Tone mix
Week by week 52 weeks
Share of Merck & Co., Inc.'s 732 headlines over the last 52 weeks by the model's call, and the same mix week by week.
Biggest swings in the last year
The weeks whose tone moved furthest from the 8-week average, with the story most outlets carried that week.
- Week of Sep 7, 2026 · tone +100Guggenheim Issues Positive Forecast for Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) Stock Price+84
- Week of Oct 5, 2026 · tone -42State attorneys general sue RFK Jr., seeking to reinstate childhood vaccine schedule (MRK:NYSE)-71
- Week of Sep 14, 2026 · tone +74Jim Cramer Explains Why Merck (MRK) Is His Fantasy Defense Stock+55
- Week of Aug 24, 2026 · tone +60Merck Just Gained 19% in a Month. What Would It Take to Get MRK Stock Up to $200?+41
- Week of Sep 21, 2026 · tone -15Merck's Melt-Up Triggers Profit-Taking Risks - Multi-Year Portfolio Renewal (NYSE:MRK)-36
- Week of Jul 6, 2026 · tone +45Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) Receives "Outperform" Rating from Royal Bank Of Canada+35
Daily headline tone, last 90 sessions
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Each point is the average score of the headlines about Merck & Co., Inc. in one trading session, with the 8-session average drawn through it. Sessions with no headline about the company have no point.
Tone by period
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| Last 7 sessions | 8 | +13 |
| Last 30 sessions | 32 | +2 |
| Last 90 sessions | 139 | +17 |
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Every headline in the period counts equally.
Headlines on Friday, November 6, 2026
1 headline, average tone 0: 0 positive, 1 neutral and 0 negative. Showing all 1.
- www.insidermonkey.com · 1 outletBusiness Development Supports Merck & Co.'s (MRK) Next Growth ChapterNeutral
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| Business Development Supports Merck & Co.'s (MRK) Next Growth Chapter | www.insidermonkey.com | 1 | Neutral |
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Headlines on Thursday, November 5, 2026
1 headline, average tone +100: 1 positive, 0 neutral and 0 negative. Showing all 1.
- www.tickerreport.com · 1 outletMerck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) Price Target Raised to $140.00Positive
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| Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) Price Target Raised to $140.00 | www.tickerreport.com | 1 | Positive |
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Headlines on Wednesday, November 4, 2026
1 headline, average tone 0: 0 positive, 1 neutral and 0 negative. Showing all 1.
- www.themarketsdaily.com · 1 outletFirst Nebraska Trust Co Makes New $14.85 Million Investment in Merck & Co., Inc. $MRKNeutral
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| First Nebraska Trust Co Makes New $14.85 Million Investment in Merck & Co., Inc. $MRK | www.themarketsdaily.com | 1 | Neutral |
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Headlines on Monday, November 2, 2026
3 headlines, average tone +2: 1 positive, 1 neutral and 1 negative. Showing all 3.
- www.themarketsdaily.com · 1 outletMerck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) Stock Price Target Raised at Cantor FitzgeraldPositive
- www.themarketsdaily.com · 1 outletMerck (NYSE: MRK) lifts sales outlook midpoint but third-quarter GAAP EPS falls 12%Negative
- www.themarketsdaily.com · 1 outlet1,793,130 Shares in Merck & Co., Inc. $MRK Bought by Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd.Neutral
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| Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) Stock Price Target Raised at Cantor Fitzgerald | www.themarketsdaily.com | 1 | Positive |
| Merck (NYSE: MRK) lifts sales outlook midpoint but third-quarter GAAP EPS falls 12% | www.themarketsdaily.com | 1 | Negative |
| 1,793,130 Shares in Merck & Co., Inc. $MRK Bought by Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. | www.themarketsdaily.com | 1 | Neutral |
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Headlines on Friday, October 30, 2026
1 headline, average tone 0: 0 positive, 1 neutral and 0 negative. Showing all 1.
- www.fool.com · 1 outletMerck (MRK) Q3 2026 Earnings Call TranscriptNeutral
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| Merck (MRK) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript | www.fool.com | 1 | Neutral |
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How the score works
A headline's tone is not a forecast of the share price. Read the headlines themselves before acting on an average.
Which headlines count
Headlines come from the GDELT global news feed from 2019-09-23 on. A headline counts only when a model judges it to be about Merck & Co., Inc., not a passing mention.
How each headline is scored
The model calls each headline positive, neutral or negative news for the company. A period's tone is the share of positive minus negative headlines, from -100 (all negative) to +100 (all positive).
When a headline counts
Headlines published by 9:15 a.m. New York time belong to that day's session. Later and weekend headlines move to the next trading session.
Repeated stories
When several outlets carry the same headline, it counts once per session.