The institutional investor held 160,503 shares of the health care company at the end of 2017Q4, valued at $9.03 million, up from 153,653 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc who had been investing in Merck for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $148.53B market cap company.
The price volatility of stock was 2.21% for a week and 1.77% for a month. About 4.32 million shares traded. (NYSE:MRK) has declined 14.94% since March 29, 2017 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 11.55% the S&P500. American Century Incorporated owns 0.47% invested in Merck & Co., Inc.
Matrix Asset Advisors Inc increased its stake in Target Corp (TGT) by 13.79% based on its latest 2017Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC.
Market Capitalization/Outstanding Shares/Intraday Volume: The company's Market capitalization is $150.51B with the total Outstanding Shares of 2.73B. Hancock Holdings Com owns 0.02% invested in Merck & Co., Inc. The stock increased 0.08% or $0.04 during the last trading session, reaching $49.36. Shares of MRK moved downward with change of -2.65% to its 50-day Moving average. (NYSE:MRK). Employees Retirement System Of Texas owns 260,000 shares or 0.19% of their USA portfolio. It has underperformed by 26.49% the S&P500.
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Investors sentiment increased to 0.75 in 2017 Q4. At the same time as, it has debt to equity ratio of 0.71 and similar long term debt to equity ratio was 0.62.
Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of MRK. 123 funds opened positions while 558 raised stakes. Assetmark has 158 shares. California State Teachers Retirement Sys holds 5.12 million shares or 0.59% of its portfolio. Sva Plumb Wealth Limited Liability Corporation, Wisconsin-based fund reported 77,134 shares. After $0.98 actual EPS reported by Merck & Co., Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 1.02% EPS growth. Ameritas Invest Prtnrs invested in 0.33% or 132,575 shares. About 1,008 shares traded. Hbk Sorce Advisory Lc reported 0.31% stake. The company reported $0.98 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.04. National Bank & Trust Of Nova Scotia reported 0% in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. Hirtle Callaghan & Ltd Liability holds 0.04% or 8,500 shares. Outstanding shares refer to a company's stock now held by all its shareholders, including share blocks held by institutional investors and restricted shares owned by the company's officers and insiders. Delta Asset Mgmt Ltd Liability Tn has 15,216 shares. 97,840 are held by Schaller Inv Grp Inc. (NASDAQ:CSGP) rating on Thursday, October 5. Birmingham Mngmt Co Al, a Alabama-based fund reported 72,769 shares. (NYSE:MRK) for 8,093 shares. (NASDAQ:AAOI) to report earnings on May, 3. Its up 0.02, from 0.73 in 2017Q3. AAOI's profit will be $4.49M for 27.20 P/E if the $0.23 EPS becomes a reality. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the company. Therefore 36% are positive. Wells Fargo & Company had 132 analyst reports since July 29, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. ValuEngine cut Merck & Co., Inc. from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, February 2nd. The company maintains price to book ratio of 4.25. The stock of CoStar Group, Inc. Credit Suisse initiated the shares of TGT in report on Monday, March 5 with "Buy" rating. The rating was maintained by BMO Capital Markets with "Buy" on Tuesday, June 6. Jefferies has "Hold" rating and $53 target. The company's exhibited YTD return of -2.10%. As per Thursday, February 22, the company rating was downgraded by Craig Hallum. Cowen & Co has "Hold" rating and $210 target. The rating was maintained by Northland Capital with "Sell" on Friday, October 13.
Since November 17, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 1 insider sale for $292,234 activity. (NYSE:GLW) by 56,074 shares to 3.71 million shares, valued at $118.70 million in 2017Q4, according to the filing. It also increased its holding in Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) by 12,792 shares in the quarter, for a total of 289,237 shares, and has risen its stake in Pros Hldgs Inc (NYSE:PRO). Ahl Partners Llp has invested 0.03% in Merck & Co., Inc. In the last five years, the company's full-year sales growth remained over -3.20% a year on average and the company's earnings per share moved by an average rate of 1.82. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.89 EPS. The company has a market capitalization of $145,702.11, a P/E ratio of 59.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.28 and a beta of 0.81. (NYSE:MRK). Glg Lp holds 0% in Merck & Co., Inc. Merck & Co. Inc. had 82 analyst reports since August 13, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel.
Analysts have a mean recommendation of 2.10 on this stock (A rating of less than 2 means buy, "hold" within the 3 range, "sell" within the 4 range, and "strong sell" within the 5 range). Therefore 75% are positive. Jefferies maintained Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) rating on Monday, July 17. As per Sunday, February 4, the company rating was maintained by Susquehanna. The stock has "Buy" rating by Piper Jaffray on Friday, July 28. Finally, Credit Suisse Group reduced their price objective on shares of Merck & Co., Inc. from $67.00 to $66.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 5th. The rating was downgraded by BMO Capital Markets on Monday, July 18 to "Market Perform". NY lifted its holdings in Merck & Co., Inc.by 10.6% during the 2nd quarter.
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