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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$130.81
-0.1%
$127.12
$99.14
$133.10
$331.32B0.398.04 million shs2.18 million shs
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
$133.92
+0.9%
$109.51
$62.55
$142.79
$51.32B1.574.05 million shs1.45 million shs
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Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
-0.65%+0.51%+4.66%+2.43%+14.06%
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
+2.80%+8.14%+27.84%+50.14%+5.66%

MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
4.6186 of 5 stars
2.35.03.34.12.61.71.3
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
3.4523 of 5 stars
2.11.00.04.63.13.30.6

Analyst Ratings

CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
2.58
Moderate Buy$131.330.40% Upside
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
2.24
Hold$126.46-5.57% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest MRNA and MRK Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/14/2024
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
Evercore ISI
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Initiated CoverageIn-Line$120.00
5/13/2024
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
Evercore ISI
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UpgradeHold
5/7/2024
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
UBS Group
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$143.00 ➝ $151.00
5/3/2024
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
Canaccord Genuity Group
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Boost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$91.00 ➝ $106.00
5/3/2024
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
Royal Bank of Canada
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$125.00 ➝ $135.00
5/3/2024
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
Oppenheimer
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$142.00 ➝ $163.00
5/2/2024
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MRNA
Moderna
Needham & Company LLC
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Reiterated RatingHold
4/26/2024
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
Truist Financial
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$142.00 ➝ $143.00
4/18/2024
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
Cantor Fitzgerald
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Reiterated RatingOverweight ➝ Overweight$135.00
4/11/2024
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
Needham & Company LLC
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Reiterated RatingHold
4/9/2024
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
Jefferies Financial Group
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy$125.00
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Sales & Book Value

CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$60.12B5.51$3.02 per share43.30$15.96 per share8.20
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
$6.85B7.49N/AN/A$33.44 per share4.00

Profitability & Earnings

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.
$365M$0.90145.3413.191.693.76%14.05%5.24%8/6/2024 (Estimated)
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
-$4.71B-$15.67N/AN/AN/A-115.82%-20.10%-15.00%8/1/2024 (Estimated)

Latest MRNA and MRK Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/2/2024Q1 2024
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
-$3.59-$3.07+$0.52-$3.07$93.26 million$167.00 million    
4/25/2024Q1 2024
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$1.94$2.07+$0.13$2.27$15.21 billion$15.78 billion    
2/22/2024Q4 2023
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
-$0.78$0.55+$1.33$0.55$2.53 billion$2.80 billion    

Dividends

CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$3.082.35%+6.08%342.22%13 Years
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Debt

CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
0.77
1.25
0.99
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
0.04
4.03
3.91

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
76.07%
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
75.33%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
0.09%
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
15.70%

Miscellaneous

CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
72,0002.53 billion2.53 billionOptionable
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
5,600383.24 million323.07 millionOptionable

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Company Descriptions

Merck & Co., Inc. logo

Merck & Co., Inc.

NYSE:MRK
Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, and diabetes under the Keytruda, Bridion, Adempas, Lagevrio, Belsomra, Simponi, and Januvia brands, as well as vaccine products consisting of preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines under the Gardasil/Gardasil 9, ProQuad, M-M-R II, Varivax, RotaTeq, Live Oral, Vaxneuvance, Pneumovax 23, and Vaqta names. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. The company serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, and government agencies; managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions; and physicians, wholesalers, government entities, veterinarians, distributors, animal producers, farmers, and pet owners. It has development and commercialization agreement for three of Daiichi Sankyo's deruxtecan ADC candidates, which include patritumab deruxtecan, ifinatamab deruxtecan, and raludotatug deruxtecan for the treatment of multiple solid tumors both as monotherapy and/or in combination with other treatments; and AstraZeneca PLC to co-development and co-commercialize AstraZeneca's Lynparza products for multiple cancer types, and Koselugo for multiple indications. The company also has a collaboration agreement with Eisai Co., Ltd., Bayer AG, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, as well Moderna, Inc. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.
Moderna logo

Moderna

NASDAQ:MRNA
Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company, discovers, develops, and commercializes messenger RNA therapeutics and vaccines for the treatment of infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, autoimmune, and cardiovascular diseases in the United States, Europe, and internationally. Its respiratory vaccines include COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus, spikevax, and hMPV/PIV3 vaccines; latent vaccines comprise cytomegalovirus, epstein-barr virus, herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus, and human immunodeficiency virus vaccines; public health vaccines consists of Zika, Nipah, Mpox vaccines; and infectious diseases vaccines, such as lyme and norovirus vaccines. The company also offers systemic secreted and cell surface therapeutics; cancer vaccines, such as personalized cancer, KRAS, and checkpoint vaccines; intratumoral immuno-oncology products; rare disease intracellular therapeutics; and inhaled pulmonary therapeutics. It has strategic alliances and collaborations with AstraZeneca; Merck & Co., Inc; Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated; Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited; Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.; Metagenomi, Inc.; Carisma Therapeutics, Inc.; CytomX Therapeutics; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority; Institute for Life Changing Medicines; and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The company was formerly known as Moderna Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Moderna, Inc. in August 2018. Moderna, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.