How to buy Merck & Co. shares

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Merck & Company Inc (MRK) is a publicly traded drug manufacturers - general business based in the US which employs around 70,000 staff. Merck & Co. is listed on the NYSE and traded in US dollars. Its current price of $109.40 is 4.6% down on its price a month ago ($114.71).

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  2. Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
  3. Search the platform by ticker symbol. MRK in this case.
  4. Choose an order type. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares or dollar amount.
  5. Submit the order. It's that simple.
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Alternative ways to invest in Merck & Co.

Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Merck & Co.), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.

Merck & Co. is a major part of the NYSE, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Is it a good time to buy Merck & Co. stock?

Review technicals and fundamentals to help you determine if now's a good time for you to invest.

Technical analysis

View Merck & Co.'s price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

Use our graph to track the performance of MRK stock over time.

Historical closes compared with the last close of $109.40

1 week (2024-10-03)-0.34%
1 month (2024-09-10)-4.63%
3 months (2024-07-10)-15.17%
6 months (2024-04-10)-13.28%
1 year (2023-10-10)5.74%
2 years (2022-10-10)20.15%
3 years (2021-10-10)36.87%
5 years (2019-10-10)29.81%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

Finder might not agree with the analysis and we take no responsibility. We also give no representations or warranty on the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on this page.

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Is Merck & Co. under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Merck & Co. P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Merck & Co.'s current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 20x. In other words, Merck & Co.'s shares trade at around 20x recent earnings.

That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44).

Merck & Co.'s "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.0742. A PEG ratio below 1 can be interpreted as meaning the shares are not overvalued given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Merck & Co.'s future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Merck & Co.'s EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $23.6 billion (£18.1 billion).

The EBITDA is a measure of Merck & Co.'s overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

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