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Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)

Healthcare | Drug Manufacturers - General | Rahway, United States | NYSE
119.07 USD +3.61 (3.127%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 119.11 +0.04 (0.034%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:56 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 1:34 p.m. EDT

Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) presents a balanced opportunity for both short-term and long-term investors. The stock has shown a relatively stable price range with a recent dip, which may offer a buying opportunity for short-term traders looking to capitalize on potential momentum. The dividend yield is attractive, and the company has a strong track record of consistent payouts, making it a good option for income-focused investors. Long-term investors may find value in MRK's strong fundamentals and growth potential, despite recent earnings growth challenges. The options activity suggests a cautious outlook with potential for volatility, indicating that traders should be prepared for both upward and downward movements.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.037097
AutoARIMA0.071274
MSTL0.092382
AutoETS0.095237

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.08
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.316
Excess Kurtosis -1.03
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-15
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-15
Debt to Equity Ratio 95.959
Revenue per Share 25.984
Market Cap 294,387,712,000
Trailing P/E 16.36
Forward P/E 12.21
Beta 0.28
Profit Margins 28.08%
Website https://www.merck.com

As of April 11, 2026, 1:34 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. The ATM IV is relatively low, but there are significant OI walls and IV spikes at various strikes, suggesting potential for volatility. The recent activity indicates a balance between bullish and bearish sentiment, with a slight lean towards short-term price movement. The presence of major OI walls at strikes above the current price may indicate potential for upward momentum, while the presence of OI at lower strikes suggests possible defensive positioning.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.74% 3.63% 3.21% 3.40%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-16 0.850000 0.736377
2025-12-15 0.850000 0.854075
2025-09-15 0.810000 1.015766
2025-06-16 0.810000 1.026560
2025-03-17 0.810000 0.885562
2024-12-16 0.810000 0.846169
2024-09-16 0.770000 0.687782
2024-06-17 0.770000 0.640577
2024-03-14 0.770000 0.681787
2023-12-14 0.770000 0.780916
2023-09-14 0.730000 0.729451
2023-06-14 0.730000 0.731585
2023-03-14 0.730000 0.748108
2022-12-14 0.730000 0.722380
2022-09-14 0.690000 0.881779
2022-06-14 0.690000 0.914660
2022-03-14 0.690000 1.001817
2021-12-14 0.690000 1.066392
2021-09-14 0.650000 1.036745
2021-06-14 0.650000 0.999730
2021-03-12 0.620229 1.019813
2020-12-14 0.620229 0.955509
2020-09-14 0.582061 0.862552
2020-06-12 0.582061 0.958327
2020-03-13 0.582061 0.960281
2019-12-13 0.582061 0.833170
2019-09-13 0.524809 0.816615
2019-06-14 0.524809 0.820355
2019-03-14 0.524809 0.838907
2018-12-14 0.524809 0.899927
2018-09-14 0.458015 0.864357
2018-06-14 0.458015 0.989286
2018-03-14 0.458015 1.119911
2017-12-14 0.458015 1.105298
2017-09-14 0.448473 0.924586
2017-06-13 0.448473 0.973223
2017-03-13 0.448473 0.966930
2016-12-13 0.448473 1.011106
2016-09-13 0.438931 0.996863
2016-06-13 0.438931 1.106183
2016-03-11 0.438931 1.176215
2015-12-11 0.438931 1.210394
2015-09-11 0.429389 1.195690
2015-06-11 0.429389 1.066367
2015-03-12 0.429389 1.126892
2014-12-11 0.429389 1.075324
2014-09-11 0.419847 1.045979
2014-06-12 0.419847 1.086139
2014-03-13 0.419847 1.143561
2013-12-12 0.419847 1.330655
2013-09-12 0.410305 1.325097
2013-06-13 0.410305 1.335644
2013-03-13 0.410305 1.447968
2012-12-13 0.410305 1.483214
2012-09-13 0.400763 1.439364
2012-06-13 0.400763 1.689950
2012-03-13 0.400763 1.713774
2011-12-13 0.400763 1.895814
2011-09-13 0.362595 1.913590
2011-06-13 0.362595 1.739804
2011-03-11 0.362595 1.898359
2010-12-13 0.362595 1.741256
2010-09-13 0.362595 1.754007
2010-06-11 0.362595 1.841529
2010-03-11 0.362595 1.759966
2009-12-11 0.362595 1.769280
2009-09-02 0.362595 2.150533
2009-06-04 0.362595 2.522930
2009-03-04 0.362595 2.934657
2008-12-03 0.362595 2.612841
2008-09-03 0.362595 2.022921
2008-06-04 0.362595 1.857697
2008-03-05 0.362595 1.655906
2007-12-05 0.362595 1.216251
2007-09-05 0.362595 1.472035
2007-06-06 0.362595 1.443558
2007-03-07 0.362595 1.683090
2006-12-06 0.362595 1.666750
2006-08-30 0.362595 1.840252
2006-05-31 0.362595 2.276360
2006-03-08 0.362595 2.210468
2005-11-30 0.362595 2.636154
2005-08-31 0.362595 2.780607
2005-06-01 0.362595 2.471739
2005-03-02 0.362595 2.547732
2004-12-01 0.362595 2.939102
2004-09-01 0.362595 1.854334
2004-06-02 0.353053 1.695670
2004-03-03 0.353053 1.734858
2003-12-03 0.353053 1.887861
2003-09-03 0.353053 1.639518
2003-08-20 2.744275 12.482280
2003-06-04 0.343511 1.513483
2003-03-05 0.343511 1.669466
2002-12-04 0.343511 1.482044
2002-09-04 0.343511 1.785884
2002-06-05 0.333969 1.564142
2002-03-06 0.333969 1.380303
2001-12-05 0.333969 1.313349
2001-08-30 0.333969 1.325183
2001-05-31 0.324427 1.169961
2001-03-07 0.324427 1.153138
2000-12-06 0.324427 0.962141
2000-08-30 0.324427 1.216147
2000-05-31 0.276718 0.993400
2000-03-01 0.276718 1.240337
1999-12-01 0.276718 0.978817
1999-09-01 0.276718 1.089641
1999-06-02 0.257634 1.051328
1999-03-03 0.257634 0.898236
1998-12-02 0.257634 0.892762
1998-09-02 0.257634 1.182327
1998-06-03 0.214695 1.055025
1998-03-04 0.214695 0.954733
1997-12-03 0.214695 1.220886
1997-09-03 0.214695 1.253061
1997-06-05 0.200382 1.263095
1997-03-05 0.200382 1.204939
1996-12-05 0.190840 1.367440
1996-09-04 0.190840 1.659567
1996-06-06 0.162214 1.441312
1996-03-06 0.162214 1.413226
1995-12-06 0.162214 1.475933
1995-09-05 0.162214 1.868607
1995-06-02 0.143130 1.773882
1995-03-03 0.143130 2.031821
1994-12-02 0.143130 2.256408
1994-09-02 0.143130 2.535007
1994-06-02 0.133588 2.672862
1994-03-02 0.133588 2.550198
1993-12-02 0.133588 2.448378
1993-09-02 0.133588 2.505972
1993-06-02 0.119275 2.007333
1993-03-02 0.119275 1.936123
1992-12-02 0.119275 1.660189
1992-08-31 0.119275 1.566320
1992-06-02 0.109733 1.419163
1992-03-02 0.109733 1.352848
1991-12-02 0.100191 1.313927
1991-08-30 0.100191 1.540623
1991-06-03 0.089059 1.503587
1991-03-04 0.089059 1.703208
1990-12-03 0.089059 2.066138
1990-08-28 0.089059 2.195354
1990-05-29 0.071565 1.725721
1990-03-05 0.071565 2.089548
1989-12-04 0.071565 1.857887
1989-08-29 0.071565 1.972530
1989-05-30 0.065204 1.949487
1989-03-02 0.065204 2.090099
1988-11-29 0.058842 2.201262
1988-08-29 0.046915 1.759030
1988-06-03 0.050891 1.944425
1988-02-29 0.050891 1.955805
1987-12-01 0.042409 1.609155
1987-08-28 0.042409 1.350308
1987-06-02 0.029156 1.216967
1987-03-02 0.029156 1.215358
1986-12-02 0.029156 1.646605
1986-09-02 0.029156 1.716389
1986-06-03 0.023855 1.625439
1986-02-27 0.023855 2.061575
1985-12-03 0.023855 2.458932
1985-08-30 0.021204 2.480641
1985-06-03 0.021204 2.645815
1985-02-28 0.021204 2.875760
1984-12-03 0.021204 3.299452
1984-08-31 0.019879 3.265618
1984-05-29 0.019879 3.213579
1984-03-01 0.019879 2.973482
1983-11-29 0.019879 2.856446
1983-08-29 0.018554 2.749527
1983-05-31 0.018554 3.095693
1983-02-28 0.018554 3.204572
1982-11-30 0.018554 3.270269
1982-08-30 0.018554 3.646125
1982-06-01 0.018554 3.854633
1982-03-01 0.018554 3.590880
1981-12-01 0.018554 3.308317
1981-08-31 0.017229 3.129644
1981-06-01 0.017229 2.591013
1981-03-02 0.017229 3.137125
1980-12-02 0.017229 3.456563
1980-08-29 0.015241 3.165041
1980-06-02 0.015241 3.408113
1980-02-28 0.015241 4.016630
1979-12-03 0.015241 3.437593
1979-08-31 0.012590 2.944776
1979-05-25 0.012590 3.232237
1979-03-01 0.012590 3.206305
1978-12-04 0.012590 3.359524
1978-08-28 0.011265 3.182741
1978-05-26 0.011265 3.288514
1978-03-02 0.011265 3.678933
1977-11-28 0.011265 3.346783
1977-08-29 0.009940 2.917732
1977-05-31 0.009940 3.408142
1977-03-01 0.009940 3.110901
1976-11-30 0.009940 2.734234
1976-08-30 0.009277 2.265747
1976-06-01 0.009277 2.392308
1976-03-02 0.009277 2.457760
1975-12-01 0.009277 2.117631
1975-08-29 0.009277 2.384420
1975-06-02 0.009277 1.986294
1975-03-03 0.009277 2.224387
1974-08-30 0.009277 2.674742
1974-06-03 0.009277 2.125389
1974-03-04 0.009277 2.189326
1973-12-03 0.009277 2.051838
1973-08-31 0.007819 1.792531
1973-06-05 0.007819 1.661172
1973-03-05 0.007819 1.581646
1972-12-05 0.007819 1.686585
1972-06-09 0.007289 1.938029
1972-03-02 0.007289 2.055720
1971-12-06 0.007289 2.287165
1971-09-03 0.007289 2.448769
1971-06-07 0.007289 2.659374
1971-03-02 0.007289 2.953276
1970-12-01 0.007289 3.218799
1970-09-02 0.006626 3.233244
1970-06-02 0.006626 3.001265
1969-12-01 0.009277 3.436653
1969-09-02 0.005964 2.481958
1969-06-03 0.005964 2.634474
1969-03-03 0.005964 2.903408
1968-12-02 0.008614 3.953439
1968-08-30 0.005301 2.443600
1968-06-04 0.005301 2.454631
1968-03-04 0.005301 2.871279
1967-12-07 0.007952 3.676600
1967-09-05 0.004638 2.183120
1967-06-06 0.004638 2.463206
1967-03-07 0.004638 2.435790
1966-11-30 0.007289 3.893694
1966-09-06 0.003976 2.494285
1966-06-07 0.003976 2.293610
1966-03-08 0.003976 2.408702
1965-11-30 0.006626 4.194035
1965-09-07 0.003313 2.159970
1965-06-08 0.003313 2.759686
1965-03-09 0.003313 2.746573
1964-12-01 0.006626 6.146075
1964-09-08 0.002385 2.507273
1964-06-09 0.002385 3.039744
1964-03-10 0.002209 2.520822
1963-12-03 0.003092 3.968355
1963-09-03 0.001988 2.556347
1963-03-05 0.001988 3.335993
1962-12-04 0.001988 3.380393
1962-09-05 0.001767 3.827462
1962-06-05 0.001767 3.692542
1962-03-06 0.001767 2.744339
Additional Data
dividendRate 3.4
dividendYield 2.86
exDividendDate 2026-03-16
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.24
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.028061667
lastDividendValue 0.85
lastDividendDate 2026-03-16
dividendDate 2026-04-07

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.52947974
Address1 126 East Lincoln Avenue
All Time High 134.63
All Time Low 0.265055
Ask 119.07
Ask Size 400
Audit Risk 6
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 9,796,600
Average Daily Volume3 Month 11,321,048
Average Volume 11,321,048
Average Volume10Days 9,796,600
Beta 0.275
Bid 118.5
Bid Size 1,200
Board Risk 5
Book Value 21.258
City Rahway
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 119.07
Current Ratio 1.536
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 119.17
Day Low 115.57
Debt To Equity 95.959
Display Name Merck &
Dividend Date 1,775,520,000
Dividend Rate 3.4
Dividend Yield 2.86
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,554,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,554,000
Earnings Growth -0.193
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.208
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,552,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,552,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,552,200
Ebitda 29,105,000,448
Ebitda Margins 0.44769
Enterprise To Ebitda 11.352
Enterprise To Revenue 5.082
Enterprise Value 330,412,720,128
Eps Current Year 5.12
Eps Forward 9.75078
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 7.28
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,773,619,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 119.1328
Fifty Day Average Change -0.06279755
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.00052712223
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 52.947975
Fifty Two Week High 125.14
Fifty Two Week High Change -6.0699997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.04850567
Fifty Two Week Low 73.31
Fifty Two Week Low Change 45.760002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.6241987
Fifty Two Week Range 73.31 - 125.14
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds -252,322,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.03
Float Shares 2,468,386,728
Forward Eps 9.75078
Forward P E 12.21133
Free Cashflow 11,886,749,696
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 73,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.77212
Gross Profits 50,196,000,768
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00064000004
Held Percent Institutions 0.81378996
Implied Shares Outstanding 2,472,392,004
Industry Drug Manufacturers - General
Industry Disp Drug Manufacturers - General
Industry Key drug-manufacturers-general
Ir Website http://www.merck.com/investors/home.html
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,773,619,200
Last Dividend Value 0.85
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,622,678,400
Last Split Factor 1,048:1000
Long Business Summary Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It offers human health pharmaceutical for various areas under the Keytruda, Keytruda Qlex, Welireg, Gardasil, ProQuad, M-M-R II, Varivax, Vaxneuvance, Capvaxive, RotaTeq, Pneumovax 23, Bridion, Prevymis, Dificid, Zerbaxa, Winrevair, Adempas/ Verquvo, Ohtuvayre, Lagevrio, Isentress/Isentress HD, Delstrigo, Pifeltro, Belsomra, Januvia, and Janumet brands. The company also provides veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services, such as livestock products under the Nuflor, Bovilis/Vista, Bovilis Cryptium, Banamine, Estrumate, Matrix, Resflor, Zuprevo, Revalor, Safe-Guard, M+Pac, Porcilis, Circumvent, Nobilis/Innovax, Paracox and Coccivac, Exzolt, Slice, Imvixa, Clynav, Aquavac/Norvax, Aquaflor, Flexolt brands; Allflex Livestock Intelligence solutions; and companion animal products under the Bravecto One-Month, Bravecto Injectable/Quantum, Bravecto TriUNO, Bravecto Plus, Sentinel Spectrum, Sentinel Flavor Tabs, Numelvi, Optimmune, Nobivac NXT, GilvetMab, Otomax, Mometamax, Mometamax Ultra, Posatex, Caninsulin/Vetsulin, Panacur, Safeguard, Regumate, Prestige, Scalibor/Exspot, Sure Petcare, and Home Again brands. It has development and commercialization agreement for three of Daiichi Sankyo's deruxtecan ADC candidates; AstraZeneca PLC to co-development and co-commercialize AstraZeneca's Lynparza products for multiple cancer types; licensed to develop, manufacture and commercialize LM-299, a novel investigational PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody from LaNova; and collaboration agreement with Eisai Co., Ltd., Bayer AG, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, as well Moderna, Inc. Merck & Co., Inc. has strategic collaboration with Infinimmune, Inc. to discover and develop antibodies against multiple therapeutic targets. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.
Long Name Merck & Co., Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 294,387,712,000
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_288502
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 18,254,000,128
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 294,088,517,058
Number Of Analyst Opinions 27
Open 115.56
Operating Cashflow 16,472,000,512
Operating Margins 0.32773998
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.45049998
Peg Ratio 3.53
Phone 908 740 4000
Post Market Change 0.040000916
Post Market Change Percent 0.03359445
Post Market Price 119.11
Post Market Time 1,776,470,164
Previous Close 115.46
Price Eps Current Year 23.25586
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 5.601186
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.5282755
Profit Margins 0.28078
Quick Ratio 0.963
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.82759
Region US
Regular Market Change 3.61
Regular Market Change Percent 3.12662
Regular Market Day High 119.17
Regular Market Day Low 115.57
Regular Market Day Range 115.57 - 119.17
Regular Market Open 115.56
Regular Market Previous Close 115.46
Regular Market Price 119.07
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,028
Regular Market Volume 16,170,587
Return On Assets 0.12042
Return On Equity 0.36882
Revenue Growth 0.05
Revenue Per Share 25.984
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 2,469,879,206
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0112
Shares Short 27,720,957
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 31,115,811
Short Name Merck & Company, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0112
Short Ratio 2.69
Source Interval 15
State NJ
Symbol MRK
Target High Price 150.0
Target Low Price 100.0
Target Mean Price 129.8148
Target Median Price 135.0
Total Cash 14,565,000,192
Total Cash Per Share 5.891
Total Debt 50,533,998,592
Total Revenue 65,010,999,296
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.24
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.028061667
Trailing Eps 7.28
Trailing P E 16.355768
Trailing Peg Ratio 3.6408
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 98.4069
Two Hundred Day Average Change 20.663101
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.20997615
Type Disp Equity
Volume 16,170,587
Website https://www.merck.com
Zip 7,065