Merck KGaA (CHIX:MRKD) Short Percentage of Float

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CHIX:MRKD Merck KGaA CHIX:MRKD
83 GF Score
Price €128.75
GF Value €140.87
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Merck KGaA Short Percentage of Float?

Short Percentage of Float is the percentage of shares shorted compared to the float.

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CHIX:MRKD vs ZTS, UTHR, VTRS: Short Percentage of Float Comparison

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Merck KGaA's Short Percentage of Float, along with its competitors' market caps and Short Percentage of Float data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Merck KGaA Short Percentage of Float vs Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Merck KGaA's Short Percentage of Float distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Merck KGaA's Short Percentage of Float falls into.


CHIX:MRKD
83GF Score
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Is Merck KGaA (CHIX:MRKD) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Merck KGaA stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €128.75 is trading 8.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of €140.87. GuruFocus considers Merck KGaA to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for CHIX:MRKD:

  • Short Percentage of Float:
  • GF Value™: €140.87 vs. price of €128.75 (8.6% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 83/100 with 10 warning signs

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Merck KGaA Business Description

Address Frankfurter Strasse 250, Darmstadt, HE, DEU, 64293
Merck KGaA operates in three main segments: Life Science, Electronics, and Healthcare. The Life Science segment provides laboratory consumables and instruments to researchers in academia and applied fields, including the biopharmaceutical industry. The Electronics segment offers specialty materials to manufacture a variety of products, such as semiconductors and flat-screen televisions. In the healthcare segment, Merck develops, manufactures, and sells branded pharmaceuticals with significant therapeutic concentrations in oncology, multiple sclerosis, and fertility. In 1995, the E. Merck KG family publicly sold part of the company, resulting in the current 30% public ownership of the firm.
83GF Score

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€128.75
Price
€140.87
GF Value