NYSE:MRK - Merck & Co., Inc. Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Merck & Co., Inc. declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.48 per share on Monday, July 9th. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.08%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 14th. View Merck & Co., Inc.'s Dividend History.

Merck & Co., Inc. declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Saturday, December 2nd 2017, which allows the company to buyback $10,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 1st. The company reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $10.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.09 billion. Merck & Co., Inc. had a net margin of 4.31% and a return on equity of 30.93%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.88 EPS. View Merck & Co., Inc.'s Earnings History.

Merck & Co., Inc. is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July, 27th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Merck & Co., Inc..

Merck & Co., Inc. issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.16-4.28 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.19. The company issued revenue guidance of $41.8-43.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $41.86 billion.

18 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Merck & Co., Inc.'s shares. Their forecasts range from $58.83 to $72.00. On average, they expect Merck & Co., Inc.'s stock price to reach $66.0519 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Merck & Co., Inc..

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Merck & Co., Inc. in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Merck & Co., Inc. saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 17,153,866 shares, a decrease of 21.6% from the June 15th total of 21,867,505 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,109,077 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Merck & Co., Inc.'s Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Merck & Co., Inc. include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Pfizer (PFE), Novartis (NVS), AbbVie (ABBV), Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Sanofi (SNY), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Eli Lilly And Co (LLY), AstraZeneca (AZN), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Bayer (BAYRY), Celgene (CELG), Allergan (AGN) and Shire (SHPG).

Media stories about MRK stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Merck & Co., Inc. earned a media sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the company an impact score of 45.88 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Merck & Co., Inc.'s stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.29%), Swedbank (0.15%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.14%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.08%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.08%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.07%). Company insiders that own Merck & Co., Inc. stock include Adam H Schechter, C Robert Kidder, Clark Golestani, Julie L Gerberding, Kenneth C Frazier, Michael J Holston, Patricia F Russo, Rochelle B Lazarus, Thomas H Glocer, Thomas R Cech, Weir Mirian M Graddick and Wendell P Weeks. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Merck & Co., Inc..

MRK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Radnor Capital Management LLC, Highland Capital Management LLC, Clinton Group Inc. and Fulton Bank N.A.. Company insiders that have sold Merck & Co., Inc. company stock in the last year include Adam H Schechter, Julie L Gerberding, Michael J Holston, Thomas H Glocer, Weir Mirian M Graddick and Wendell P Weeks. View Insider Buying and Selling for Merck & Co., Inc..

MRK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Calamos Advisors LLC, DnB Asset Management AS and Welch & Forbes LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Merck & Co., Inc..

Shares of MRK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MRK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.34.

Merck & Co., Inc. has a market capitalization of $168.59 billion and generates $40.12 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.39 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.98 on an earnings per share basis. Merck & Co., Inc. employs 69,000 workers across the globe.

Merck & Co., Inc.'s mailing address is 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ, 07033. The company can be reached via phone at 908-740-4000 or via email at [email protected]