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MRK

Merck & Co Inc

Jun 18 • 02:49PM ET

79.35

Dollar change +1.07
Percentage change 1.37	%

Healthcare • Drug Manufacturers - General • USA • NYSE

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Index	DJIA, S&P 500	P/E	11.55	EPS (ttm)	6.87	Insider Own	0.07%	Shs Outstand	2.52B	Perf Week	-1.21%
Market Cap	199.25B	Forward P/E	8.16	EPS next Y	9.72	Insider Trans	-0.19%	Shs Float	2.51B	Perf Month	2.75%
Income	17.43B	PEG	0.99	EPS next Q	2.06	Inst Own	80.29%	Short Float	1.38%	Perf Quarter	-15.60%
Sales	63.78B	P/S	3.12	EPS this Y	16.40%	Inst Trans	0.63%	Short Ratio	2.14	Perf Half Y	-22.21%
Book/sh	19.21	P/B	4.13	EPS next Y	9.16%	ROA	15.78%	Short Interest	34.56M	Perf Year	-38.72%
Cash/sh	3.72	P/C	21.35	EPS next 5Y	11.66%	ROE	39.31%	52W Range	73.31 - 134.63	Perf YTD	-20.24%
Dividend Est.	3.14 (3.96%)	P/FCF	11.69	EPS past 5Y	12.04%	ROIC	21.31%	52W High	-41.06%	Beta	0.40
Dividend TTM	3.20 (4.03%)	Quick Ratio	1.16	Sales past 5Y	6.55%	Gross Margin	74.68%	52W Low	8.24%	ATR (14)	2.10
Dividend Ex-Date	Jun 16, 2025	Current Ratio	1.41	EPS Y/Y TTM	654.93%	Oper. Margin	34.71%	RSI (14)	50.36	Volatility	2.16% 1.44%
Employees	75000	Debt/Eq	0.72	Sales Y/Y TTM	4.40%	Profit Margin	27.33%	Recom	1.88	Target Price	102.10
Option/Short	Yes / Yes	LT Debt/Eq	0.69	EPS Q/Q	7.20%	Payout	46.32%	Rel Volume	1.07	Prev Close	78.28
Sales Surprise	1.24%	EPS Surprise	4.09%	Sales Q/Q	-1.20%	Earnings	Apr 24 BMO	Avg Volume	16.14M	Price	79.35
SMA20	1.03%	SMA50	0.46%	SMA200	-16.52%	Trades		Volume	14,243,424	Change	1.37%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
May-14-25	Downgrade	Citigroup	Buy → Neutral	$84
Apr-22-25	Initiated	Cantor Fitzgerald	Neutral	$85
Feb-18-25	Downgrade	Deutsche Bank	Buy → Hold	$128 → $105
Feb-10-25	Downgrade	TD Cowen	Buy → Hold	$121 → $100
Jan-08-25	Downgrade	Truist	Buy → Hold	$110
Dec-20-24	Downgrade	BMO Capital Markets	Outperform → Market Perform	$136 → $105
Dec-10-24	Resumed	BofA Securities	Buy	$121
Dec-04-24	Upgrade	HSBC Securities	Hold → Buy	$130
Nov-15-24	Initiated	Wolfe Research	Peer Perform
Nov-11-24	Downgrade	Daiwa Securities	Buy → Neutral
Oct-17-24	Initiated	Bernstein	Mkt Perform	$115
Mar-11-24	Downgrade	Societe Generale	Hold → Sell	$104
Jan-04-24	Upgrade	TD Cowen	Market Perform → Outperform	$125 → $135
Nov-09-23	Initiated	Deutsche Bank	Buy	$115
Oct-27-23	Upgrade	BMO Capital Markets	Market Perform → Outperform	$132
Oct-20-23	Upgrade	UBS	Neutral → Buy	$117 → $122
Jul-14-23	Initiated	HSBC Securities	Hold	$123
Apr-13-23	Upgrade	Citigroup	Neutral → Buy	$105 → $130
Mar-28-23	Downgrade	Societe Generale	Buy → Hold
Mar-13-23	Downgrade	Wells Fargo	Overweight → Equal Weight	$120 → $115

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Merck & Co., Inc. is a health care company, which engages in the provision of health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products. It operates through the following segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, and Other. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets animal health products, such as pharmaceutical and vaccine products, for the prevention, treatment and control of disease in livestock, and companion animal species. The Other segment consists of sales for the non-reportable segments of healthcare services. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, NJ.

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Smart Dalton E. III	SVP Fin. - Global Controller	May 03 '25	Option Exercise	83.18	2,050	170,519	10,127	May 05 04:23 PM
Smart Dalton E. III	SVP Fin. - Global Controller	Apr 30 '25	Option Exercise	84.71	464	39,305	8,242	May 02 04:18 PM
Smart Dalton E. III	SVP Fin. - Global Controller	May 02 '25	Option Exercise	83.26	381	31,722	8,464	May 02 04:18 PM
Romanelli Joseph	President, Human Health Int?l	May 02 '25	Option Exercise	83.26	2,262	188,334	24,061	May 02 04:14 PM
Romanelli Joseph	President, Human Health Int?l	Apr 30 '25	Option Exercise	84.71	2,063	174,757	22,816	May 02 04:14 PM
Larson Betty D	EVP, Chief HR Officer	Apr 30 '25	Option Exercise	84.71	11,350	961,458	11,350	May 02 04:12 PM
Smart Dalton E. III	SVP Fin. - Global Controller	Apr 25 '25	Option Exercise	58.08	5,000	290,400	12,040	Apr 29 04:04 PM
Smart Dalton E. III	SVP Fin. - Global Controller	Apr 25 '25	Sale	82.76	4,262	352,723	7,778	Apr 29 04:04 PM
DALTON SMART	Officer	Apr 25 '25	Proposed Sale	82.76	4,262	352,723		Apr 25 04:05 PM
Oosthuizen Johannes Jacobus	President, U.S. Market	Feb 19 '25	Sale	84.09	8,500	714,745	30,705	Feb 20 04:01 PM
JOHANNES JACOBUS OOSTHUIZEN	Officer	Feb 19 '25	Proposed Sale	84.09	8,500	714,745		Feb 19 05:09 PM
DAVID WILLIAMS	Officer	Feb 13 '25	Proposed Sale	85.34	6,000	512,057		Feb 13 04:10 PM
Williams David Michael	EVP,Chief Info&Digital Officer	Feb 13 '25	Sale	85.34	6,000	512,057	24,123	Feb 13 04:01 PM
Oosthuizen Johannes Jacobus	President, U.S. Market	Feb 08 '25	Option Exercise	87.28	13,002	1,134,815	45,609	Feb 11 02:59 PM
THULIN INGE G	Director	Feb 06 '25	Buy	88.25	2,833	250,000	2,933	Feb 07 04:09 PM
Downing Cristal N	Chief Comm. & Public Afrs Ofcr	Feb 06 '25	Sale	88.76	2,361	209,551	7,085	Feb 07 04:07 PM
BAKER DOUGLAS M JR	Director	Feb 05 '25	Buy	88.50	15,000	1,327,500	16,000	Feb 07 04:04 PM
CRISTAL DOWNING	Officer	Feb 06 '25	Proposed Sale	88.76	2,361	209,551		Feb 06 04:43 PM
Guindo Chirfi	Chief Marketing Officer	Aug 05 '24	Option Exercise	115.20	36,901	4,250,995	57,782	Aug 06 12:20 PM

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