Merck & Company (NYSE: MRK)
| Last Price | $62.36 |
| Net Change | $-0.21 (-0.34%) |
| Bid | $0 |
| Ask Price | $0 |
| Open Price | $62.85 |
| Previous Close Price | $62.57 |
| High Price | $63 |
| Low Price | $62.25 |
| Number of Trades | 24,996 |
| Volume | 5,956,250 |
| Fifty Two Week High | $66.8 (2017-03-01) |
| Fifty Two Week Low | $57.18 (2016-08-03) |
| Average Daily Volume | 9,505,491 |
| Share Outstanding | 2,735,160 Shares |
| Total Dividend Payout | 1.88/yr |
| Dividend Yield | 2.99% |
| 1st Quarter Earnings | $0.88 (2017-05-02) |
| 2nd Quarter Earnings | $0.89 (2017-02-02) |
| 3nd Quarter Earnings | $1.07 (2016-10-25) |
| 4th Quarter Earnings | $0.93 (2016-07-29) |
| PE Ratio | $16.69 |
| EPS Growth | $1.94 |
| Recent Earnings | $0.88 |
| Annual EPS | $3.77 |
| Last Quarter EPS | $ |
| Market Capitalization | $171.30B |
| Insider Shareholders % | 0.0005% |
| Annual Revenue | $0B |
| No. Shares Outstanding | 2,735,160 |
| Inst. Shareholder % | 73.8% |
| Annual Net Income | $0B |
| TTM Net Profit Margin | $-34.14 |
| 1-Year Return | 9.66% |
| 3-Year Return | 18.39% |
| 5-Year Return | 70.69% |
| 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% |
| Change in EPS YTD | 1.94% |
| Dividends per Share | $0.47 |
| Stock Split Ratio | 2-1 |
| Beta | 0.81 |
Today's Merck Stock Update
This Merck stock price update gives you some of the most important numbers you need to evaluate MRK today, July 25, 2017.
Let's start with where MRK stock closed yesterday - at $62.57. From the previous trading session Merck shares dropped 0.10% or $0.06 .
Here's how the current Merck stock price level compares to recent highs and lows...
MRK is now trading at a higher price than it was one-year ago, with the share price having gone up by 6.38%.
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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 $57.18, reached on 8/03/2016. Also, this - MRK trading volume yesterday was 6,906,400. That's less than Merck stock's average daily trading volume of 7,784,380. Let's look at Merck's market cap, which is shares outstanding multiplied by Merck's share price. Merck has a market cap of 171,303,072,000. That means Merck has a large market cap, because it's between 10 billion and 200 billion. As 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 16.69. 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 2.19. 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 0.81. Merck stock has a dividend yield of 2.99%. Generally a dividend yield of 2% or more is decent for those investors who want income from dividend stocks. Money Morning gives you Merck stock news daily. We publish new info on MRK and dozens of other key companies we're watching now, every day, so investors will never miss an opportunity. As always, our content is 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 $57.18, reached on 8/03/2016. Also, this - MRK trading volume yesterday was 6,906,400. That's less than Merck stock's average daily trading volume of 7,784,380. Let's look at Merck's market cap, which is shares outstanding multiplied by Merck's share price. Merck has a market cap of 171,303,072,000. That means Merck has a large market cap, because it's between 10 billion and 200 billion. As 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 16.69. 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 2.19. 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 0.81. Merck stock has a dividend yield of 2.99%. Generally a dividend yield of 2% or more is decent for those investors who want income from dividend stocks. Money Morning gives you Merck stock news daily. We publish new info on MRK and dozens of other key companies we're watching now, every day, so investors will never miss an opportunity. As always, our content is free.
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