Merck & Company (NYSE: MRK)
| Last Price | $62.15 |
| Net Change | $-0.27 (-0.43%) |
| Bid | $62.14 |
| Ask Price | $62.42 |
| Open Price | $62.25 |
| Previous Close Price | $62.42 |
| High Price | $62.6 |
| Low Price | $62.15 |
| Number of Trades | 17,957 |
| Volume | 6,434,881 |
| Fifty Two Week High | $66.8 (2017-03-01) |
| Fifty Two Week Low | $58.29 (2016-11-03) |
| Average Daily Volume | 9,329,586 |
| Share Outstanding | 2,735,160 Shares |
| Total Dividend Payout | 1.88/yr |
| Dividend Yield | 3.03% |
| 1st Quarter Earnings | $1.01 (2017-07-28) |
| 2nd Quarter Earnings | $0.88 (2017-05-02) |
| 3nd Quarter Earnings | $0.89 (2017-02-02) |
| 4th Quarter Earnings | $1.07 (2016-10-25) |
| PE Ratio | $16.1 |
| EPS Growth | $2.26 |
| Recent Earnings | $1.01 |
| Annual EPS | $3.85 |
| Last Quarter EPS | $ |
| Market Capitalization | $170.73B |
| Insider Shareholders % | 0.0005% |
| Annual Revenue | $0B |
| No. Shares Outstanding | 2,735,160 |
| Inst. Shareholder % | 73.46% |
| Annual Net Income | $6.86B |
| TTM Net Profit Margin | $12.71 |
| 1-Year Return | -1.82% |
| 3-Year Return | 4.5% |
| 5-Year Return | 44.76% |
| 5-Year Revenue Growth | -17.15% |
| 5-Year Earnings Growth | 0.27% |
| 5-Year Dividend Growth | 18.59% |
| Annual Dividend | $1.88 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 3.03% |
| Change in EPS YTD | 2.26% |
| Dividends per Share | $0.47 |
| Stock Split Ratio | 2-1 |
| Beta | 0.8 |
Today's Merck Stock Update
Here we've put together some of the most important Merck stock numbers for you. That includes recent closing price, 52-week highs and lows, and more great information for investors, as of August 23, 2017.
First, MRK shares climbed 0.73% or $0.45 from the day before. That brought the Merck stock closing price to $62.42.
Looking at the 52-week highs and lows for MRK is a good way to make sense of the current price, so let's do that now...
At today's price, MRK is trading below where it was one-year ago, with shares lower by 1.78%.
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The Merck stock price 52-week high is $66.80. That was hit on 3/01/2017. The MRK stock 52-week low is $58.29, reached on 11/03/2016. Another number to note - MRK trading volume yesterday was 7,197,100. That's higher than Merck stock's average daily trading volume of 5,515,200. Merck's market capitalization - the amount of shares outstanding times the share price - is 170,728,672,000. That gives Merck a large market cap, because it's between 10 billion and 200 billion. As of the start of April 2016, Apple has the biggest market cap of all publicly traded companies.
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The current P/E (price/earnings) ratio of Merck stock is 15.97. That's not as high as the March 2016 S&P 500 P/E ratio of about 23. To really gauge if this stock's P/E is high or low, you should compare MRK to other companies in the same industry. The current EPS (earnings per share) of MRK is 2.47. Beta - how closely the stock trades with the overall market, with a beta of 1 meaning it trades in step with the broader index -- for Merck is 0.80. Merck stock has a dividend yield of 3.03%. Most income investors look for "dividend stocks" that have a yield of 2% or more, but there are different factors that affect the health of a company's payout. Every day we publish Merck stock news and coverage on a handful of other key stocks we're watching now so you can maximize profits. To get new info and stock news on MRK and other companies you are interested in, sign up for Money Morning - it's free.
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The Merck stock price 52-week high is $66.80. That was hit on 3/01/2017. The MRK stock 52-week low is $58.29, reached on 11/03/2016. Another number to note - MRK trading volume yesterday was 7,197,100. That's higher than Merck stock's average daily trading volume of 5,515,200. Merck's market capitalization - the amount of shares outstanding times the share price - is 170,728,672,000. That gives Merck a large market cap, because it's between 10 billion and 200 billion. As of the start of April 2016, Apple has the biggest market cap of all publicly traded companies.
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The current P/E (price/earnings) ratio of Merck stock is 15.97. That's not as high as the March 2016 S&P 500 P/E ratio of about 23. To really gauge if this stock's P/E is high or low, you should compare MRK to other companies in the same industry. The current EPS (earnings per share) of MRK is 2.47. Beta - how closely the stock trades with the overall market, with a beta of 1 meaning it trades in step with the broader index -- for Merck is 0.80. Merck stock has a dividend yield of 3.03%. Most income investors look for "dividend stocks" that have a yield of 2% or more, but there are different factors that affect the health of a company's payout. Every day we publish Merck stock news and coverage on a handful of other key stocks we're watching now so you can maximize profits. To get new info and stock news on MRK and other companies you are interested in, sign up for Money Morning - it's free.
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