The 2 Best Stocks to Play Trump's "Stargate"
The first is a little-known company that already got a takeover offer from Nvidia. The second is a firm that's trading at just $20 a share and has an 8% yield.
| Open | 88.00 | Prev Close | 87.68 |
| High | 89.53 | Low | 87.01 |
| Volume | 15,644,021 | Volume (Avg) | 13,987 |
| 52 Week High | 132.67 | 52 Week Low | 81.04 |
| Market Cap | 226.4B | PE Ratio | 13.29 |
General
| Name | Merck & Co Inc |
| Ticker | MRK |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Industry | Drug Manufacturers - General |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
About Merck & Co Inc
Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, and diabetes under the Keytruda, Bridion, Adempas, Lagevrio, Belsomra, Simponi, and Januvia brands, as well as vaccine products consisting of preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines under the Gardasil/Gardasil 9, ProQuad, M-M-R II, Varivax, RotaTeq, Live Oral, Vaxneuvance, Pneumovax 23, and Vaqta names. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. vIt has development and commercialization agreement for three of Daiichi Sankyo's deruxtecan ADC candidates, which include patritumab deruxtecan, ifinatamab deruxtecan, and raludotatug deruxtecan for the treatment of multiple solid tumors both as monotherapy and/or in combination with other treatments; and AstraZeneca PLC to co-development and co-commercialize AstraZeneca's Lynparza products for multiple cancer types, and Koselugo for multiple indications. It also has licensed to develop, manufacture and commercialize LM-299, a novel investigational PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody from LaNova. The company also has a collaboration agreement with Eisai Co., Ltd., Bayer AG, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, as well Moderna, Inc. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 116.00 |
| Market Cap | 226,402,400,000 |
| PE Ratio | 13.29 |
| PEG Ratio | 0.07 |
| EBITDA | 26,939,666,432 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 13.28 |
| Forward PE | 9.92 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 3.53 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 5.09 |
Technicals
| Beta | 0.36 |
| 52 Week High | 132.67 |
| 52 Week Low | 81.04 |
| 50 Day Average | -6.79% |
| 200 Day Average | -19.82% |
Dividend
Merck & Co Inc pays out a dividend of $3.26 per share, with a dividend yield of 3.64%.
MRK's next dividend payment will be made to shareholders on April 7, 2025.
They pay out 46.32% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Apr 7, 2025 | $0.81 |
| Jan 8, 2025 | $0.81 |
| Oct 7, 2024 | $0.77 |
| Jul 8, 2024 | $0.77 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | $0.77 |
| Jan 8, 2024 | $0.77 |
| Oct 6, 2023 | $0.73 |
| Jul 10, 2023 | $0.73 |
| Apr 10, 2023 | $0.73 |
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