Merck & Co Inc [NYSE: MRK] stock went on an upward path that rose over 0.58% on Friday, amounting to a one-week price decrease of less than -1.28%.
Over the last 12 months, MRK stock dropped by -39.06%. The one-year Merck & Co Inc stock forecast points to a potential upside of 24.74. The average equity rating for MRK stock is currently 1.88, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $192.95 billion, with 2.52 billion shares outstanding and 2.51 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 16.48M shares, MRK stock reached a trading volume of 20635677 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on 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 $102.10 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 1.88. 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.
Citigroup have made an estimate for Merck & Co Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on May 14, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Cantor Fitzgerald raised their target price to Neutral. The new note on the price target was released on April 22, 2025, representing the official price target for Merck & Co Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $128 to $105, while Deutsche Bank kept a Hold rating on MRK stock. On February 10, 2025, analysts decreased their price target for MRK shares from 121 to 100.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Merck & Co Inc is set at 2.18, with the Price to Sales ratio for MRK stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.03. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 4.00, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 3.72. Price to Free Cash Flow for MRK in the course of the last twelve months was 11.32 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.16.
MRK Stock Performance Analysis:
Merck & Co Inc [MRK] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -1.28. With this latest performance, MRK shares dropped by -9.81% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -24.04% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -39.06% 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 44.23, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 45.50, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 43.37 for Merck & Co Inc [MRK]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 81.27, while it was recorded at 76.92 for the last single week of trading, and 97.40 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Merck & Co Inc Fundamentals:
Merck & Co Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.16 and a Current Ratio set at 1.41.
MRK Stock EPS
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for MRK. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Merck & Co Inc go to 11.66%.
Merck & Co Inc [MRK] Institutonal Ownership Details
The top three institutional holders of MRK stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 244.68 million shares, which is approximately 9.6558%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 207.3 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$25.66 billion in MRK stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$14.63 billion in MRK stock with ownership which is approximately 4.6365%.
