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positive_eps_streak on Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)

SIC 2834 — Pharmaceutical Preparations · CIK 310158 · default direction: long

Definition

Fires on companies with consecutive years of positive earnings — quality compounder candidates. Surfaces stable franchises with earnings durability, not speculative growth.

Every time the signal fired on MRK

FYFiling dateEvent date1d5d20d60d252d
FY20252026-02-242026-02-24-1.19%-3.31%-5.40%
FY20242025-02-252025-02-25-2.24%+1.24%-3.06%-15.08%+35.39%
FY20232024-02-262024-02-26+0.15%-3.72%-2.12%+2.13%-27.78%
FY20222023-02-242023-02-24-0.48%-2.74%-3.97%+4.91%+20.70%
FY20212022-02-252022-02-25+0.34%+1.98%+7.53%+24.04%+43.68%
FY20202021-02-252021-02-25-2.68%-3.28%+2.84%+7.04%+6.99%
FY20192020-02-262020-02-26-2.33%+3.79%-13.96%-3.45%-3.69%
FY20182019-02-272019-02-27+0.83%+0.17%+2.76%+1.18%-0.51%
FY20172018-02-272018-02-27-0.91%-0.77%-0.91%+9.08%+53.11%
FY20162017-02-282017-02-28+0.52%+0.14%-3.15%-0.72%-15.16%
FY20152016-02-262016-02-26-0.85%+2.84%+5.24%+9.40%+34.24%
FY20142015-02-272015-02-27+0.07%-2.90%-0.55%+1.55%-11.37%
FY20132014-02-272014-02-27+0.58%+1.06%-0.87%+1.05%+6.47%
FY20122013-02-282013-02-28-0.23%+1.26%+4.44%+11.43%+38.36%
FY20112012-02-282012-02-28-0.55%-2.45%+2.22%-1.63%+15.72%
FY20102011-02-282011-02-28-0.34%+0.80%+0.80%+14.53%+23.42%

Forward returns are stock returns from event date (next trading day after filing). Sign is raw stock direction; the trade direction is in the calibration table below.

Universe-wide calibration (this signal across all companies)

Horizonn eventsGross stock retHit rateTrade dirNet PnLCost (bps)r/σ net
1d21,256+0.05%+49.53%long-0.16%22-0.04
5d21,258+0.10%+50.10%long-0.10%22-0.00
20d21,218-0.80%+49.80%long-1.03%22-0.04
60d19,852+1.64%+54.15%long+1.48%22+0.04
252d19,501+13.65%+64.44%long+13.47%22+0.27

Net PnL is direction × stock return − round-trip execution cost (5 bps half-spread + ADV-tiered borrow). See positive_eps_streak methodology for the full audit.


Data: /api/company/310158/financials