During this period, the Zacks Large Cap Pharmaceuticals industry, which Merck falls in, has lost 7.1%. The key question now is: What could be the stock's future direction? While media releases or ...

That makes buying Merck's shares and holding them for the long term a much riskier proposition than investors are probably looking for from a big pharma stock. Despite the upcoming headwind that ...

Companies usually only issue stock splits after extended periods of strong returns, and a stock split is a sign a company's management is confident in future growth. Several high-profile stocks have ...