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Merck & Co. (MRK)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$108.70 USD

108.70
9,520,162

-1.05 (-0.96%)

Updated Oct 18, 2024 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $108.75 +0.05 (0.05%) 7:58 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy24.10%
2Buy17.80%
3Hold9.50%
4Sell2.70%
5Strong Sell2.70%
S&P50011.20%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

Value Score A
Growth Score A
Momentum Score A
VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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B Value C Growth C Momentum C VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 14% (34 out of 250)

Industry: Large Cap Pharmaceuticals

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Zacks News

Merck (MRK) to Report Q4 Earnings: Is a Beat in the Offing?

Merck's (MRK) relatively newer products like Keytruda, Gardasil and Bridion are likely to have driven Q4 sales. However, genericization of key drugs and increased competition might have been concerns.

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Lilly (LLY), Pfizer (PFE) and Novartis (NVS) announce Q4 results.

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Investors will focus on the performance of the HIV franchise and the uptake of Yescarta along with pipeline updates, when Gilead (GILD) reports fourth-quarter 2019 results.

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Old Dominion's (ODFL) fourth-quarter 2019 results will likely reflect unfavorable impact of a soft freight environment.

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Merck's Dificid Gets FDA Approval in Pediatric Indication

The FDA grants approval to Merck's (MRK) two regulatory applications seeking expanded approval for its antibacterial medicine, Dificid.

Pfizer (PFE) Lags Q4 Earnings & Sales Estimates, Stock Down

Pfizer (PFE) misses estimates for fourth-quarter earnings and sales. Loss of patent protection for key drug Lyrica in 2019 hurts sales significantly.

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Merck (MRK) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know

In the latest trading session, Merck (MRK) closed at $86.10, marking a +0.14% move from the previous day.

Lilly (LLY) to Report Q4 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

Eli Lilly and Company's (LLY) new drugs like Trulicity, Taltz and Jardiance are likely to have performed well. Let's see if these along with older products lead to an earnings beat for the company.

Roche Submits Application for Tecentriq-Avastin Combo in HCC

Roche (RHHBY) submits sBLA for the label expansion of the Tecentriq-Avastin combo to treat HCC patients who have not received prior systemic therapy.

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Top Stock Analyst Reports for Merck, Broadcom & Sanofi

Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Merck (MRK), Broadcom (AVGO) and Sanofi (SNY).

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What Lies Ahead for Healthcare ETFs in Q4 Earnings?

With earnings surprise in the cards, the healthcare sector is expected to witness substantial earnings growth of 4.4% in the fourth quarter, suggesting some room for potential upside for healthcare ETFs.

Roche's Urothelial Cancer Study on Tecentriq Disappoints

Roche's (RHHBY) study on Tecentriq in muscle-invasive urothelial cancer fails to meet goals.

Will Pfizer's (PFE) BioPharma Unit Boost Its Q4 Earnings?

Higher sales of Pfizer's (PFE) key brands, Eliquis, Xeljanz, Ibrance in the Biopharma segment are likely to have made up for lower sales in the Upjohn group.

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Pharma Stock Roundup: J&J's Mixed Q4, Roche & Novartis' New Drugs Approval in EU

J&J (JNJ) announces mixed Q4 results. Roche's (RHHBY) lymphoma drug, Polivy and Novartis' (NVS) Mayzent for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) get approval in Europe.

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BioLineRx Concludes Recruitment in Pancreatic Cancer Study

BioLineRx (BLRX) closes patient recruitment in the triple combination arm of the phase IIa COMBAT/KEYNOTE-202 study on Motixafortide to treat second-line metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Pfizer (PFE) Q4 Earnings Coming Up: What's in the Cards?

While Pfizer's (PFE) key drugs like Ibrance, biosimilars and strong emerging market sales are likely to have driven Q4 sales, generic competition for Lyrica is likely to have hurt the same.

Horizon Therapeutics Gets FDA Approval for Eye Drug Tepezza

Horizon Therapeutics' (HZNP) Tepezza becomes the first FDA-approved therapy for treating thyroid eye disease, a rare, autoimmune disease. Stock up.

J&J's (JNJ) Q4 Earnings Surpass Estimates, Sales Fall Short

J&J (JNJ) comes up with mixed fourth-quarter 2019 results.

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Is Merck & Co. (MRK) a Profitable Pick for Value Investors?

Merck & Co. (MRK) stock may be a good choice for value-oriented investors right now from multiple angles.

Seattle Genetics Up More Than 40% in the Past Year: Here's Why

Seattle Genetics' (SGEN) Adcetris registers strong sales in 2019. The company wins an accelerated approval for Padcev to treat urothelial cancer while other pipeline candidates also progress well.

Will J&J (JNJ) Roll Out Pharma Q4 Earnings With a Beat?

J&J's (JNJ) cancer drugs are expected to have contributed significantly to fourth-quarter 2019 earnings. Generic/biosimilar headwinds are expected to have hurt Pharma unit's sales.