Technical Analysis for MRK - Merck & Company, Inc.

Grade Last Price % Change Price Change
B 131.77 0.02% 0.02
MRK closed up 4.96 percent on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, on 1.84 times normal volume. The bulls were able to push the stock to a new 52-week high. Note that the stock is in overbought territory based on its Slow Stochastic indicator (14, 3, 3) -- so don't be surprised if it goes sideways or a pulls back.
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Date Alert Name Type % Chg
New 52 Week Closing High Bullish 0.02%
Pocket Pivot Bullish Swing Setup 0.02%
New 52 Week High Strength 0.02%
Above Upper BB Strength 0.02%
Gapped Up Strength 0.02%
Overbought Stochastic Strength 0.02%
Up 3 Days in a Row Strength 0.02%
Up 4 Days in a Row Strength 0.02%
Overbought Stochastic Strength 4.98%
Up 3 Days in a Row Strength 4.98%

   Recent Intraday Alerts

Alert Time
Possible Pocket Pivot about 21 hours ago
2x Volume Pace 1 day ago
1.5x Volume Pace 1 day ago
3x Volume Pace 1 day ago
5x Volume Pace 1 day ago

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Merck & Company, Inc. Description

Merck & Co., Inc. provides various health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products worldwide. It offers human health pharmaceutical products, such as therapeutic and preventive agents for the treatment of human disorders in the areas of cardiovascular, diabetes and obesity, respiratory, women's health and endocrine, inflammatory and infectious diseases, oncology, ophthalmology, and others. The company also provides vaccines, including preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines. In addition, it discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets animal health products comprising vaccines, antibiotics, and anti-inflammatory drugs for respiratory diseases, as well as products for the treatment of fertility disorders. Further, the company manufactures and sells over-the-counter products consisting of non-drowsy antihistamines; decongestant-free cold/flu medicine for people with high blood pressure; nasal decongestant spray; and products for occasional constipation and frequent heartburn. Additionally, it offers foot care products, including topical antifungal, and foot and sneaker odor/wetness products; and sun care products, such as sun care lotions, sprays, and dry oils. The company serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, government agencies, physicians, physician distributors, veterinarians, animal producers, food chain and mass merchandiser outlets, club stores, and specialty channels, as well as managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions. It has a collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur S.A. and Abide Therapeutics, Inc.; and has a collaboration and license agreement with Luminex Corporation. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.


Classification

Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Drug Manufacturers - Major
Keywords: S&P 500 Medicine Life Sciences Infectious Diseases Diabetes Medication Pharmaceutical Products Dow Jones Component Ophthalmology Antibiotics Health Products Animal Health ETN Obesity Vaccines Respiratory Diseases Lotion Amines Fertility Animal Health Products Cac 40 Constipation Health Solutions Food Chain Drug Wholesalers Over The Counter Products Foot Care Products Health Maintenance Organizations

Is MRK a Buy, Sell or Hold?

Indicator Bull Case Neutral / Hold Bear Case
50 DMA
200 DMA
ADX Trend
Oversold / Overbought
Relative Strength

Indicators

Indicator Value
52 Week High 133.1
52 Week Low 97.8069
Average Volume 8,716,287
200-Day Moving Average 110.01
50-Day Moving Average 123.66
20-Day Moving Average 123.58
10-Day Moving Average 123.96
Average True Range 2.29
RSI (14) 76.53
ADX 24.61
+DI 39.46
-DI 11.10
Chandelier Exit (Long, 3 ATRs) 126.22
Chandelier Exit (Short, 3 ATRs) 126.11
Upper Bollinger Bands 128.52
Lower Bollinger Band 118.64
Percent B (%b) 1.33
BandWidth 7.99
MACD Line 0.84
MACD Signal Line 0.16
MACD Histogram 0.6783
Fundamentals Value
Market Cap 333.86 Billion
Num Shares 2.53 Billion
EPS 0.14
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio 941.07
Price-to-Sales 5.34
Price-to-Book 7.71
PEG Ratio 0.88
Dividend 2.92
Dividend Yield 2.22%
Pivot Point Level Traditional / Classic Fibonacci Demark Woodie Camarilla
Resistance 4 (R4) 136.24
Resistance 3 (R3) 136.19 134.64 135.49
Resistance 2 (R2) 134.64 133.50 134.67 135.24
Resistance 1 (R1) 133.20 132.80 132.43 133.25 134.99
Pivot Point 131.65 131.65 131.27 131.68 131.65
Support 1 (S1) 130.21 130.51 129.44 130.26 128.51
Support 2 (S2) 128.66 129.81 128.69 128.26
Support 3 (S3) 127.22 128.66 128.01
Support 4 (S4) 127.27