MRK
Merck & Co.Merck & Co. is a pharmaceuticals name in the health care sector. Over the past year it returned +60.5%, against +8.9% over three months and -7.9% over one. It trades 14.7% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 29.1% is moderate by single-stock standards.
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 0.08 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 | -3.3% |
| 1 week | -6.2% |
| 1 month | -7.9% |
| 3 months | +8.9% |
| 6 months | +17.0% |
| 1 year | +60.5% |
| 12-1 momentum | +74.2% |
| Volatility (1y, annualized) | 29.1% |
| Max drawdown (1y) | -11.4% |
| Distance vs 200-day average | +14.7% |
| Return per unit of risk | 2.08 |
| Median daily dollar volume | $1.2B |
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