MRK
Merck & Co.Merck & Co. is a pharmaceuticals name in the health care sector. Over the past year it returned +86.8%, against +34.2% over three months and +20.5% over one. It trades 34.0% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 30.1% is above the market's typical range.
Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -11.4%, and it has traded a median $1.2B a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.06 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.
How MRK scores on all four profiles
Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 6 others in Pharmaceuticals.
Start a free 7-day trial| 1 day | +12.6% |
| 1 week | +14.5% |
| 1 month | +20.5% |
| 3 months | +34.2% |
| 6 months | +26.9% |
| 1 year | +86.8% |
| 12-1 momentum | +54.9% |
| Volatility (1y, annualized) | 30.1% |
| Max drawdown (1y) | -11.4% |
| Distance vs 200-day average | +34.0% |
| Return per unit of risk | 2.89 |
| Median daily dollar volume | $1.2B |
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