Shares of Health Care sector company Merck & moved -4.6% today, and are now trading at a price of $123.8. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 12,004,765 compared to its average volume of 7,497,525. The S&P 500 index returned a -0.0% performance.
Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. The company is based in Rahway and has 70,000 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $313,561,874,432. Merck & currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 2.3% per year.
25 analysts are following Merck & and have set target prices ranging from $124.5 to $155.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, MRK is trading -13.41% away from its average analyst target price of $142.98 per share.
Over the last year, MRK's share price has increased by 12.5%, which represents a difference of -10.7% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $134.63 per share whereas its 52 week low is $99.14. With average free cash flows of $12.45 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 24.1% over the last 5 years, Merck & is in a position to continue its strong stock performance trend.
| Date Reported | Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) | Capital expenditures ($ k) | Free Cash Flow ($ k) | YoY Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13,006,000 | 14,083,000 | 27,089,000 | 84.19 |
| 2022 | 19,095,000 | 4,388,000 | 14,707,000 | 69.55 |
| 2021 | 13,122,000 | 4,448,000 | 8,674,000 | 48.94 |
| 2020 | 10,253,000 | 4,429,000 | 5,824,000 | -42.17 |
| 2019 | 13,440,000 | 3,369,000 | 10,071,000 | 21.24 |
| 2018 | 10,922,000 | 2,615,000 | 8,307,000 |
