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$1,000 invested Merck & Co. Inc. (2023)

NYSE · MRK · reinvest dividends · adjusted close

Result2023-01-032026-08-28
Today you would have
$1,473
+$473 (+47.34%)
MRKSPY (benchmark)
Entry price
$100.68
Current price
$148.35
Shares
9.9321
CAGR
+11.20%
Max Drawdown
-43.44%
vs SPY
-63.40 pp
The story

$1,000 invested in Merck at the start of 2023 was worth $1,473 by mid-2026, a return of +47.3%. The pharmaceutical company continued to rely on its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda while investors weighed questions about future growth. The stock lagged the S&P 500, which returned +110.7% over the same period.

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