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BLOCK76,966,315
session close: 145.45session change: -2.58%
MRK on the exchangeMarket closedAlpacalast close 30 Sep
The close is The distance under the 52-week high: 7.3% under the 52-week high.
7.3% under the high
The 52-week high: 156.9225 Aug 2026Sources: Alpaca, Finnhub
The close: 145.45 USDThe session move: -2.58%
Source: Alpaca
Outrunning the market and its own sector.
Over 3 months it beat both SPY and XLV, its sector fund, and leaders tend to keep drawing the money that follows strength.
In an uptrend on both time frames.
The price sits above its 50-day and 200-day averages, the setup trend followers hold, and dips toward them tend to find buyers.
Turns a large share of sales into free cash.
Cash left after investment can fund buybacks, dividends or growth without new debt or new shares.
Sources: Alpaca, Finnhub
Priced above its own 5-year norm.
The market pays more for each dollar of earnings than its 5-year median, which leaves less room for a disappointment.
Operating margin is narrowing.
Costs are growing faster than sales, which squeezes the earnings the price rests on.
Next report Next report: 29 Oct 2026; the high is The distance to the 52-week high: 7.9% above the close.
Next report: 29 Oct 2026
The 52-week high: 156.92
7.9% above the closeSources: Alpaca, Finnhub
Source: Finnhub
The close is The distance under the 52-week high: 7.3% under the 52-week high.
Next report Next report: 29 Oct 2026; the high is The distance to the 52-week high: 7.9% above the close.
Outrunning the market and its own sector.
Over 3 months it beat both SPY and XLV, its sector fund, and leaders tend to keep drawing the money that follows strength.
In an uptrend on both time frames.
The price sits above its 50-day and 200-day averages, the setup trend followers hold, and dips toward them tend to find buyers.
Turns a large share of sales into free cash.
Cash left after investment can fund buybacks, dividends or growth without new debt or new shares.
Sources: Alpaca, Finnhub
Priced above its own 5-year norm.
The market pays more for each dollar of earnings than its 5-year median, which leaves less room for a disappointment.
Operating margin is narrowing.
Costs are growing faster than sales, which squeezes the earnings the price rests on.
Source: Finnhub
