Top 3 Growth Stocks for 2024 and Ultimate Investment Guide
By applying a reliable and consistent strategy anyone can build a portfolio that's tailored to their particular retirement goals. To make things easier we have assembled a brand new report on how to find the best stocks and industries to invest in, along with our 3 TOP STOCKS for 2024.
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| Open | 130.69 | Prev Close | 131.19 |
| High | 131.32 | Low | 129.81 |
| Volume | 0 | Volume (Avg) | 8,109,838 |
| 52 Week High | 85.73 | 52 Week Low | 63.21 |
| Market Cap | 195.7B | PE Ratio | 144.09 |
General
| Name | Merck & Co., Inc |
| Ticker | MRK |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Industry | Drug Manufacturers-General |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 73,000 |
About Merck & Co., Inc
Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health segments. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, diabetes, and women's health, as well as and vaccine products. The Animal Health segment provides discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets a range of veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as a suite of digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. The company has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics. It serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, and government agencies; managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions; and physicians and physician distributors, veterinarians, and animal producers. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey.
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 96.33 |
| Market Cap | 195,656,974,336 |
| PE Ratio | 144.09 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.06 |
| EBITDA | 19,069,999,104 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 27.81 |
| Forward PE | 11.30 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 3.95 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 7.46 |
Technicals
| Beta | 0.43 |
| 52 Week High | 85.73 |
| 52 Week Low | 63.21 |
| 50 Day Average | 75.09 |
| 200 Day Average | 79.75 |
Dividend
Merck & Co., Inc pays out a dividend of $2.44 per share, with a dividend yield of 2.26%.
MRK's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on April 7, 2021.
They pay out 42.50% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| 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 |
| Jan 9, 2023 | $0.73 |
| Oct 7, 2022 | $0.69 |
| Jul 8, 2022 | $0.69 |
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