Is Merck (MRK) overvalued or fairly valued?

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What is the share price of Merck (MRK)?

Merck last traded at $124.40 (-2.4% on the day), as of 7/20/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Merck

MRK · NYSE · Pharma · United States

$124.40-2.4%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 20, 2026, 8:04 PM

Snapshot

TickerMRK

ExchangeNYSE

SectorPharma

IndustryDrug Manufacturers - General

CountryUnited States

Employees73,000

HeadquartersRahway, United States

Market cap$307.2B

P/B6.7

Volume7.73M

Websitewww.merck.com

Filings tracked0

About Merck

Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It offers human health pharmaceutical for various areas under the Keytruda, Keytruda Qlex, Welireg, Gardasil, ProQuad, M-M-R II, Varivax, Vaxneuvance, Capvaxive, RotaTeq, Pneumovax 23, Bridion, Prevymis, Dificid, Zerbaxa, Winrevair, Adempas/ Verquvo, Ohtuvayre, Lagevrio, Isentress/Isentress HD, Delstrigo, Pifeltro, Belsomra, Januvia, and Janumet brands. The company also provides veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services, such as livestock products under the Nuflor, Bovilis/Vista, Bovilis Cryptium, Banamine, Estrumate, Matrix, Resflor, Zuprevo, Revalor, Safe-Guard, M+Pac, Porcilis, Circumvent, Nobilis/Innovax, Paracox and Coccivac, Exzolt, Slice, Imvixa, Clynav, Aquavac/Norvax, Aquaflor, Flexolt brands; Allflex Livestock Intelligence solutions; and companion animal products under the Bravecto One-Month, Bravecto Injectable/Quantum, Bravecto TriUNO, Bravecto Plus, Sentinel Spectrum, Sentinel Flavor Tabs, Numelvi, Optimmune, Nobivac NXT, GilvetMab, Otomax, Mometamax, Mometamax Ultra, Posatex, Caninsulin/Vetsulin, Panacur, Safeguard, Regumate, Prestige, Scalibor/Exspot, Sure Petcare, and Home Again brands. It has development and commercialization agreement for three of Daiichi Sankyo's deruxtecan ADC candidates; AstraZeneca PLC to co-development and co-commercialize AstraZeneca's Lynparza products for multiple cancer types; licensed to develop, manufacture and commercialize LM-299, a novel investigational PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody from LaNova; and collaboration agreement with Eisai Co., Ltd., Bayer AG, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, as well Moderna, Inc. Merck & Co., Inc. has strategic collaboration with Infinimmune, Inc. to discover and develop antibodies against multiple therapeutic targets. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders0.1%
Institutions82.2%
Public & other17.8%

4,740 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.9.14%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.52%
State Street Corporation4.83%
Wellington Management Group, LLP3.41%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC2.73%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.41%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO2.14%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.2.01%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $17.4B · EPS 2.31

Est. earnings growth -10.3%

Next fiscal year

Rev $70.1B · EPS 9.66

Est. earnings growth +249.7%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$76.6652-wk range$131.74

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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