Merck & Co., Inc.

MRK stock score: 59/100

$147.24 · -1.76% · Scored Oct 22, 2026

Technical
67
Fundamental
50
News
49

The reading

Merck & Co. (MRK) scores 59 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 83% of Healthcare stocks and 71% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 67, fundamentals 50.

Among the fundamentals, Return on Equity (ROE) at 98 and EBITDA Margins at 97 score highest, while Earnings Growth (Quarterly) at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 64 and contrarian oscillators 39 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 49; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 56 to 70, and it is down 9 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward MRK’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

50

Pulling it up

  • Return on Equity (ROE)98

    Return on Equity (ROE) measures how efficiently a company generates profits from shareholder equity.

  • EBITDA Margins97

    EBITDA margins measure operating profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

  • Earnings Quality (Annual)94

    Earnings Quality (Annual) assesses absolute profitability independent of growth, measuring whether the company is profitable, its earnings yield (earnings/market cap), profit margins, and consistency.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)0

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

  • Trailing P/E0

    Trailing P/E ratio uses the last 12 months of actual earnings.

  • Fair Value0

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

62

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • 52-Week Change100

    The price change over the last 52 weeks.

  • S&P 500 52W Comparison96

    S&P 500 52-week comparison evaluates the stock's annual performance relative to the broader market.

Holding it back

  • Candlestick Patterns0

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

  • TRIX12

    TRIX is a momentum oscillator that filters out short-term noise by triple-smoothing price data.

  • SPY SMA 1023

    SPY SMA 10 evaluates the S&P 500 (SPY) position relative to its 10-period simple moving average.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
49

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly451
Daily623
Weekly692
Monthly762
Quarterly762

Composite score, last 90 days

05010059Jul 25, 2026Oct 22, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 68Jul 26, 2026: 70Jul 27, 2026: 68Jul 28, 2026: 69Jul 29, 2026: 68Jul 30, 2026: 70Jul 31, 2026: 70Aug 1, 2026: 62Aug 2, 2026: 61Aug 3, 2026: 61Aug 4, 2026: 61Aug 5, 2026: 60Aug 6, 2026: 60Aug 7, 2026: 61Aug 8, 2026: 61Aug 9, 2026: 61Aug 10, 2026: 63Aug 11, 2026: 62Aug 12, 2026: 63Aug 13, 2026: 63Aug 14, 2026: 62Aug 15, 2026: 62Aug 16, 2026: 62Aug 17, 2026: 62Aug 18, 2026: 61Aug 19, 2026: 63Aug 20, 2026: 62Aug 22, 2026: 61Aug 23, 2026: 61Aug 24, 2026: 61Aug 25, 2026: 61Aug 26, 2026: 60Aug 27, 2026: 60Aug 28, 2026: 60Aug 29, 2026: 60Aug 30, 2026: 60Aug 31, 2026: 60Sep 1, 2026: 60Sep 2, 2026: 61Sep 3, 2026: 61Sep 4, 2026: 61Sep 5, 2026: 61Sep 6, 2026: 61Sep 7, 2026: 61Sep 8, 2026: 60Sep 9, 2026: 59Sep 10, 2026: 58Sep 11, 2026: 58Sep 12, 2026: 58Sep 13, 2026: 59Sep 14, 2026: 59Sep 15, 2026: 58Sep 16, 2026: 59Sep 17, 2026: 60Sep 18, 2026: 60Sep 19, 2026: 59Sep 20, 2026: 59Sep 21, 2026: 61Sep 22, 2026: 61Sep 23, 2026: 61Sep 24, 2026: 60Sep 25, 2026: 60Sep 26, 2026: 60Sep 27, 2026: 60Sep 28, 2026: 60Sep 29, 2026: 60Sep 30, 2026: 58Oct 1, 2026: 57Oct 2, 2026: 58Oct 3, 2026: 58Oct 4, 2026: 58Oct 5, 2026: 56Oct 6, 2026: 57Oct 7, 2026: 58Oct 8, 2026: 58Oct 9, 2026: 60Oct 10, 2026: 60Oct 11, 2026: 60Oct 12, 2026: 60Oct 13, 2026: 57Oct 14, 2026: 60Oct 15, 2026: 59Oct 16, 2026: 59Oct 17, 2026: 59Oct 18, 2026: 59Oct 19, 2026: 58Oct 20, 2026: 60Oct 21, 2026: 60Oct 22, 2026: 59
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Key facts

Market cap
$363.3B
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Drug Manufacturers - General
Beta
0.22
Risk grade (1–10)
3
Next earnings
Oct 29, 2026

Drug Manufacturers - General peers

CompanyMarket capScore
JNJ Johnson & Johnson$644.9B62
ABBV AbbVie$504.0B58
NVS Novartis AG$297.0B63
AZN AstraZeneca$267.6B64
AMGN Amgen$241.8B66
GILD Gilead Sciences$194.9B62

Questions

What is MRK's stock score today?

MRK scores 59/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 67, fundamental 50, and news sentiment 49, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is MRK a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 59 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the MRK score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Healthcare ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.