Rakuten Investment Management Adds $5M in Merck & Co., Inc. ($MRK)

Key Points

  • Rakuten Investment Management changed its Merck & Co., Inc. ($MRK) stake by 12.5% last quarter, boosting to 368,357 shares worth $44.48 million.
  • Wall Street's consensus rating on $MRK is Buy and an average price target of $129.74.
  • $MRK last traded around $120.76.

Rakuten Investment Management increased its position in Merck & Co., Inc. ($MRK) by 12.5% during the most recent quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 368,357 shares of Merck & Co., Inc. after buying 40,848 shares during the quarter. Rakuten Investment Management's holdings in Merck & Co., Inc. were worth $44.48 million as of its most recent filing.

Merck & Co., Inc. ($MRK) Stock

Last price$120.76
Market cap$294.03B
P/E ratio33.54
Forward P/E12.45
PEG ratio5.54
Beta0.22
52-week low$76.66
52-week high$125.14
50-day MA$116.18
200-day MA$104.78
Current ratio1.30
Quick ratio0.70
Debt-to-equity1.07

Merck & Co., Inc. Earnings

EPS (ttm)$3.55
Revenue (ttm)$65.77B
Revenue growth4.9%
Net margin13.6%
Return on equity18.9%
Next earningsAug 4, 2026

Merck & Co., Inc. Dividend

Annual dividend$3.40
Dividend yield286.00%
Payout ratio93.5%
Ex-dividend dateJun 15, 2026

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ConsensusBuy
Average target$129.74
High target$150.00
Low target$100.00
Analysts covering27

About Merck & Co., Inc.

Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It offers human health pharmaceutical for various areas under the Keytruda, Keytruda Qlex, Welireg, Gardasil, ProQuad, M-M-R II, Varivax, Vaxneuvance, Capvaxive, RotaTeq, Pneumovax 23, Bridion, Prevymis, Dificid, Zerbaxa, Winrevair, Adempas/ Verquvo, Ohtuvayre, Lagevrio, Isentress/Isentress HD, Delstrigo, Pifeltro, Belsomra, Januvia, and Janumet brands. The company also provides veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services, such as livestock products under the Nuflor, Bovilis/Vista, Bovilis Cryptium, Banamine, Estrumate, Matrix, Resflor, Zuprevo, Revalor, Safe-Guard, M+Pac, Porcilis, Circumvent, Nobilis/Innovax, Paracox and Coccivac, Exzolt, Slice, Imvixa, Clynav, Aquavac/Norvax, Aquaflor, Flexolt brands; Allflex Livestock Intelligence solutions; and companion animal products under the Bravecto One-Month, Bravecto Injectable/Quantum, Bravecto TriUNO, Bravecto Plus, Sentinel Spectrum, Sentinel Flavor Tabs, Numelvi, Optimmune, Nobivac NXT, GilvetMab, Otomax, Mometamax, Mometamax Ultra, Posatex, Caninsulin/Vetsulin, Panacur, Safeguard, Regumate, Prestige, Scalibor/Exspot, Sure Petcare, and Home Again brands. It has development and commercialization agreement for three of Daiichi Sankyo's deruxtecan ADC candidates; AstraZeneca PLC to co-development and co-commercialize AstraZeneca's Lynparza products for multiple cancer types; licensed to develop, manufacture and commercialize LM-299, a novel investigational PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody from LaNova; and collaboration agreement with Eisai Co., Ltd., Bayer AG, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, as well Moderna, Inc. Merck & Co., Inc. has strategic collaboration with Infinimmune, Inc. to discover and develop antibodies against multiple therapeutic targets. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.

ExchangeNYSE
SectorHealthcare
IndustryDrug Manufacturers - General
HeadquartersRahway, NJ
CEOMr. Robert M. Davis J.D.
Employees73,000

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