Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Merck & Co Inc shares valued at $616,395 were sold by Downing Cristal N on Nov 10 ’25. At $87.00 per share, Downing Cristal N sold 7,085 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 0 shares worth approximately $0.0 following the completion of this transaction.
Also, CRISTAL DOWNING purchased 7,085 shares, netting a total of over 616,395 in proceeds.
Before that, Williams David Michael had sold 8,614 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $720,040, the EVP,Chief Info&Digital Officer traded Merck & Co Inc shares for $83.59 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 8,614 shares, worth approximately $2.47 million.
As published in a research note from BMO Capital Markets on December 18, 2025, Merck & Co Inc [MRK] has been rated up from a Market perform to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $130. Analysts at Wells Fargo upgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late November. As of November 13, 2025, Scotiabank has initiated its “Sector outperform” rating for MRK.
Analyzing MRK Stock Performance
On last trading session, Merck & Co Inc [NYSE: MRK] rose 1.52% to $100.69. The stock’s lowest price that day was $98.86, but it reached a high of $101.36 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.70%. Over the course of the year, Merck & Co Inc shares have jumped approximately 0.63%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $105.84 on 11/25/25 and a 52-week low of $73.31 on 05/15/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Merck & Co Inc (MRK)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 99.24, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 97.80. In the upper region, resistance lies at 101.75. The next price resistance is at 102.82. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 59.35 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Merck & Co Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Merck & Co Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-11-28 jumping by 6.13 million shares to 31.94 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-31 was 25.82 million shares. A jump of 19.18% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.17 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.17.
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In terms of Merck & Co Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 120 in the next 12 months, up nearly 20.99% from the previous closing price of $99.18. Analysts anticipate Merck & Co Inc stock to reach 130 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 90. In spite of this, 19 analysts ranked Merck & Co Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 17, 2025, Berenberg assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $90.
