In today’s recent session, 1.99 million shares of the Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) have been traded, and its beta is 0.40. Most recently the company’s share price was $81.12, and it changed around -$0.59 or -0.72% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $203.69B. MRK at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $134.63, offering almost -65.96% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $73.31, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 9.63% since then.
Merck & Co Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.88. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 27 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 4 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 11 recommended MRK as a Hold, whereas 12 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.
Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) trade information
Instantly MRK has been showing red trend so far today with a performance of -0.72% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 82.44 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 1.6%. The company’s shares are currently down -18.46% year-to-date, but still up 2.26% over the last five days. On the other hand, Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) is 8.45% up in the 30-day period.
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $94, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 13.7% from its current value. Analyst projections state that MRK is forecast to be at a low of $82 and a high of $106.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 12.04%. Merck & Co Inc earnings are expected to increase by 16.40% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 11.66% per year for the next five years.
MRK Dividends
Merck & Co Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in July. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 3.94 percent and its annual dividend per share was 3.20. It is important to note, however, that the 3.94% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
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