Is Merck Stock A Buy As Coronavirus Worries Shake The Dow Jones Giant? [Investor's Business Daily]
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Related news Merck stock tumbled roughly 16% in the first three months of 2020 — outperforming the broad industry group of pharmaceutical companies. The future of Dow Jones pharmaceutical company Merck ( MRK ) is intricately tied to its biggest cancer treatment, Keytruda. The immuno-oncology drug continues to outperform and outgrow Bristol Myers Squibb 's ( BMY ) rival treatment, Opdivo. With six blockbuster drugs under its belt as of 2019, is now the time to give Merck stock a shot? The first quarter showed some strength for Merck stock. The pharma company posted $1.50 per share in adjusted earnings and sales were $12.06 billion. On a year-over-year basis, Merck's earnings increased 23% and sales rose 11%. Earnings and sales growth accelerated from the fourth quarter and beat expectations. But Merck stock was rocked by its guidance cut for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic . More than half of Merck's sales in the first quarter, or 53%, stemmed from Keytruda, diabetes drug Januv
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- Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) had its "hold (c)" rating reaffirmed by analysts at <a style="font-weight:bold" href="https://weissratings.com/">Weiss Ratings</a>.MarketBeat
- Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) had its price target raised by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $92.00 to $120.00. They now have a "buy" rating on the stock.MarketBeat
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- 10/30/25 - Beat
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- 12/4/25 - Form 8-K
- 12/3/25 - Form 424B5
- 12/2/25 - Form FWP
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