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 $2.73 million.
As published in a research note from Wolfe Research on January 08, 2026, Merck & Co Inc [MRK] has been rated up from a Peer perform to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $135. Analysts at BMO Capital Markets upgraded the stock from ‘”a Market perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of November 24, 2025, Wells Fargo has increased its “an Equal weight” rating to a “an Overweight” for MRK. Earlier on November 13, 2025, Scotiabank initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Sector outperform” for MRK stock.
Analyzing MRK Stock Performance
On last trading session, Merck & Co Inc [NYSE: MRK] rose 2.20% to $110.99. The stock’s lowest price that day was $109.255, but it reached a high of $112.87 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 5.44%. Over the course of the year, Merck & Co Inc shares have jumped approximately 11.30%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $112.90 on 01/08/26 and a 52-week low of $104.43 on 01/02/26.
Support And Resistance Levels for Merck & Co Inc (MRK)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 109.19, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 107.40. In the upper region, resistance lies at 112.84. The next price resistance is at 114.70. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 74.82 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is Merck & Co Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Merck & Co Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-15 jumping by 9.54 million shares to 37.16 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 27.63 million shares. A jump of 25.66% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.34 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.34.
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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 10.5% from the previous closing price of $108.6. Analysts anticipate Merck & Co Inc stock to reach 135 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 90. In spite of this, 19 analysts ranked Merck & Co Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On October 13, 2025, Citigroup assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $95.
