Merck & Co., Inc.

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135.28+3.42 (+2.59%)today
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Key statistics

Previous close131.86
Open135.34
Day range134.90136.00
52-week range73.30136.44
Off day high−0.53%
Off 52-week high−0.85%
Volume402
Avg. volume (3M)1.53K
Market cap333.76B
EPS (TTM)0.8500
Forward P/E—
P/E ratio (TTM)159.15
Dividend yield2.33% (3.02)
Beta (5Y)0.12
Shares outstanding2.47B
Short interest—
Earnings dateOct 29, 2026
Analyst target—
Profit margin3.64%

Against its peers

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6MK.DE AZN PFE 0QYQ.IL GLAXO.NS GSK
Market cap 333.76B 293.14B 175.50B 217.40B 423.55B 102.53B
P/E (TTM) 159.2 26.7 44.0 40.1 36.9 17.8
Forward P/E — 16.7 10.6 — 31.6 10.3
Price/book 8.9 5.7 2.1 10.3 22.5 4.1
Dividend yield 2.33% 1.69% 5.59% 3.81% 2.25% 3.55%
1-year change +77.71% +12.81% +23.90% +40.64% −2.83% +8.60%
Today +2.59% +2.79% +2.63% +1.44% −1.25% +5.03%

The closest companies by business and industry (Drug Manufacturers - General). Prices may be delayed up to 15 min.

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The businesses closest to Merck's by what they do, from their descriptions, with the same industry weighted in.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
AstraZeneca PLCAZN · Drug Manufacturers - General 293.14B 189.01 +2.79%
Pfizer Inc.PFE · Drug Manufacturers - GeneralOdds 175.50B 30.79 +2.63%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.0QYQ.IL · Drug Manufacturers - General 217.40B 174.48 +1.44%
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals LimitedGLAXO.NS · Drug Manufacturers - General 423.55B 2,500.20 −1.25%
GSK plcGSK · Drug Manufacturers - General 102.53B 51.15 +5.03%
Biogen Inc.BIIB · Drug Manufacturers - General 37.61B 254.46 +2.22%
Bayer AktiengesellschaftBAYN.F · Drug Manufacturers - General 54.88B 55.86 +3.10%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ.BA · Drug Manufacturers - General 370.49T 30,780.00 +4.13%

Other companies in Drug Manufacturers - General, closest in size first.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Roche Holding AGROP.SW · Basel, Switzerland 313.29B 393.20 −0.68%
Novartis AGNVS · Basel, Switzerland 311.59B 164.98 +3.59%
AstraZeneca PLCAZN · Cambridge, United Kingdom 293.14B 189.01 +2.79%
Amgen Inc.AMGN · Thousand Oaks, CA 258.82B 478.48 +3.73%
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals LimitedGLAXO.NS · Mumbai, India 423.55B 2,500.20 −1.25%
AbbVie Inc.4AB.F · North Chicago, IL 466.52B 264.00 +3.65%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.GILD · Foster City, CAOdds 216.41B 174.48 +4.19%
Novo Nordisk A/SNVO · Bagsvaerd, Denmark 185.98B 42.18 +4.95%

Also based in Rahway, New Jersey, then elsewhere in New Jersey.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ · New Brunswick, NJ 665.19B 276.32 +3.81%
Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyBMY · Princeton, NJ 131.21B 64.19 +4.02%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON CDR (CAD HEDGJNJ.NE · New Brunswick, NJ 915.54B 35.27 +4.32%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.ADP · Roseland, NJ 119.83B 303.54 +2.54%
PBF Energy Inc.PBF · Parsippany, NJ 8.61B 72.62 −6.67%
Access Bio, Inc.950130.KQ · Somerset, NJ 64.19B 1,825.00 −3.95%
Becton, Dickinson and CompanyBDX · Franklin Lakes, NJ 56.98B 209.19 +5.56%
Prudential Financial, Inc.PRU · Newark, NJ 43.69B 126.63 +6.58%

The stocks whose daily moves over the past year went most closely with Merck's: the correlation of their daily returns, where 1 would be moving as one.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ · Correlation 0.49 665.19B 276.32 +3.81%
GSK plcGSK · Correlation 0.46 102.53B 51.15 +5.03%
AstraZeneca PLCAZN · Correlation 0.44 293.14B 189.01 +2.79%
Roche Holding AGROP.SW · Correlation 0.44 313.29B 393.20 −0.68%
Amgen Inc.AMGN · Correlation 0.44 258.82B 478.48 +3.73%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.GILD · Correlation 0.43Odds 216.41B 174.48 +4.19%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ.BA · Correlation 0.43 370.49T 30,780.00 +4.13%
Novartis AGNVS · Correlation 0.42 311.59B 164.98 +3.59%

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Portfolio reshuffle: Lonza buys Merck KGaA's CDMO arm

The sale gives Lonza added US manufacturing capacity and extends its run of portfolio reshaping, while Merck KGaA sharpens its life science focus. Germany’s Merck has signed an agreement to sell its contract development and manufacturing…

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