MRK correlations (Merck & Co.)
MRK measured against 4756 US stocks and ETFs: closest co-movers on one side, the best offsets on the other, all from weekly returns.
Data as of 2026-08-27 · refreshed every trading day · Health Care · Pharmaceuticals
Volatility (ann.)
27.9%
3y weekly
Beta vs S&P 500
0.28
3y weekly
1-year return
+83.8%
price, adjusted
5-year return
+128.5%
price, adjusted
Market cap
$368.9B
latest
P/E ratio
121.6
trailing
Dividend yield
2.17%
trailing
Max drawdown
-43.4%
3y, daily closes
MRK over the last 12 months, weekly closes indexed to 100 at the start.
Stocks and ETFs most correlated with MRK
| Asset | Correlation (3Y) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| XLV | Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund | 0.70 | |
| IBB | iShares Biotechnology ETF | 0.56 | |
| AZN | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.56 | |
| BME | Blackrock Health Sciences Trust | 0.55 | |
| DHR | Danaher Corporation | 0.52 | |
| BIIB | Biogen | 0.52 | |
| NVS | Novartis AG | 0.51 | |
| AMGN | Amgen | 0.50 | |
| GRX | The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Trust | 0.49 | |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | 0.49 | |
| TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 0.48 | |
| ABBV | AbbVie | 0.48 | |
| SCHD | Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF | 0.48 | |
| PFE | Pfizer | 0.45 | |
| BDX | Becton Dickinson | 0.45 |
Best diversifiers for MRK
The least-correlated liquid assets in our universe, meaning the ones that historically moved most independently from MRK.
| Asset | Correlation (3Y) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| VXX | iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -0.25 | |
| VXZ | iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN | -0.23 | |
| FWDI | Forward Industries, Inc. | -0.22 | |
| CHR | Cheer Holding, Inc. - Class A | -0.19 | |
| ASPI | ASP Isotopes Inc. | -0.19 | |
| PLTR | Palantir Technologies | -0.19 | |
| APPS | Digital Turbine, Inc. | -0.19 | |
| GRND | Grindr Inc. | -0.18 | |
| AREN | The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. | -0.18 | |
| LFMD | LifeMD, Inc. | -0.18 |
MRK vs benchmarks
MRK vs its peers
Get MRK data as JSON
$ curl https://www.pairbook.io/api/v1/symbols/mrk.jsonCorrelations, diversifiers, beta and volatility for MRK, plus one endpoint per pair. API documentation.
MRK inside major ETFs
| ETF | MRK weight | |
|---|---|---|
| XLV | Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund | 6.04% |
| SCHD | Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF | 4.92% |
| DGRO | iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | 2.2% |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF | 1.7% |
| USMV | iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF | 1.54% |
| QUAL | iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF | 1.44% |
| VIG | Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF | 1.4% |
| VYM | Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF | 1.31% |
| SPYV | SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF | 1.25% |
| VTV | Vanguard Value ETF | 1.2% |
