Merck Statistics
NYSE: MRKHealth CareBiotechnology: Pharmaceutical PreparationsUSD
142.79+0.85 (+0.60%)
At close: Oct 7, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Merck by the numbers
Merck has a market capitalization of $352.29 billion based on 2.47B shares outstanding. Its trailing P/E ratio is 113.3, above the 8-company peer median of 22.6, and its forward P/E is 15.1. The stock trades 0.1% above its 50-day average and 15.8% above its 200-day average.
Average daily trading volume is 9.82M shares, or about $1.40 billion in dollar volume.
Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology
MRK valuation vs. peer median
| Metric | MRK | Peer median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $352.29B | $169.87B | +107% |
| P/E (TTM) | 113.3 | 22.6 | +402% |
| Forward P/E | 15.1 | 14.2 | +6% |
| Dividend yield | 2.33% | 3.26% | -29% |
| Avg. volume | 9.82M | 4.14M | +137% |
Peer median across 8 companies: NVS, AZN, ABBV, ABT, NVO, VRTX, BMY, SNY.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $352.29B
- P/E (TTM)
- 113.33
- Forward P/E
- 15.08
- Price / sales (latest FY)
- 5.42
- EPS (TTM)
- $1.26
- Shares outstanding
- 2.47B
Price and trading
- Previous close
- 141.94
- Open
- 142.03
- Day range
- 141.52 – 144.15
- 52-week range
- 82.01 – 156.92
- 52-week change
- +62.98%
- 50-day moving average
- 142.68
- 200-day moving average
- 123.28
- Beta
- —
- Volume
- 6.35M
- Average volume
- 9.82M
Dividends and events
- Annual dividend
- $3.32
- Dividend yield
- 2.33%
- Next earnings date
- Oct 29, 2026
Additional statistics
- Market Cap
- 352.29B
- Pe
- 113.33
- Forward Pe
- 15.08
- Eps
- 1.26
- Dividend Yield
- 2.38%
- Dividend Rate
- 3.32
- Week52 High
- 156.92
- Week52 Low
- 82.01
- Avg Volume
- 9.82M
- Shares Outstanding
- 2.47B
- Ma50
- 142.68
- Ma200
- 123.28
- Earnings Date
- Oct 29, 2026
- Pct From52w High
- -9.00%
- Pct From52w Low
- 74.11%