Merck & Co Inc [NYSE: MRK] traded at a high on Monday, posting a 0.63 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $131.49.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 5780127 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Merck & Co Inc stands at 1.49% while the volatility over the past one month is 1.60%.
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The market cap for MRK stock reached $333.04 billion, with 2.53 billion shares outstanding and 2.53 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 8.34M shares, MRK reached a trading volume of 5780127 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Merck & Co Inc [MRK]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for MRK shares is $143.49 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on MRK stock is a recommendation set at 1.48. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Societe Generale have made an estimate for Merck & Co Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Sell, with their previous recommendation back on March 11, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, TD Cowen raised their target price from $125 to $135. The new note on the price target was released on January 04, 2024, representing the official price target for Merck & Co Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $115, while Deutsche Bank analysts kept a Buy rating on MRK stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Merck & Co Inc is set at 2.15, with the Price to Sales ratio for MRK stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 5.45. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 8.25, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 2.25. Price to Free Cash Flow for MRK in the course of the last twelve months was 30.17 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.99.
How has MRK stock performed recently?
Merck & Co Inc [MRK] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.39. With this latest performance, MRK shares gained by 0.97% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 26.58% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 19.19% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for MRK stock in for the last two-week period is set at 60.16, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 64.96, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 58.15 for Merck & Co Inc [MRK]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 128.55, while it was recorded at 130.17 for the last single week of trading, and 116.42 for the last 200 days.
Merck & Co Inc [MRK]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Merck & Co Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.99 and a Current Ratio set at 1.25.
Insider trade positions for Merck & Co Inc [MRK]
The top three institutional holders of MRK stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.4983%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $200.69 billion in MRK stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $174.35 billion in MRK stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8386%.
