023-08-22 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2023-08-02 Truist Securities Buy Buy Maintains
2023-08-02 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-07-20 Truist Securities Buy Buy Maintains
2023-07-14 HSBC Hold Initiate
2023-07-11 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Reiterate
2023-05-30 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2023-05-01 Atlantic Equities Overweight Maintains
2023-05-01 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2023-04-13 Citigroup Neutral Buy Upgrade
2023-04-11 Guggenheim Buy Maintains
2023-04-10 Mizuho Buy Reiterate
2023-03-17 Mizuho Buy Reiterate
2023-03-13 Wells Fargo Overweight Equal-Weight Downgrade
2023-03-10 Berenberg Buy Maintains
2023-03-07 Credit Suisse Outperform Maintains
2023-03-07 Atlantic Equities Overweight Maintains
2023-03-06 Jefferies Buy Initiate
2023-02-23 JP Morgan Overweight Maintains
2023-02-22 Wolfe Research Peer Perform Outperform Upgrade
2023-02-13 Credit Suisse Outperform Maintains
2023-02-03 Wells Fargo Overweight Maintains
2023-02-03 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-02-03 Truist Securities Buy Maintains
2023-02-03 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2023-01-23 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2023-01-04 B of A Securities Neutral Buy Upgrade
2023-01-03 Wells Fargo Overweight Maintains
2022-12-19 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Maintains
2022-11-18 Credit Suisse Outperform Initiate
2022-11-01 Guggenheim Buy Maintains
2022-10-28 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2022-10-28 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2022-10-28 Truist Securities Buy Maintains
2022-10-28 Wells Fargo Overweight Maintains
2022-10-28 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2022-10-28 Atlantic Equities Overweight Maintains
2022-10-12 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2022-10-11 Atlantic Equities Overweight Maintains
2022-10-10 Guggenheim Neutral Buy Upgrade
2022-09-30 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2022-09-14 Berenberg Hold Buy Upgrade
2022-09-12 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2022-08-25 Erste Group Hold Buy Upgrade
2022-07-29 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2022-07-29 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2022-07-29 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2022-07-18 UBS Neutral Maintains
2022-07-13 Atlantic Equities Overweight Maintains
2022-07-08 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2022-07-07 Daiwa Capital Hold Outperform Upgrade
2022-06-27 Cowen & Co. Market Perform Maintains
2022-04-29 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2022-04-29 Wells Fargo Overweight Maintains
2022-04-29 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2022-04-21 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2022-04-12 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2022-04-06 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2022-04-06 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2022-02-04 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2022-01-28 JP Morgan Overweight Maintains
2021-12-16 Daiwa Capital Neutral Initiate
2021-12-13 UBS Buy Neutral Downgrade
2021-12-09 Wells Fargo Overweight Initiate
2021-12-07 Guggenheim Buy Neutral Downgrade
2021-11-29 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2021-11-29 Citigroup Buy Neutral Downgrade
2021-11-19 BMO Capital Market Perform Initiate
2021-11-01 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2021-11-01 Argus Research Hold Buy Upgrade
2021-10-29 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2021-10-22 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2021-10-12 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2021-10-11 Berenberg Hold Maintains
2021-10-08 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2021-10-04 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2021-09-07 Morgan Stanley Overweight Equal-Weight Downgrade
2021-07-30 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2021-06-09 JP Morgan Overweight Maintains
2021-06-07 Truist Securities Buy Maintains
2021-06-03 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2021-05-20 Argus Research Buy Hold Downgrade
2021-04-30 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2020-11-10 Bernstein Outperform Reiterate
2020-10-29 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2020-10-23 Truist Securities Buy Initiate
2020-10-16 JP Morgan Overweight Maintains
2020-09-29 Berenberg Hold Initiate
2020-08-25 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2020-08-03 Goldman Sachs Neutral Buy Upgrade
2020-06-12 Wolfe Research Outperform Peer Perform Downgrade
2020-04-29 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2020-04-29 Guggenheim Buy Maintains
2020-04-29 SVB Leerink Outperform Maintains
2020-04-13 UBS Buy Maintains
2020-04-02 Morgan Stanley Overweight Maintains
2020-04-01 RBC Capital Sector Perform Maintains
2020-03-24 Argus Research Buy Maintains
2020-02-06 UBS Buy Maintains
2020-01-23 UBS Buy Maintains
2019-11-13 Morgan Stanley Overweight Maintains
2019-08-16 SVB Leerink Outperform Initiate
2019-07-03 Mizuho Buy Initiate
2019-06-21 Morgan Stanley Overweight Maintains
2019-06-14 JP Morgan Overweight Maintains
2019-05-28 Goldman Sachs Neutral Initiate
2019-05-02 UBS Buy Buy Maintains
2019-05-01 BMO Capital Market Perform Market Perform Maintains
2019-05-01 Bank of America Buy Buy Maintains
2019-02-22 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Initiate
2019-01-23 BMO Capital Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2018-11-01 Citigroup Buy Buy Maintains
2018-10-31 Citigroup Buy Buy Maintains
2018-10-29 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Buy Buy Maintains
2018-10-26 BMO Capital Outperform Outperform Maintains
2018-10-22 BMO Capital Outperform Outperform Maintains
2018-10-16 Citigroup Buy Buy Maintains
2018-10-12 Barclays Overweight Overweight Maintains
2018-10-11 Credit Suisse Outperform Outperform Maintains
2018-09-07 Barclays Overweight Overweight Maintains
2018-08-23 Morgan Stanley Overweight Overweight Maintains
2018-07-30 Bank of America Buy Buy Maintains
2018-04-26 BMO Capital Outperform Outperform Maintains
2018-04-23 Goldman Sachs Neutral Buy Upgrade
2018-04-18 Bank of America Buy Buy Maintains
2018-04-17 Bank of America Buy Buy Maintains
2018-04-17 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Overweight Upgrade
2018-04-05 Barclays Equal-Weight Overweight Upgrade
2018-02-14 BMO Capital Outperform Outperform Maintains
2018-02-14 Credit Suisse Outperform Outperform Maintains
2018-02-13 DZ Bank Hold Buy Upgrade
2018-02-07 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2018-02-06 Leerink Swann Market Perform Market Perform Maintains
2018-02-05 Credit Suisse Outperform Outperform Maintains
2018-01-16 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Hold Buy Upgrade
2017-10-31 BMO Capital Outperform Maintains
2017-10-31 Jefferies Underperform Hold Upgrade
2017-10-30 Barclays Overweight Equal-Weight Downgrade
2017-10-30 UBS Buy Maintains
2017-10-30 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Buy Hold Downgrade
2017-10-30 Leerink Swann Market Perform Maintains
2017-10-30 Morgan Stanley Overweight Equal-Weight Downgrade
2017-10-23 Leerink Swann Market Perform Maintains
2017-10-18 Citigroup Neutral Buy Upgrade
2017-10-12 BMO Capital Outperform Maintains
2017-09-08 Credit Suisse Outperform Maintains
2017-08-30 Credit Suisse Outperform Maintains
2017-07-31 UBS Buy Maintains
2017-07-17 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2017-01-12 Guggenheim Neutral Buy Upgrade
2017-01-12 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Overweight Upgrade
2016-12-19 Jefferies Hold Underperform Downgrade
2016-10-13 Bank of America Neutral Buy Upgrade
2016-09-12 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2016-09-09 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2016-08-19 UBS Buy Maintains
2016-08-08 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2016-08-08 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2016-08-07 Credit Suisse Neutral Outperform Upgrade
2016-08-05 BMO Capital Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2016-07-18 BMO Capital Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2016-07-14 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2016-06-14 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2016-05-09 Credit Suisse Neutral Maintains
2016-04-15 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2016-04-06 Societe Generale Buy Initiate
2016-03-15 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2016-01-27 Bank of America Buy Neutral Downgrade
2016-01-14 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2015-12-01 Barclays Equal-Weight Overweight Upgrade
2015-11-24 Berenberg Buy Initiate
2015-09-21 JP Morgan Overweight Maintains
2015-08-27 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2015-08-13 BMO Capital Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2015-06-17 PiperJaffray Neutral Initiate
2015-05-21 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2015-04-29 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2015-03-16 Leerink Swann Market Perform Maintains
2015-03-10 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2015-02-20 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2015-01-22 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2015-01-16 Barclays Underweight Equal-weight Upgrade
2015-01-15 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2015-01-05 Bernstein Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2014-12-04 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2014-11-18 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2014-10-13 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2014-10-02 Guggenheim Neutral Initiate
2014-09-15 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2014-08-27 Deutsche Bank Hold Initiate
2014-08-11 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2014-07-31 Credit Suisse Neutral Maintains
2014-07-28 Mainfirst Underperform Outperform Upgrade
2014-07-08 Citigroup Neutral Maintains
2014-07-07 Citigroup Neutral Maintains
2014-07-02 Barclays Equal-Weight Maintains
2014-05-08 BMO Capital Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2014-05-08 Credit Suisse Neutral Maintains
2014-05-07 Morgan Stanley Overweight Equal-Weight Downgrade
2014-05-07 JP Morgan Overweight Maintains
2014-04-30 UBS Buy Maintains
2014-04-28 Credit Suisse Outperform Maintains
2014-04-24 Bank of America Buy Maintains
2014-04-14 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2014-04-14 MKM Partners Buy Maintains
2014-02-04 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Buy Upgrade
2014-01-27 Morgan Stanley Underweight Overweight Upgrade
2013-10-14 Bernstein Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2013-10-14 Barclays Overweight Equal-weight Downgrade
2013-10-11 Jefferies Buy Hold Downgrade
2013-10-08 Credit Suisse Neutral Initiate
2013-07-18 BMO Capital Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2013-07-12 Jefferies Buy Maintains
2013-06-24 BMO Capital Outperform Maintains
2013-06-07 Jefferies Buy Maintains
2013-05-29 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Initiate
2013-05-28 Jefferies Hold Buy Upgrade
2013-04-19 BMO Capital Outperform Maintains
2013-04-10 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2013-03-04 Bank of America Neutral Buy Upgrade
2013-02-25 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2013-02-15 BMO Capital Outperform Maintains
2013-02-04 BMO Capital Outperform Maintains
2013-02-04 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2013-02-04 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Underweight Downgrade
2013-02-04 Leerink Swann Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2013-01-16 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2012-12-20 Goldman Sachs Neutral Maintains
2012-11-30 Citigroup Neutral Initiate
2012-11-20 MKM Partners Neutral Buy Upgrade
2012-11-12 BMO Capital Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2012-10-29 BMO Capital Market Perform Maintains
2012-10-15 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2012-10-12 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2012-08-24 Bank of America Buy Neutral Downgrade
2012-08-13 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2012-08-09 Credit Suisse Outperform Maintains
2012-07-30 UBS Buy Maintains
2012-07-30 BMO Capital Market Perform Maintains
2012-07-18 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2012-07-13 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2012-07-12 Citigroup Neutral Buy Upgrade
2012-07-12 Goldman Sachs Neutral Maintains
2012-07-10 Deutsche Bank Buy Maintains
2012-05-18 BMO Capital Market Perform Initiate
2025-04-17 Guggenheim Buy Buy Reiterate
2025-01-13 Leerink Partners Outperform Outperform Maintains
2025-04-22 Cantor Fitzgerald Neutral Initiate
2025-01-08 UBS Buy Buy Maintains
2025-01-08 Truist Securities Buy Hold Downgrade
2024-08-29 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-07-31 UBS Buy Buy Maintains
2024-07-31 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-07-31 B of A Securities Buy Buy Maintains
2024-07-31 Barclays Overweight Overweight Maintains
2024-11-07 Truist Securities Buy Buy Maintains
2024-10-03 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-11-01 BMO Capital Outperform Outperform Maintains
2024-11-01 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-11-01 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2025-01-28 Citigroup Buy Buy Maintains
2024-11-06 Guggenheim Buy Buy Maintains
2024-09-16 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight Reiterate
2024-10-25 Citigroup Buy Buy Maintains
2024-10-07 Barclays Overweight Overweight Maintains
2024-11-15 Wolfe Research Peer Perform Initiate
2025-02-05 BMO Capital Market Perform Market Perform Maintains
2025-02-05 B of A Securities Buy Buy Maintains
2025-02-05 Citigroup Buy Buy Maintains
2025-02-05 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-10-17 Bernstein Market Perform Initiate
2024-10-09 Truist Securities Buy Buy Maintains
2025-02-12 Guggenheim Buy Buy Maintains
2024-12-10 B of A Securities Buy Reiterate
2025-01-21 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-12-20 BMO Capital Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2025-02-18 Deutsche Bank Buy Hold Downgrade
2024-10-09 UBS Buy Buy Maintains
2025-05-14 Citigroup Buy Neutral Downgrade
2025-07-30 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2025-07-10 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
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