MRK:NYSE, Merck & Co., Inc.

MRK stock overview

Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK:NYSE) closed at $145.93 on October 16, 2026, up 0.51% on the day. The stock trades 7.0% below its 52-week high of $156.92 and 77.9% above its 52-week low of $82.01. Over the past year, it gained 73.0%. Merck & Co., Inc. is part of the Health Care sector (Major Pharmaceuticals).

Key figures

Price
$145.93
Day change
+0.51%
Volume
7,336,122
Average volume
9,850,340
Market cap
360B+
52-week range
$82.01 – $156.92
50-day average
$144.77
200-day average
$124.67

Performance

5D 1M 3M 6M 1Y
-0.18% +0.19% +16.71% +23.99% +73.01%

Price action over the past year

In 252 trading sessions since October 15, 2025, MRK closed higher on 130 days (52%). Its best day was August 19, 2026 (+12.60%) and its worst was November 3, 2025 (-4.06%). The stock moved 10% or more in a single session 1 time. It opened at least 5% above the previous day's high 1 time.

Recent signals

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About Merck & Co., Inc.

Merck & Co., Inc. provides healthcare solutions worldwide. It operates in four segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, Healthcare Services, and Alliances segments. The company offers therapeutic and preventive agents to treat cardiovascular, type 2 diabetes, asthma, nasal allergy symptoms, allergic rhinitis, chronic hepatitis C virus, HIV-1 infection, fungal infections, intra-abdominal infections, hypertension, arthritis and pain, inflammatory, osteoporosis, and fertility diseases. It also offers neuromuscular blocking agents; anti-bacterial products; cholesterol modifying medicines; and vaginal contraceptive products. In addition, the company offers products to prevent chemotherapy-induced and post-operative nausea and vomiting; treat brain tumors; treat melanoma and metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer; prevent diseases caused by human papillomavirus; and vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, chickenpox, shingles, rotavirus gastroenteritis, and pneumococcal diseases. Further, it offers antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drugs to treat infectious and respiratory diseases, fertility disorders, and pneumonia in cattle, horses, and swine; vaccines for poultry; parasiticide...

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