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Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) stock score

Healthcare · Drug Manufacturers - General · United States

$145.60 ▲ +2.26% today

93.1
Dad Score, out of 100
strong

Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) is a Drug Manufacturers - General company in the Healthcare sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 93.1 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a strong reading that places the business ahead of 93% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Healthcare it ranks #63 of 974. Its strongest axes are valuation, quality and price action; its weakest is conviction.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Strong
Quality
Strong
Growth
Average
Price action
Above average
Risk
Average
Conviction
Below average
Liquidity
Strong
Macro
Average

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)114.5×
P/E (forward)15.1×
Dividend yield2.31%
Return on capital20.6%
Operating margin-0.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.3%
FCF yield3.2%
Net debt / EBITDA1.62×
Piotroski F-Score4 / 9
52-week change+67.3%
Market cap$356.0B
Next earningsOct 29, 2026

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Drug Manufacturers - General peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
LLYEli Lilly and Company93.7strong$1.02T
JNJJohnson & Johnson78.0good$617.0B
ABBVAbbVie Inc.99.0strong$464.4B
NVSNovartis AG97.2strong$268.0B
AZNAstraZeneca PLC84.6good$243.3B
AMGNAmgen Inc.97.1strong$217.9B
GILDGilead Sciences, Inc.85.1strong$179.5B
NVONovo Nordisk A/S49.7middling$164.8B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.