Merck & Co., Inc. - MRK Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Merck & Co., Inc. in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 12 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" MRK shares.
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17 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Merck & Co., Inc.'s shares. Their MRK share price forecasts range from $93.00 to $122.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $106.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%.
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Merck & Co., Inc.'s stock was trading at $76.64 at the start of the year. Since then, MRK stock has increased by 43.6% and is now trading at $110.04.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 2nd 2023.
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Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 27th. The company reported $1.85 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.18. The firm had revenue of $14.96 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $14.05 billion. Merck & Co., Inc. had a net margin of 25.88% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 46.57%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 13.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.75 earnings per share.
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Merck & Co., Inc. declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 15th will be given a dividend of $0.73 per share on Monday, January 9th. This represents a $2.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 14th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.69.
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Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.51%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 45.92%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MRK will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.60% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Merck & Co., Inc. issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.32-$7.37 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.34. The company issued revenue guidance of $58.50 billion-$59.00 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $58.51 billion.

1,343 employees have rated Merck & Co., Inc. Chief Executive Officer Kenneth C. Frazier on Glassdoor.com. Kenneth C. Frazier has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Kenneth C. Frazier in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Merck & Co., Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MRK."

Merck & Co., Inc.'s stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.84%), BlackRock Inc. (8.46%), State Street Corp (4.63%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.22%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.07%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (0.60%). Insiders that own company stock include Caroline Litchfield, Frank Clyburn, Johannes Jacobus Oosthuizen, Julie L Gerberding, Kenneth C Frazier, Richard R Deluca, Rita A Karachun, Robert M Davis, Sanat Chattopadhyay, Steven Mizell and Wendell P Weeks.
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One share of MRK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $110.04.

Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) has a market capitalization of $278.99 billion and generates $48.70 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $13.05 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.01 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 68,000 workers across the globe.

Merck & Co., Inc.'s mailing address is 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ, 07033. The official website for the company is www.merck.com. The company can be reached via phone at (908) 740-4000, via email at investor_relations@merck.com, or via fax at 908-735-1253.