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Equity · Healthcare

MRK

Merck & Co., Inc. · NYSE

$130.00 +0.16% 1D Finazon · prior-day close · Jul 31, 2026

Reddit mentioned MRK 18 times in the 30 days to 31 July 2026, across 5 of the communities we track. All of them were scored for sentiment: 61% read bullish, 0% bearish and 39% neither. Reddit data updated 31 July 2026.

Price · Chart Chart by TradingView

The chart above plots the price of MRK over the range selected — one day to the full history — drawn by TradingView from their own data. Our own licensed end-of-day series holds 64 sessions over that window: $113.12 on 4 May 2026 through $130.00 on 31 July 2026. Finazon · prior-day close.

Market cap $321.1B
P/E (TTM) 29.8
52-week range $77.70 – $131.84
Avg volume 1.5M
Mentions · 30d 18
Net sentiment +0.14

Finazon · prior-day close · valuation computed from SEC EDGAR filings · as of Aug 2, 2026

The Distributed Sentinel 31 Jul 2026

The crowd leans clearly bullish on MRK

This is a social signal to weigh against price and insider flow, not to trade on alone.

MRK · crowd attention × price

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18 mentions
Bar chart of daily Reddit mentions for MRK over the last 30 days, read against the left-hand axis; days with zero mentions show no bar. A solid accent line overlays the daily closing price on its own right-hand scale. A dashed lead-in marks the untracked days before tracking began.024$131.84$132$121.00$1214 Jul11 Jul18 Jul25 Jul2 Aug

Reddit mentions per day — left axis Busiest day in the window Daily closing price, USD — right axis Before tracking began — not zero

The chart plots daily Reddit mentions of MRK over the 30 days to 31 July 2026: 18 in total, busiest on 10 July with 3, and 2 on the last day counted. This window holds no data before 6 July 2026; the dashed lead-in marks that gap, which is not a run of zeroes. The line is the daily close over the same window: $126.84 on 6 July, $130.00 on 31 July.

Finazon · prior-day close

Where MRK is discussed

Share of tracked-subreddit mentions · 30d
r/wallstreetbets 44% 8 mentions +0.11
r/stocks 33% 6 mentions +0.19
r/investing 11% 2 mentions +0.06
r/options 6% 1 mention +0.06
r/etfs 6% 1 mention +0.35

Reddit chatter that moves with MRK

Method

How closely daily Reddit mention counts rose and fell together over the last 30 days (31 daily observations): MRK moved most closely with SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation (ICU) (r = +0.61) — this measures co-discussion on Reddit, not price co-movement.

Symbol r Observations
ICU SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation +0.61 31
PPT Putnam Premier Income Trust +0.59 31
TGE The Generation Essentials Group +0.58 31
CFTC +0.58 31
SIG Signet Jewelers Limited +0.56 31
ORANGE JUICE +0.55 31

Crowd sentiment on MRK · 30d

n = 18 scored · Method
+0.14
Neutral
Bullish 61%
Neither 39%
Bearish 0%

MRK insider trades

SEC Form 4

MRK has no Form 4 filing in the last 90 days, so there is no summary for that window. The most recent filings we hold are below, the newest dated 2 May 2026.

Date Insider Type Shares Value
12 Feb 2026 Guindo Chirfi Chief Marketing Officer Sell 10,000 $1.21M
10 Feb 2026 Li Dean Y Executive VP & President, MRL Sell 10,235 $1.20M
09 Feb 2026 Guindo Chirfi Chief Marketing Officer Sell 10,000 $1.18M
09 Feb 2026 Zachary Jennifer EVP, General Counsel Sell 121,573 $14.49M
06 Feb 2026 DeLuca Richard R. EVP&Pres, Merck Animal Heallth Sell 37,685 $4.56M
06 Feb 2026 Oosthuizen Johannes Jacobus President, U.S. Market Sell 15,000 $1.83M
06 Feb 2026 Williams David Michael EVP,Chief Info&Digital Officer Sell 5,000 $610K
05 Feb 2026 Guindo Chirfi Chief Marketing Officer Sell 20,000 $2.44M
04 Feb 2026 Davis Robert M Chairman, CEO & President Sell 47,434 $5.60M
04 Feb 2026 Li Dean Y Executive VP & President, MRL Sell 15,087 $1.79M
04 Feb 2026 Litchfield Caroline EVP & CFO Sell 41,997 $5.02M
04 Feb 2026 Smart Dalton E. III SVP Fin. - Global Controller Sell 6,400 $766K

Showing the 12 most recent of 14 open-market trades in this window. The figures above count all of them.

Compensation mechanics Share grants, option exercises, tax withholding and transfers. They reach the same Form 4 as a trade, but they are not the insider buying or selling on the open market, so no purchase or sale value applies to them.

Date Insider Type Shares Value
02 May 2026 Maraldo David R. EVP & Pres. MMD Option exercise 552 $62K
02 May 2026 Maraldo David R. EVP & Pres. MMD Tax withheld 159 $18K
02 May 2026 Smart Dalton E. III SVP Fin. - Global Controller Option exercise 383 $43K
02 May 2026 Smart Dalton E. III SVP Fin. - Global Controller Tax withheld 132 $15K
30 Apr 2026 Larson Betty D EVP, Chief HR Officer Option exercise 11,350 $1.26M
30 Apr 2026 Larson Betty D EVP, Chief HR Officer Tax withheld 5,143 $571K
30 Apr 2026 Smart Dalton E. III SVP Fin. - Global Controller Option exercise 464 $51K
30 Apr 2026 Smart Dalton E. III SVP Fin. - Global Controller Tax withheld 159 $18K
29 Apr 2026 Chattopadhyay Sanat Exe V-P & Pres. MMD Option exercise 2,597 $286K
29 Apr 2026 Chattopadhyay Sanat Exe V-P & Pres. MMD Tax withheld 1,130 $124K
29 Apr 2026 Davis Robert M Chairman, CEO & President Option exercise 13,300 $1.46M
29 Apr 2026 Davis Robert M Chairman, CEO & President Tax withheld 6,551 $721K

Showing the 12 most recent of 56 compensation filings in this window. The figures above count all of them.

MRK reported financials

SEC EDGAR XBRL

MRK reported revenue of $65.0B for the fiscal year ended 31 Dec 2025. Net income over the same period was $18.3B.

Figure Reported Period
Revenue $65.0B 31 Dec 2025 fiscal year
Net income $18.3B 31 Dec 2025 fiscal year
Diluted EPS $7.28 31 Dec 2025 fiscal year
Total assets $128.7B 31 Mar 2026 at period end
Total equity $45.9B 31 Mar 2026 at period end

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts · latest period ended 31 Mar 2026

MRK earnings

SEC EDGAR
Date Period EPS Revenue
31 Mar 2026 Q1 2026 $-1.72 $16.29B
31 Dec 2025 FY 2025 $7.28 $65.01B
30 Sep 2025 Q3 2025 $2.32 $17.28B
30 Jun 2025 Q2 2025 $1.76 $15.81B
31 Mar 2025 Q1 2025 $2.01 $15.53B
31 Dec 2024 FY 2024 $6.74 $64.17B
30 Sep 2024 Q3 2024 $1.24 $16.66B
30 Jun 2024 Q2 2024 $2.14 $16.11B

Reported figures & scheduled dates · SEC EDGAR filings

MRK institutional holders

SEC Form 13F

11 of the 45 institutional funds we track reported a MRK position for the quarter ended 31 Mar 2026 — a combined $6.1B; the latest of those filings landed 15 May 2026.

Fund Action Shares Value
Fisher Asset Management Held (±25%) +6.3% shares 26,436,284 $3.2B
AQR Capital Management Held (±25%) −23.3% shares 8,628,486 $1.0B
Citadel Advisors Trimmed −44.0% shares 3,821,227 $459.7M
D. E. Shaw & Co. Held (±25%) −3.4% shares 3,397,582 $408.7M
Marshall Wace Trimmed −30.0% shares 2,778,301 $334.2M
Millennium Management Trimmed −71.0% shares 1,970,691 $237.1M
Balyasny Asset Management Held (±25%) −17.1% shares 1,812,608 $218.0M
Point72 Asset Management Trimmed −31.2% shares 921,077 $110.8M
Man Group Trimmed −57.0% shares 793,167 $95.4M
GAMCO Investors Held (±25%) −0.3% shares 64,769 $7.8M

Source: SEC EDGAR 13F filings

MRK fails-to-deliver

SEC CNS data

On 13 Jul 2026, 100 shares of MRK failed to deliver (about $12K) — the latest of 3 consecutive trading days with recorded fails.

Settlement date Shares failed Notional % of shares out
13 Jul 2026 100 $12K <0.001%
10 Jul 2026 785 $98K <0.001%
09 Jul 2026 23,469 $3.0M 0.001%
06 Jul 2026 200 $26K <0.001%
01 Jul 2026 1,987 $255K <0.001%
30 Jun 2026 2,152 $278K <0.001%
29 Jun 2026 44,410 $5.7M 0.002%
23 Jun 2026 100 $12K <0.001%
18 Jun 2026 4,300 $496K <0.001%

Source: SEC fails-to-deliver (CNS) data

MRK — frequently asked questions

From live data

How often is MRK mentioned on Reddit?

MRK was mentioned 5 times in the last 7 days across the finance subreddits we track, and 18 times over the trailing 30 days.

Is Reddit bullish or bearish on MRK?

Across 18 classified MRK mentions in the last 30 days, 61% read bullish, 0% bearish and 39% neutral. Crowd sentiment is a social signal, not investment advice.

When did MRK last report earnings?

Merck & Co. (MRK) last reported earnings on 31 Mar 2026 for Q1 2026, per SEC filings.

Who is the CEO of Merck & Co.?

Rob Davis leads Merck & Co. (MRK) as chief executive.

What exchange is MRK listed on?

Merck & Co. trades on NYSE under the ticker MRK.

Answers are generated from the live figures on this page — Reddit crowd data, SEC filings and open company records — and update as the data does.