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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$81.75 +3.3%	$79.09	$73.31 ▼ $129.93	$198.77B	0.39	13.20 million shs	21.80 million shs
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	$69.85 +1.2%	$69.32	$57.00 ▼ $143.69	$308.17B	0.64	7.25 million shs	6.84 million shs
PFE Pfizer	$25.03 +3.3%	$23.51	$20.92 ▼ $31.54	$137.81B	0.58	41.52 million shs	59.11 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	+0.33%	-1.20%	+3.03%	-9.06%	-36.03%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	+0.82%	-1.07%	-3.28%	+1.56%	-51.62%
PFE Pfizer	+0.31%	+0.96%	+3.45%	-1.04%	-13.26%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	4.9963 of 5 stars	3.2	3.0	5.0	3.9	3.0	2.5	3.8
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	4.6659 of 5 stars	4.1	5.0	2.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	3.1
PFE Pfizer	4.879 of 5 stars	2.3	3.0	4.2	4.3	2.8	1.7	3.1

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	2.43	Hold	$109.19	33.56% Upside
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	2.27	Hold	$112.00	60.34% Upside
PFE Pfizer	2.53	Moderate Buy	$29.17	16.53% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NVO, PFE, and MRK Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
5/20/2025	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Cautious
5/14/2025	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Neutral	$115.00 ➝ $84.00
4/30/2025	PFE Pfizer	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$24.00 ➝ $25.00
4/28/2025	NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	Hsbc Global Res Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
4/25/2025	NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	Dbs Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Sell
4/22/2025	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$85.00
4/22/2025	PFE Pfizer	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$24.00
4/17/2025	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$115.00 ➝ $115.00
4/17/2025	NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
4/17/2025	NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$105.00 ➝ $64.00
4/15/2025	NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	BNP Paribas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Strong-Buy ➝ Underperform

(Data available from 7/1/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$64.17B	3.20	$9.78 per share	8.36	$18.33 per share	4.46
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	$42.12B	7.40	$3.95 per share	17.69	$4.66 per share	14.99
PFE Pfizer	$63.63B	2.24	$4.51 per share	5.55	$15.62 per share	1.60

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$17.12B	$6.87	11.90	8.26	0.82	27.27%	43.23%	17.11%	7/29/2025 (Estimated)
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	$14.64B	$3.38	20.67	14.99	1.23	34.52%	80.94%	24.23%	8/6/2025 (Estimated)
PFE Pfizer	$8.03B	$1.38	18.14	8.26	0.88	12.62%	20.33%	8.53%	8/5/2025 (Estimated)

Latest NVO, PFE, and MRK Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/29/2025	Q2 2025	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$2.03	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.92 billion	N/A
5/7/2025	Q1 2025	NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	$0.92	$0.92	N/A	$0.92	N/A	$11.87 billion
4/29/2025	Q1 2025	PFE Pfizer	$0.67	$0.92	+$0.25	$0.52	$14.43 billion	$13.72 billion
4/24/2025	Q1 2025	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$2.16	$2.22	+$0.06	$2.01	$15.59 billion	$15.53 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$3.24	3.96%	N/A	47.16%	14 Years
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	$1.64	2.35%	N/A	48.52%	N/A
PFE Pfizer	$1.72	6.87%	N/A	124.64%	16 Years

Latest NVO, PFE, and MRK Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
6/25/2025	PFE Pfizer	quarterly	$0.43	7.08%	7/25/2025	7/25/2025	9/2/2025
5/27/2025	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	quarterly	$0.81	4.18%	6/16/2025	6/16/2025	7/8/2025
4/23/2025	PFE Pfizer	quarterly	$0.43	7.69%	5/9/2025	5/9/2025	6/13/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	0.69	1.41	1.16
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	0.70	0.74	0.56
PFE Pfizer	0.64	1.26	0.96

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	76.07%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	11.54%
PFE Pfizer	68.36%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	0.09%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	0.07%
PFE Pfizer	0.06%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	75,000	2.51 billion	2.51 billion	Optionable
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S	77,349	4.47 billion	4.46 billion	Optionable
PFE Pfizer	81,000	5.69 billion	5.68 billion	Optionable

NVO, PFE, and MRK Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Pfizer scientist subpoenaed over claims COVID vax testing was ‘deliberately’ slowed before 2020 election

July 1 at 4:52 PM | msn.com

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) Trading 3.3% Higher - What's Next?

July 1 at 3:40 PM | marketbeat.com

Pfizer ends phase 2 trial for lymphoma drug from Trillium acquisition

July 1 at 3:16 PM | seekingalpha.com

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July 1 at 11:06 AM | globenewswire.com

Pfizer's Strong Late-Stage Pipeline Can Drive Long-Term Growth

July 1 at 10:36 AM | zacks.com

Here is What to Know Beyond Why Pfizer Inc. (PFE) is a Trending Stock

July 1 at 10:01 AM | zacks.com

Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd Has $19.82 Million Holdings in Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)

July 1 at 8:38 AM | marketbeat.com

BLB&B Advisors LLC Sells 25,375 Shares of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)

July 1 at 8:09 AM | marketbeat.com

Alta Advisers Ltd Buys 13,100 Shares of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)

July 1 at 7:05 AM | marketbeat.com

Hixon Zuercher LLC Acquires 14,753 Shares of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)

July 1 at 6:47 AM | marketbeat.com

326,865 Shares in Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) Purchased by CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp

July 1 at 6:30 AM | marketbeat.com

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) Expands Collaboration With XtalPi To Enhance Drug Discovery Platform

July 1 at 4:42 AM | finance.yahoo.com

US House committee subpoenas former Pfizer executive over alleged COVID vaccine delay

June 30 at 4:52 PM | investing.com

House committee subpoenas Pfizer executive in probe of alleged COVID vaccine delay, CNN reports

June 30 at 4:01 PM | reuters.com

Pfizer’s Promising Phase 3 Study on Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Potential Game Changer

June 30 at 12:15 PM | tipranks.com

Pfizer’s Sayana Press Study: Optimizing Drug Delivery for Better Outcomes

June 30 at 12:15 PM | tipranks.com

Essex LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)

June 30 at 9:04 AM | marketbeat.com

First Fiduciary Investment Counsel Inc. Buys 40,783 Shares of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)

June 30 at 8:40 AM | marketbeat.com

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) Shares Acquired by Argent Advisors Inc.

June 30 at 7:58 AM | marketbeat.com

New York State Teachers Retirement System Sells 142,670 Shares of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)

June 30 at 6:41 AM | marketbeat.com

Amalgamated Bank Purchases 16,085 Shares of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)

June 30 at 6:22 AM | marketbeat.com

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NVO, PFE, and MRK Company Descriptions

Merck & Co., Inc. NYSE:MRK

$81.75 +2.59 (+3.27%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$82.02 +0.27 (+0.33%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

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.

Novo Nordisk A/S NYSE:NVO

$69.85 +0.83 (+1.20%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$69.86 +0.02 (+0.02%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

Novo Nordisk A/S, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, manufacture, and distribution of pharmaceutical products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North America, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Diabetes and Obesity Care, and Rare Disease. The Diabetes and Obesity care segment provides products for diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular, and other emerging therapy areas. The Rare Disease segment offers products in the areas of rare blood disorders, rare endocrine disorders, and hormone replacement therapy. The company also provides insulin pens, growth hormone pens, and injection needles. In addition, it offers smart solutions for diabetes treatment, such as smart insulin pens and Dose Check, an insulin dose guidance application. The company has a collaboration agreement with Aspen Pharmaceuticals to produce insulin products; and with Korro Bio, Inc. for the discovery and development of new genetic medicines to treat cardiometabolic diseases. Novo Nordisk A/S was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Bagsvaerd, Denmark.

Pfizer NYSE:PFE

$25.03 +0.79 (+3.26%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$25.07 +0.04 (+0.18%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

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.

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