MRK - Merck & Co., Inc.
84.49 0.00 (0.00%)
After hours: 5:01PM EDT
| Previous Close | 83.30 |
| Open | 83.23 |
| Bid | 84.30 x 3200 |
| Ask | 84.49 x 800 |
| Day's Range | 83.23 - 84.67 |
| 52 Week Range | 59.80 - 84.67 |
| Volume | 9,493,292 |
| Avg. Volume | 10,244,975 |
| Market Cap | 217.531B |
| Beta (3Y Monthly) | 0.29 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 26.68 |
| EPS (TTM) | 3.17 |
| Earnings Date | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | 2.20 (2.78%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2019-06-14 |
| 1y Target Est | 88.93 |
- Zacks•4 hours ago
Merck (MRK) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know
Merck (MRK) closed at $84.45 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.38% move from the prior day.
- Moody's•11 hours ago
Merck KGaA -- Moody's: Versum shareholders approve acquisition by Merck KGaA
Merck KGaA ("Merck") announced that its transaction with Versum Materials, Inc ("Versum") had been approved at a special meeting among Versum's shareholders. Merck had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Versum for a consideration of $53 in cash in April this year, notes Moody's.
- Zacks•12 hours ago
Novo Nordisk's Victoza Gets FDA Nod for Pediatric Patients
Novo Nordisk's (NVO) Victoza gets FDA approval for the treatment of pediatric patients aged 10 years or older with type II diabetes.
- Zacks•12 hours ago
AstraZeneca/Merck's Lynparza Wins EU Nod for First-Line Use
AstraZeneca (AZN) and Merck's PARP inhibitor, Lynparza, gets approval in EU as a front-line therapy for BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer.
- MarketWatch•14 hours ago
Shares of cancer-therapy companies skyrocket after Pfizer acquisition news
Shares of gene-therapy companies shot up on Monday after Pfizer Inc. announced it would acquire cancer drug maker Array BioPharma Inc. in a deal worth up to $11.4 billion.
- Business Wire•15 hours ago
FDA Approves Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) as Monotherapy for Patients with Metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) with Disease Progression on or After Platinum-Based Chemotherapy and at Least One Other Prior Line of Therapy
Marks First Approval for KEYTRUDA in SCLC
- Business Wire•15 hours ago
LYNPARZA® (olaparib) Approved in the EU for Use as First-Line Maintenance Therapy in Patients With BRCA-Mutated Advanced Ovarian Cancer
AstraZeneca and Merck’s LYNPARZA Reduced the Risk of Disease Progression or Death by 70% Compared to Placebo Following Response to Platinum-Based Chemotherapy in Phase 3 SOLO-1 Tri
- Reuters•18 hours ago
UPDATE 1-AstraZeneca's Lynparza gets EU nod as first-line ovarian cancer maintenance treatment
British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc on Tuesday said its cancer medicine Lynparza was approved as a first-line maintenance treatment for a type of advanced ovarian cancer by the European Commission, following a panel's consent in April. Lynparza, being jointly developed by AstraZeneca along with U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co, can now be used in patients who are in response following chemotherapy for advanced BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer in Europe, AstraZeneca said.
- Zacks•2 days ago
Bayer to Invest 5 Billion Euros in Weedkiller Research
Bayer (BAYRY) announces that it will invest 5 billion euros in developing new weedkillers amid lawsuits claiming its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer.
- Zacks•2 days ago
J&J's (JNJ) Tremfya Meets Goal in Psoriatic Arthritis Study
J&J's (JNJ) Tremfya meets the primary endpoint in a late stage study that evaluated the efficacy and safety of the drug for treating patients with psoriatic arthritis.
- Market Realist•2 days ago
Merck’s Inorganic Growth Strategy in 2019
On April 2, Merck & Co. issued a press release announcing the successful completion of its cash tender offer for Immune Design, with 86.75% of the target’s total outstanding common stock tendered on a fully diluted basis.
- Zacks•2 days ago
Novartis (NVS) Announces Promising Data on Tasigna & Hyrimoz
Novartis (NVS) announces positive data on CML drugs and biosimilar Hyrimoz.
- TheStreet.com•2 days ago
New Targets for Merck Stock as Charts Point Higher
was favored by Jim Cramer during his Mad Money program Friday night in anticipation of good news Thursday from its investor day. In the daily bar chart of MRK, below, we can see a positive trend higher the past twelve months. The daily On-Balance-Volume (OBV) line has moved higher the past year as MRK has traded higher -- a positive sign.
- Market Realist•2 days ago
How Are Merck’s Revenues Trending in 2019?
On its first-quarter earnings conference call, Merck & Co. (MRK) guided for 2019 revenue of $43.9 billion–$45.1 billion, a YoY (year-over-year) rise of 4%–7% driven by its Oncology, Hospital and Specialty, Vaccines, and Animal Health segments.
- InvestorPlace•2 days ago
The 5 Worst Dow Jones Stocks So Far in 2019
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained nearly 12% so far in 2019. It doesn't seem like a whole heck of a lot, but considering the topsy-turvey markets of 2019, it's a pretty strong lift. That gain was driven by the majority of the Dow 30 as most of the stocks in the DJIA index contributed to its postive year-to-date gain.Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is the biggest winner of the bunch, gaining more than 30%. But owing to the odd price-weighted nature of the index, it's likely Visa (NYSE:V), with a 28% gain and a higher share price, that has been the biggest driver behind the Dow's gains.Not every component of the Dow Jones today has had a strong year, though. Five of the index's 30 stocks have declined so far this year. But not all of them make the list of the five worst Dow Jones stocks in 2019, which we'll recount in greater detail going forward.InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips * 7 Top-Rated Biotech Stocks to Invest In Today For reasons that go beyond pure performance, these five components have had the roughest year so far, which means they have the most to prove in the second half of 2019. Walgreens (WBA)Source: Mike Mozart via FlickrWalgreens (NASDAQ:WBA) is the easiest pick on the list. That's somewhat ironic considering that Walgreens is one of the index's newest members, replacing General Electric (NYSE:GE) just last year. WBA stock far and away has had the worst performance in 2019: its 22.6% decline is almost exactly twice as steep as that of the index's second-biggest decliner. WBA touched a five-year low late last month before a modest rally in recent weeks.As I wrote in April, disappointing store-level execution clearly has been a factor. But what might be more worrisome for WBA is that the entire retail pharmacy industry seems to under threat. Shares of rival CVS Health (NYSE:CVS), too, have touched a multi-year low.Smaller Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD) continues to plunge, with a hefty debt load adding to the pressure. Front-end sales aren't growing, and in pharmacy higher generic prices are compressing already-thin margins.WBA stock is cheap, now at less than 9x forward earnings. But right now, Walgreens looks a lot like most other retailers - and that will have to change for Walgreens stock to reverse its performance in not only 2019, but the last few years. Dow Inc. (DOW)Source: Roy Luck via Flickr (modified)It's a little unfair to put Dow Inc. (NYSE:DOW) on this list. DOW shares actually have gained 6% since they were spun off from what is now (again) DuPont (NYSE:DD) on April 1st.But DOW is part of the DowDuPont spinoff, a hugely complicated financial engineering project that was supposed to create real value for shareholders. It hasn't happened. DWDP shareholders received one share of Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) and one share of DOW for every three DowDuPont shares they owned. At current prices, that totals about $50 in value. DWDP shares closed 2018 near $54 - after declining 25% last year.This was a case where many value investors saw significant upside. Yet trade war concerns and post-spin trading have led DWDP to destroy value, at least so far. DOW and its former siblings still have time, and room, to rally. But a lot of smart investors likely see the YTD performance as among the most disappointing in their portfolios. Intel (INTC)Source: Shutterstock Performance-wise, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) hasn't been a bad stock in 2019. It's underperformed the market, but a 0.5% decline actually turns very slightly positive when accounting for dividend payments.Still, 2019 hasn't been a good year for Intel. It's suffering chip shortages. It's still behind in 10nm -- and about four years late. Rival Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) is gobbling up market share in CPUs. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) settled with Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) in large part because Intel couldn't move quick enough to get the iPhone to 5G.Intel still is a behemoth in the chip space, and the company still has time to right its ship. With INTC stock at barely 10x earnings, there's upside if and when that happens. But the company's performance so far this year inspires little confidence, which has been much weaker than a flattish stock price would imply. 3M (MMM)Source: Shutterstock The 11.4% decline in 3M (NYSE:MMM) shares so far this year is the second-worst performance in the Dow. But no component has posted a worse quarterly report than 3M did with its Q1 release in late April. 3M stock plunged 13%, its worst one-day decline in over 30 years. The drop was big enough to on its own pull the index down over 100 points.MMM stock still hasn't recovered: it would drop nearly another 20% in the following weeks before bottoming of late. And there's a case for the stock after the big decline, as James Brumley argued earlier this month. A 3.4% dividend yield helps the argument, and 3M's diversified business should allow it to ride out any further near-term or market volatility.Still, Q1 was an obvious concern: stocks like 3M don't fall 25% in a matter of weeks for no reason. And it was the automotive and Chinese markets that led to the poor quarter. Neither seems likely to rebound sharply all that soon. At the very least, it's going to take a lot more than one good quarter for 3M to make back what it lost after Q1. Pfizer (PFE)Source: Shutterstock It's a bit unfair to put Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) on this list. Pfizer certainly hasn't had a terrible year. PFE stock is down 2.6%, the third-worst performance in the index. But drugmakers generally underperform in bull markets, and many drug stocks have done worse in 2019. A 3.4% dividend yield offsets most of those losses anyhow.That said, Pfizer hasn't had a great year, either. Rival (and fellow Dow component) Merck (NYSE:MRK) has gained 8%-plus. And it's hard not to get the sense that PFE, which traded mostly sideways for over three years in the middle of the decade, is back to being stagnant. There doesn't seem to much of a catalyst on the horizon to change the Pfizer story, while external pressures on the industry continue to mount.It's true that, even this year, PFE shareholders could have done worse. But given that 25 Dow Jones stocks are up YTD, it's obvious they could have done better.As of this writing, Vince Martin has no positions in any securities mentioned. More From InvestorPlace * 4 Top American Penny Pot Stocks (Buy Before June 21) * The 7 Best Tech Stocks to Buy for the Second Half of 2019 * 7 Top-Rated Biotech Stocks to Invest In Today * 4 Semiconductor Stocks to Sell Compare Brokers The post The 5 Worst Dow Jones Stocks So Far in 2019 appeared first on InvestorPlace.
- Investor's Business Daily•2 days ago
Pfizer Stock Is The Biggest Pharma — But Should You Buy It?
Pfizer stock has fallen 2% this year, behind pharma stocks. Recent news has been upbeat with a drug approval and earnings beat. But the question remains: Is Pfizer stock a buy right now?
- Market Realist•2 days ago
What Analysts Recommend for Merck and AstraZeneca in June
Merck & Co. (MRK) is up 8.49%, and AstraZeneca (AZN) is up 5.08% in 2019 on a year-to-date basis. Merck continues to ride on the success of its leading immuno-oncology drug, Keytruda. AstraZeneca’s oncology drugs Tagrisso and Lynparza have emerged as key revenue drivers for it in 2019.
- Simply Wall St.•2 days ago
How Many Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) Shares Have Insiders Sold, In The Last Year?
We often see insiders buying up shares in companies that perform well over the long term. On the other hand, we'd be...
- Benzinga•4 days ago
The Week Ahead In Biotech: Conferences, PDUFA Dates Clinical Trial Readouts And IPOs
For biotech stocks, the week was back loaded with multiple conferences scheduled for the later half of the week. Nevertheless, there were volatile moves in some low-float, thinly traded stocks. Looking ...
- Zacks•5 days ago
Agilent Announces Receipt of FDA Approval for pharmDX Assay
Agilent (A) receives approval on the expanded use of its PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx assay.
- Reuters•5 days ago
U.S. drugmakers file lawsuit against rule requiring drug prices in TV ads
U.S. drugmakers on Friday filed a lawsuit to prevent the companies from disclosing the list price of prescription drugs in direct-to-consumer television advertisements as per a newly proposed government regulation. The lawsuit was jointly filed by Amgen Inc, Merck & Co Inc, Eli Lilly and Co and the Association Of National Advertisers in the U.S. district court in Columbia. The new regulation on advertisement, which was finalized on May 8 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and takes effect in July, is part of the government's efforts to bring down costs for U.S. consumers.
- Reuters•5 days ago
WHO panel decides not to declare Ebola emergency - statement
A World Health Organisation (WHO) advisory panel decided on Friday not to declare an international public health emergency over the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda, saying that the criteria had not been met. Authorities in Uganda, where two members of the same family died this week from the disease, have drawn up a list of 98 contacts, or contacts of contacts, potentially exposed to the Ebola virus, but only 10 are considered "high risk", WHO expert Dr Mike Ryan told a news conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva.
- Zacks•5 days ago
3 Big Pharma Stocks to Buy Right Now
These big pharma stocks all have a Zacks Rank 2 or better.
- Barrons.com•5 days ago
Merck Plans Its First Investor Day in 5 Years. Here’s What to Watch.
Analysts say that the event will be vital for the pharmaceutical company as it seeks to show investors it can build on a strong run in recent years.
- Zacks•5 days ago
Dow 30 Stock Roundup: United Technologies-Raytheon Merger, Merck's Tilos Buyout
The index traversed a volatile week, guided largely by trade-related developments.
