Merck & Co., Inc.

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2,779.00+60.20 (+2.21%)today
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Key statistics

Previous close2,718.80
Open2,727.47
Day range2,727.472,779.00
52-week range1,582.002,846.00
Off day high0.00%
Off 52-week high−2.35%
Volume4.80K
Avg. volume (3M)1.78K
Market cap6.86T
EPS (TTM)17.47
Forward P/E—
P/E ratio (TTM)159.07
Dividend yield2.20% (61.11)
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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MRK.MX AZN PFE GLAXO.NS JNJ.DE 0QYQ.IL
Market cap 6.86T 293.14B 175.50B 423.55B 597.86B 217.96B
P/E (TTM) 159.1 26.7 44.0 36.9 43.8 40.2
Forward P/E — 16.7 10.6 31.6 — —
Price/book 8.7 5.7 2.1 22.5 8.2 10.3
Dividend yield 2.20% 1.69% 5.59% 2.25% 1.99% 3.81%
1-year change +74.12% +12.81% +23.90% −2.83% +50.29% +40.64%
Today +2.21% +2.79% +2.63% −1.25% +2.41% +1.70%

The closest companies by business and industry (Drug Manufacturers - General). Prices may be delayed up to 20 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%
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals LimitedGLAXO.NS · Drug Manufacturers - General 423.55B 2,500.20 −1.25%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ.DE · Drug Manufacturers - General 597.86B 248.35 +2.41%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.0QYQ.IL · Drug Manufacturers - General 217.96B 174.93 +1.70%
GSK plcGSK · Drug Manufacturers - General 102.53B 51.15 +5.03%
Biogen Inc.BIIB · Drug Manufacturers - General 37.61B 254.46 +2.22%
Bayer AktiengesellschaftBAYA.F · Drug Manufacturers - General 53.84B 13.70 +3.01%

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Astellas Pharma Inc.4503.T · Chuo, Japan 4.79T 2,672.50 +6.88%
Amgen Inc.AMGN.MX · Thousand Oaks, CA 4.78T 8,850.00 +5.60%
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.4519.T · Chuo, Japan 11.83T 7,190.00 +4.28%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.GILD.MX · Foster City, CA 4.03T 3,250.00 +1.93%

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 0.43 665.19B 276.32 +3.81%
Biogen Inc.BIIB · Correlation 0.40 37.61B 254.46 +2.22%
AstraZeneca PLCAZN · Correlation 0.40 293.14B 189.01 +2.79%
Pfizer Inc.PFE.MX · Correlation 0.39 3.25T 570.00 +0.88%
Pfizer Inc.PFE · Correlation 0.39Odds 175.50B 30.79 +2.63%
GSK plcGSK · Correlation 0.39 102.53B 51.15 +5.03%
Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyBMY · Correlation 0.39 131.21B 64.19 +4.02%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ.DE · Correlation 0.38 597.86B 248.35 +2.41%

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The Korea Herald·Positive

Merck bets on Asia growth with $338m Korea investment

Published : Nov. 5, 2026 - 14:31:54 New Daejeon plant marks firm's largest life science investment in Asia-Pacific, with further expansion under consideration German science and technology giant Merck is betting big on Korea as a…

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Merck & Co., Inc.396Pfizer316Merck & Co., Inc225Johnson & Johnson210Merck Kgaa206Life Sciences Innovation172Eli Lilly165Gardasil154

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Keytruda299Moderna233Sarita Garza182Kim Johansen170Danessa Lincoln165Rob Davis160

Themes

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