MRK Merck & Co.
Health Care · S&P 500 · Dow Jones
Next earnings: not announced yet
What 32 analyst firms say about Merck & Co: their latest ratings, price targets and how far the stock is from them. How it works
Analyst window: Latest analyst report within last 1 year
Analyst view · last 1Y
31 rated views · 32 analyst/firm records · 32 firms
Radar score
- S&P 500 · Top Picks · 6MBelow the Radar threshold of 8043
- S&P 500 · Safest consensus · 6MBelow the Radar threshold of 8052
Other indices (1)
- Dow Jones · Top Picks · 6MBelow the Radar threshold of 8033
- Dow Jones · Safest consensus · 6MBelow the Radar threshold of 8038
Recent analyst activity · last 90 days
Our tracked history has 40 reports on MRK from 27 analyst firms in the last 90 days (32 firms in the past year).
Comparing each firm's latest target with its previous one: 11 raised their price target, 3 lowered it, 5 left it unchanged and 4 have their first observed target in the past year.
Ratings, latest available report against the previous one: 0 upgrades and 1 downgrade.
Latest observed target change: Cantor Fitzgerald raised its target from $145.00 (set 8 Oct 2026) to $155.00 on 2 Nov 2026.
Last 1 year. Latest opinion per identifiable analyst within the last 1 year. BUY / HOLD / SELL each count one current analyst vote; unnamed firm records are a fallback.
| Firm | Analyst | Latest rating | Report date | Latest target (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argus | Jasper Hellweg | Buy | 25 Aug 2026 | 170.00 USD |
| Bank of America Securities | Tim Anderson | Buy | 30 Jun 2026 | 141.00 USD |
| Barclays | Emily Field | Buy | 26 Oct 2026 | 180.00 USD |
| Berenberg | Luisa Hector | Hold | 10 Jul 2026 | 137.00 USD |
| Bernstein | Courtney Breen | Hold | 26 Oct 2026 | 105.00 USD |
| BMO Capital Markets | Evan David Seigerman | Buy | 20 Aug 2026 | 170.00 USD |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Carter Gould | Hold | 8 Oct 2026 | 145.00 USD |
| CICC | Unnamed analyst | Buy | 24 Jun 2026 | 138.00 USD |
| Citigroup | Geoff Meacham | Hold | 12 Oct 2026 | 145.00 USD |
| Daiwa | Narumi Nakagiri | Buy | 12 Aug 2026 | 143.00 USD |
| DBS | Nico Chen | Buy | 11 Sep 2026 | 180.00 USD |
| Deutsche Bank | James Shin | Buy | 13 Feb 2026 | 150.00 USD |
| DZ Bank | Elmar Kraus | Buy | 5 Aug 2026 | 156.00 USD |
| Erste Group | Hans Engel | Hold | 18 Sep 2026 | — |
| Evercore ISI | Umer Raffat | Buy | 1 Jul 2026 | — |
| Freedom Capital Markets | Ilya Zubkov | Hold | 23 Jul 2026 | 125.00 USD |
| Goldman Sachs | Asad Haider | Buy | 16 Oct 2026 | Conflicting reports · excluded |
| Guggenheim | Vamil Divan | Buy | 30 Oct 2026 | 171.00 USD |
| HSBC | Rajesh Kumar | Buy | 10 Sep 2026 | Conflicting reports · excluded |
| Jefferies | Akash Tewari | Buy | 19 Aug 2026 | Conflicting reports · excluded |
| JPMorgan | Chris Schott | Buy | 30 Oct 2026 | 175.00 USD |
| Leerink Partners | Daina Graybosch | Buy | 9 Sep 2026 | 161.00 USD |
| Morgan Stanley | Terence Flynn | Buy | 7 Oct 2026 | 177.00 USD |
| RBC Capital Markets | Trung Huynh | Hold | 30 Oct 2026 | 140.00 USD |
| Redburn | Steven K Chesney | Buy | 8 Oct 2026 | 173.00 USD |
| Scotiabank | Louise Chen | Buy | 29 Sep 2026 | 180.00 USD |
| TD Cowen | Steve M Scala | Hold | 23 Sep 2026 | 155.00 USD |
| UBS | Michael Yee | Buy | 20 Aug 2026 | 175.00 USD |
| Weiss Ratings | Unnamed analyst | — | 25 Aug 2026 | — |
| Wells Fargo | Mohit Bansal | Buy | 9 Oct 2026 | 165.00 USD |
| Wolfe Research | Alexandria Hammond | Buy | 25 Aug 2026 | 180.00 USD |
| Data feed RESEARCH | Research Team | Sell | 19 Oct 2026 | Conflicting reports · excluded |
Partial coverage · checked 6 Nov (6 Nov 2026, 03:58 ET). Some research records could not be refreshed. Cached records retained. Prices stream live during the US session; otherwise stored prices delayed about 15 minutes. A summary of analyst opinion, not investment advice.