FRA:MRK - Merck KGaA Stock Price, News, & Analysis

MERCK Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien operates in the healthcare, life science, and performance materials sectors worldwide. The company offers prescription medicines to treat infertility, growth hormone deficiencies, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular and thyroid diseases, multiple sclerosis, and colorectal cancer, as well as carcinoma of the head and neck; diagnostics and prescription drugs for allergen immunotherapy; and fertility treatments. It also provides over-the counter and food supplement products under the Neurobion, Bion3, Seven Seas, Nasivin, Femibion, Dolo-Neurobion, Vivera/Floratil, Sangobion, Vigantoletten, Apaisyl, and Kytta brands. In addition, the company offers life science products and services for use in the discovery, development, and manufacture of biotechnological drugs, as well as in laboratories; and specialty chemicals and functional materials for use in consumer electronics, lighting, coatings, printing technology, paints, plastics, and cosmetics. It has strategic alliances with Pfizer Inc., Baylor College of Medicine, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Intrexon Corporation, F-star Delta Ltd, Alibaba Health, and Checkmate Pharmaceuticals. The company also has collaboration with the Solvias to offer the PyroMAT system, a MAT kit for pyrogen detection; Immutep Limited; Leap Therapeutics, Inc.; and Personal Genome Diagnostics Inc. In addition, MERCK Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien has a collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited to evaluate the combination of DS-8201, an investigational HER2 targeting antibody drug conjugate; and a strategic alliance with genOway S.A. to develop CRISPR/Cas9-related products and solutions, as well as with GSK to develop and commercialize M7824, which is in Phase II trial for treating patients with PD-L1 expressing non-small cell lung cancer. The company was founded in 1668 and is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany. MERCK Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien is a subsidiary of E. Merck Kommanditgesellschaft.

Merck KGaA (FRA:MRK) Frequently Asked Questions

What is Merck KGaA's stock symbol?

Merck KGaA trades on the FRA under the ticker symbol "MRK."

What price target have analysts set for MRK?

21 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Merck KGaA's shares. Their forecasts range from €78.00 to €115.00. On average, they expect Merck KGaA's share price to reach €100.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Merck KGaA.

What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Merck KGaA?

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Merck KGaA in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 14 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Merck KGaA.

Has Merck KGaA been receiving favorable news coverage?

Headlines about MRK stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Merck KGaA earned a media sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the healthcare company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Who are some of Merck KGaA's key competitors?

Some companies that are related to Merck KGaA include 1933 Industries (TGIF), Acreage (ACRGF), Alliance Growers (ACG), Applied Biosciences (APPB), Cannabis Science (CBIS), Cannara Biotech (LOVE), Charlotte's Web (CWBHF), Choom (CHOOF), Cipher Pharmaceuticals (CPHRF), CLS Holdings USA (CLSH), Cosmos (COSM), Curaleaf (CURLF), Easton Pharmaceuticals (EAPH), EVIO (EVIO) and Flower One (FLOOF).

What other stocks do shareholders of Merck KGaA own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Merck KGaA investors own include Micron Technology (MU), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Starbucks (SBUX), Netflix (NFLX), Boeing (BA), NVIDIA (NVDA), HDFC Bank (HDB), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Nike (NKE).

Who are Merck KGaA's key executives?

Merck KGaA's management team includes the folowing people:

• Dr. Stefan Oschmann, Chairman of Exec. Board & CEO (Age 62)
• Dr. Marcus Kuhnert, CFO & Member of Exec. Board (Age 51)
• Dr. Kai Beckmann, CEO of Performance Materials & Member of the Exec. Board (Age 54)
• Dr. Udit Batra, CEO of Life Science & Member of Exec. Board (Age 48)
• Ms. Belén Garijo López, CEO of Healthcare & Member of the Exec. Board (Age 59)

What is Merck KGaA's stock price today?

One share of MRK stock can currently be purchased for approximately €98.70.

What is Merck KGaA's official website?

The official website for Merck KGaA is https://www.merckgroup.com/.

How can I contact Merck KGaA?

Merck KGaA's mailing address is Frankfurter Strasse 250, DARMSTADT, 64293, Germany. The healthcare company can be reached via phone at +49-6151-720.