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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$82.77
+0.1%
$81.07
$73.31
$120.30
$206.59B0.3811.97 million shs10.21 million shs
Vaxcyte, Inc. stock logo
PCVX
Vaxcyte
$31.43
-0.4%
$34.12
$27.66
$121.06
$4.10B1.211.31 million shs1.35 million shs
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
$25.12
-0.2%
$24.56
$20.92
$30.43
$143.05B0.5245.97 million shs32.46 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
+0.12%+3.09%+1.51%+8.80%-27.12%
Vaxcyte, Inc. stock logo
PCVX
Vaxcyte
-0.38%+4.73%-10.91%-1.32%-59.16%
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
-0.10%+3.59%+1.99%+10.03%-12.96%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
4.9972 of 5 stars
3.25.05.04.23.11.73.8
Vaxcyte, Inc. stock logo
PCVX
Vaxcyte
2.1267 of 5 stars
3.52.00.00.02.41.70.0
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
4.9633 of 5 stars
3.23.04.24.53.21.73.1
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
2.35
Hold$107.4429.80% Upside
Vaxcyte, Inc. stock logo
PCVX
Vaxcyte
3.09
Buy$136.50334.30% Upside
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
2.39
Hold$28.1211.96% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest PCVX, PFE, and MRK Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
8/7/2025
Vaxcyte, Inc. stock logo
PCVX
Vaxcyte
Cowen
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy
8/6/2025
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
Citigroup
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$25.00 ➝ $26.00
8/6/2025
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
Morgan Stanley
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$32.00 ➝ $33.00
8/6/2025
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
Bank of America
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$27.00 ➝ $28.00
7/30/2025
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
Wells Fargo & Company
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$97.00 ➝ $90.00
7/10/2025
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$99.00 ➝ $98.00
5/29/2025
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
Berenberg Bank
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Lower Price TargetHold$28.00 ➝ $25.00
5/21/2025
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
Jefferies Financial Group
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Boost Price TargetBuy$32.00 ➝ $33.00
5/20/2025
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
Cantor Fitzgerald
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DowngradeOverweight ➝ Cautious
5/19/2025
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
HSBC
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Lower Price TargetBuy$27.00 ➝ $26.00
(Data available from 8/15/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$64.17B3.22$9.47 per share8.74$19.64 per share4.21
Vaxcyte, Inc. stock logo
PCVX
Vaxcyte
N/AN/AN/AN/A$23.66 per shareN/A
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
$63.63B2.24$4.35 per share5.77$15.66 per share1.60
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$17.12B$6.4912.758.360.8725.79%41.05%16.55%10/30/2025 (Estimated)
Vaxcyte, Inc. stock logo
PCVX
Vaxcyte
-$463.93M-$4.11N/AN/AN/AN/A-16.85%-15.92%N/A
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
$8.03B$1.8813.368.290.9016.84%21.42%9.12%N/A

Latest PCVX, PFE, and MRK Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
8/6/2025Q2 2025
Vaxcyte, Inc. stock logo
PCVX
Vaxcyte
-$1.12-$1.22-$0.10-$1.22N/AN/A
8/5/2025Q2 2025
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
$0.58$0.78+$0.20$0.51$13.43 billion$14.65 billion
7/29/2025Q2 2025
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$2.03$2.13+$0.10$1.76$15.92 billion$15.81 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$3.243.91%N/A49.92%14 Years
Vaxcyte, Inc. stock logo
PCVX
Vaxcyte
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
$1.726.85%N/A91.49%16 Years

Latest PCVX, PFE, and MRK Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
7/22/2025
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
quarterly$0.813.97%9/15/20259/15/202510/7/2025
6/25/2025
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
quarterly$0.437.08%7/25/20257/25/20259/2/2025
5/27/2025
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
quarterly$0.814.18%6/16/20256/16/20257/8/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
0.69
1.42
1.17
Vaxcyte, Inc. stock logo
PCVX
Vaxcyte
N/A
11.11
11.11
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
0.65
1.16
0.85

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
76.07%
Vaxcyte, Inc. stock logo
PCVX
Vaxcyte
96.78%
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
68.36%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
0.13%
Vaxcyte, Inc. stock logo
PCVX
Vaxcyte
3.10%
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
0.06%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
75,0002.50 billion2.49 billionOptionable
Vaxcyte, Inc. stock logo
PCVX
Vaxcyte
160129.82 million125.80 millionOptionable
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
81,0005.69 billion5.68 billionOptionable

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Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo

Merck & Co., Inc. NYSE:MRK

$82.77 +0.06 (+0.08%)
Closing price 08/14/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$83.07 +0.30 (+0.36%)
As of 08/14/2025 07:59 PM Eastern
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Merck & Co., Inc. is a health care company, which engages in the provision of health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products. It operates through the following segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, and Other. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets animal health products, such as pharmaceutical and vaccine products, for the prevention, treatment and control of disease in livestock, and companion animal species. The Other segment consists of sales for the non-reportable segments of healthcare services. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, NJ.

Vaxcyte stock logo

Vaxcyte NASDAQ:PCVX

$31.43 -0.12 (-0.38%)
Closing price 08/14/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$31.88 +0.45 (+1.42%)
As of 08/14/2025 06:16 PM Eastern
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Vaxcyte, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology vaccine company, develops novel protein vaccines to prevent or treat bacterial infectious diseases. Its lead vaccine candidate is VAX-24, a 24-valent investigational pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease. The company also develops VAX-31 to protect against emerging strains and to help address antibiotic resistance; VAX-A1, a novel conjugate vaccine candidate to prevent disease caused by Group A Streptococcus; VAX-PG, a novel protein vaccine candidate targeting keystone pathogen responsible for periodontitis; and VAX-GI to prevent Shigella, a bacterial illness. The company was formerly known as SutroVax, Inc. and changed its name to Vaxcyte, Inc. in May 2020. Vaxcyte, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in San Carlos, California.

Pfizer stock logo

Pfizer NYSE:PFE

$25.12 -0.05 (-0.18%)
Closing price 08/14/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$25.06 -0.05 (-0.22%)
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Pfizer Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells biopharmaceutical products in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company offers medicines and vaccines in various therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular metabolic, migraine, and women's health under the Eliquis, Nurtec ODT/Vydura, Zavzpret, and the Premarin family brands; infectious diseases with unmet medical needs under the Prevnar family, Abrysvo, Nimenrix, FSME/IMMUN-TicoVac, and Trumenba brands; and COVID-19 prevention and treatment, and potential future mRNA and antiviral products under the Comirnaty and Paxlovid brands. It also provides medicines and vaccines in various therapeutic areas, such as biosimilars for chronic immune and inflammatory diseases under the Xeljanz, Enbrel, Inflectra, Litfulo, Velsipity, and Cibinqo brands; amyloidosis, hemophilia, endocrine diseases, and sickle cell disease under the Vyndaqel family, Oxbryta, BeneFIX, Somavert, Ngenla, and Genotropin brands; sterile injectable and anti-infective medicines under the Sulperazon, Medrol, Zavicefta, Zithromax, and Panzyga brands; and biologics, small molecules, immunotherapies, and biosimilars under the Ibrance, Xtandi, Inlyta, Bosulif, Mektovi, Padcev, Adcetris, Talzenna, Tukysa, Elrexfio, Tivdak, Lorbrena, and Braftovi brands. In addition, the company involved in the contract manufacturing business. It serves wholesalers, retailers, hospitals, clinics, government agencies, pharmacies, individual provider offices, retail pharmacies, and integrated delivery systems. The company has collaboration agreements with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Astellas Pharma US, Inc.; Merck KGaA; and BioNTech SE. Pfizer Inc. was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, New York.