BKDV yields 0.60% · MRK yields 2.76%● Live data
📍 MRK pulled ahead of the other in Year 1
Combined, BKDV + MRK cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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The fund seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in value stocks — stocks that are included in at least one of the Russell 3000 Value Index, the S&P Composite 1500 Value Index or the MSCI ACWI Value Index, or a company that has a lower price-to-book ratio than the S&P 500 Index. The fund's managers look to identify companies with attractive valuations, strong fundamentals and catalyst-driven business momentum. The fund can invest in companies of any size, but generally focuses on the stocks of large capitalization companies. Liquid ETF structure allows investors to buy or sell any time the market is open.
Full BKDV Calculator →Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, and diabetes, as well as vaccine products, such as preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. It serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, and government agencies; managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions; and physicians and physician distributors, veterinarians, and animal producers. The company has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; Ridgeback Biotherapeutics; and Gilead Sciences, Inc. to jointly develop and commercialize long-acting treatments in HIV. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey.
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