Merck & Company (MRK) Gets a Buy from Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo analyst Mohit Bansal assigned a Buy rating to Merck & Company today and set a price target of $150.00.
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Bansal covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Merck & Company, Eli Lilly & Co, and Pfizer. According to TipRanks, Bansal has an average return of 9.2% and a 55.65% success rate on recommended stocks.
In addition to Wells Fargo, Merck & Company also received a Buy from Guggenheim’s Vamil Divan in a report issued on April 8. However, on April 10, Morgan Stanley maintained a Hold rating on Merck & Company (NYSE: MRK).
Based on Merck & Company’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $16.4 billion and a net profit of $2.96 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $15.62 billion and had a net profit of $3.74 billion
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 38 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of MRK in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in February 2026, Chirfi Guindo, the CMO of MRK sold 10,000.00 shares for a total of $1,214,500.00.
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