Merck & Co Inc

LIM : MRK
USA·Healthcare·Drug Manufacturers
$119.88
+0.00 (+0.00%)latest daily quote
Market Cap
$296.39B
Enterprise Value
$331.22B
P/E (TTM)
15.91
P/B
5.45
Net Cash / (Debt)
−$34.77B
52-Week Range
$85 — $121
5-Year Range
$73 — $132
Avg Volume (3M)
230
Dividend Yield (TTM)
1.42%
vs 5Y avg 3.01% · 10Y avg — · price: vendor quote
Dividend Yield (Forward)
2.84%
4 payments/yr (spacing)
Dividends / Share (TTM)
$1.70
Forward (annualized): $3.40
Payout Ratio (EPS, TTM)
45.1%
Payout Ratio (FCF, TTM)
66.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y / 5Y / 10Y)
3Y5.4%5Y11.9%10Y—
Consecutive Growth Years
5
as of 2025
Years Without a Cut
5
as of 2025
Total Shareholder Yield (TTM)
4.63%
Div 2.86% + Net buyback 1.78%

Growth, streak and CAGR figures exclude special dividends.

Dividends per share

Cash dividends, split-adjusted · USD

Payout ratio

Dividends per share ÷ diluted EPS and ÷ free cash flow per share, by fiscal year.

Dividend yield

Trailing-twelve-month dividends ÷ month-end price.

Capital returns

Net buybacks = repurchases − stock issuance, fiscal-year cash flows. SBC shown for dilution context.

Total Shareholder Yield (TTM)
4.6%
Dividends 2.9% + Net buybacks 1.8%
Net Buyback (TTM)
$5.08B
Gross $5.08B − Issuance $0
SBC (TTM)
$820M
Share-based compensation, dilution driver
Net share-count change % / yr

Annual dividend growth

Dividend growth is decelerating (5.1% latest vs 5.7% 3-yr avg).

YearDPS (regular sum, USD)ChangeHikes
20253.28+5.1%1
20243.12+5.4%1
20232.96+5.7%1
20222.80+6.1%1
20212.64+41.2%1
20201.87—1

Special dividends are excluded from these figures. Based on 24 regular payments.

Payment history (24 payments)

Δ%TypeFrequencyDeclarationRecordPay date
2026-03-16$0.850.0%Cashquarterly-2026-03-162026-04-07
2025-12-15$0.85+4.9%Cashquarterly-2025-12-152026-01-08
2025-09-15$0.810.0%Cashquarterly-2025-09-152025-10-07
2025-06-16$0.810.0%Cashquarterly-2025-06-162025-07-08
2025-03-17$0.810.0%Cashquarterly-2025-03-172025-04-07
2024-12-16$0.81+5.2%Cashquarterly-2024-12-162025-01-08
2024-09-16$0.770.0%Cashquarterly-2024-09-162024-10-07
2024-06-17$0.770.0%Cashquarterly-2024-06-172024-07-08
2024-03-14$0.770.0%Cashquarterly-2024-03-152024-04-05
2023-12-14$0.77+5.5%Cashquarterly-2023-12-152024-01-08
2023-09-14$0.730.0%Cashquarterly-2023-09-152023-10-06
2023-06-14$0.730.0%Cashquarterly-2023-06-152023-07-10
2023-03-14$0.730.0%Cashquarterly-2023-03-152023-04-10
2022-12-14$0.73+5.8%Cashquarterly-2022-12-152023-01-09
2022-09-14$0.690.0%Cashquarterly-2022-09-152022-10-07
2022-06-14$0.690.0%Cashquarterly-2022-06-152022-07-08
2022-03-14$0.690.0%Cashquarterly-2022-03-152022-04-07
2021-12-14$0.69+6.2%Cashquarterly-2021-12-152022-01-07
2021-09-14$0.650.0%Cashquarterly-2021-09-152021-10-07
2021-06-14$0.650.0%Cashquarterly-2021-06-152021-07-07
2021-03-12$0.650.0%Cashquarterly-2021-03-152021-04-07
2020-12-14$0.65+6.6%Cashquarterly-2020-12-152021-01-08
2020-09-14$0.610.0%Cashquarterly-2020-09-152020-10-07
2020-06-12$0.61–Cashquarterly-2020-06-152020-07-07
No splits on record.