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] plunged -0.04% to $110.97. The stock’s lowest price that day was $108.45, but it reached a high of $111.58 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.02%. Over the course of the year, Merck & Co Inc shares have jumped approximately 11.36%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Merck & Co Inc (MRK)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 68.38 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 2025-12-31 jumping by 0.63 million shares to 32.57 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 31.94 million shares. A jump of 1.94% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.32 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.32.
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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 8.1% from the previous closing price of $111.01. 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.
