Merck & Co Inc

XSGO : MRK
USA·Healthcare·Drug Manufacturers
$128.40
+0.00 (+0.00%)latest daily quote
Market Cap
$317.46B
Enterprise Value
$360.92B
P/E (TTM)
36.50
P/B
6.97
Net Cash / (Debt)
−$43.41B
52-Week Range
—
5-Year Range
—
Avg Volume (3M)
91
Dividend Yield (TTM)
1.99%
price: vendor quote
Dividend Yield (Forward)
2.65%
4 payments/yr (spacing)
Dividends / Share (TTM)
$2.55
Forward (annualized): $3.40
Payout Ratio (EPS, TTM)
93.5%
Payout Ratio (FCF, TTM)
58.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y / 5Y / 10Y)
3Y5.4%5Y5.8%10Y13.7%
Consecutive Growth Years
11
as of 2025
Years Without a Cut
11
as of 2025
Total Shareholder Yield (TTM)
4.07%
Div 2.57% + Net buyback 1.50%

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.

No yield history available.

Capital returns

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

Total Shareholder Yield (TTM)
4.1%
Dividends 2.6% + Net buybacks 1.5%
Net Buyback (TTM)
$4.79B
Gross $4.79B − Issuance $0
SBC (TTM)
$810M
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+6.5%1
20202.48+9.7%1
20192.26+13.6%1
20181.99+5.3%1
20171.89+36.0%1
20161.39+52.7%1
20150.91+2.2%1
20140.89—1

Special dividends are excluded from these figures. Based on 45 regular payments.

Payment history (45 payments)

Δ%TypeFrequencyDeclarationRecordPay date
2026-06-15$0.850.0%Cashquarterly2026-05-262026-06-152026-07-08
2026-03-16$0.850.0%Cashquarterly2026-01-272026-03-162026-04-07
2025-12-15$0.85+4.9%Cashquarterly2025-11-182025-12-152026-01-08
2025-09-15$0.810.0%Cashquarterly2025-07-222025-09-152025-10-07
2025-06-16$0.810.0%Cashquarterly2025-05-272025-06-162025-07-08
2025-03-17$0.810.0%Cashquarterly2025-01-282025-03-172025-04-07
2024-12-16$0.81+5.2%Cashquarterly2024-11-192024-12-162025-01-08
2024-09-16$0.770.0%Cashquarterly2024-07-232024-09-162024-10-07
2024-06-17$0.770.0%Cashquarterly2024-05-282024-06-172024-07-08
2024-03-14$0.770.0%Cashquarterly2024-01-232024-03-152024-04-05
2023-12-14$0.77+5.5%Cashquarterly2023-11-282023-12-152024-01-08
2023-09-14$0.730.0%Cashquarterly2023-07-252023-09-152023-10-06
2023-06-14$0.730.0%Cashquarterly2023-05-232023-06-152023-07-10
2023-03-14$0.730.0%Cashquarterly2023-01-242023-03-152023-04-10
2022-12-14$0.73+5.8%Cashquarterly2022-11-292022-12-152023-01-09
2022-09-14$0.690.0%Cashquarterly2022-07-262022-09-152022-10-07
2022-06-14$0.690.0%Cashquarterly2022-05-242022-06-152022-07-08
2022-03-14$0.690.0%Cashquarterly2022-01-252022-03-152022-04-07
2021-12-14$0.69+6.2%Cashquarterly2021-11-302021-12-152022-01-07
2021-09-14$0.650.0%Cashquarterly2021-07-272021-09-152021-10-07
2021-06-14$0.650.0%Cashquarterly2021-05-272021-06-152021-07-07
2021-03-12$0.650.0%Cashquarterly2021-01-262021-03-152021-04-07
2020-12-14$0.65+6.6%Cashquarterly2020-11-112020-12-152021-01-08
2020-09-14$0.610.0%Cashquarterly2020-07-282020-09-152020-10-07
2020-06-12$0.610.0%Cashquarterly2020-05-262020-06-152020-07-07
2020-03-13$0.610.0%Cashquarterly2020-01-282020-03-162020-04-07
2019-12-13$0.61+10.9%Cashquarterly2019-11-192019-12-162020-01-08
2019-09-13$0.550.0%Cashquarterly2019-07-232019-09-162019-10-07
2019-06-14$0.550.0%Cashquarterly2019-05-282019-06-172019-07-08
2019-03-14$0.550.0%Cashquarterly2019-01-292019-03-152019-04-05
2018-12-14$0.55+14.6%Cashquarterly2018-10-252018-12-172019-01-08
2018-09-14$0.480.0%Cashquarterly2018-07-242018-09-172018-10-05
2018-06-14$0.480.0%Cashquarterly2018-05-222018-06-152018-07-09
2018-03-14$0.480.0%Cashquarterly2018-01-232018-03-152018-04-06
2017-12-14$0.48+2.1%Cashquarterly2017-11-282017-12-152018-01-08
2017-09-14$0.470.0%Cashquarterly2017-07-262017-09-152017-10-06
2017-06-13$0.470.0%Cashquarterly2017-05-232017-06-152017-07-10
2017-03-13$0.470.0%Cashquarterly2017-02-212017-03-152017-04-07
2016-12-13$0.47+2.2%Cashquarterly2016-11-222016-12-152017-01-09
2016-06-13$0.460.0%Cashquarterly2016-05-242016-06-152016-07-08
2016-03-11$0.460.0%Cashquarterly2016-02-232016-03-152016-04-07
2015-12-11$0.46+2.2%Cashquarterly2015-11-242015-12-152016-01-08
2015-03-12$0.450.0%Cashquarterly2015-02-242015-03-162015-04-08
2014-12-11$0.45+2.3%Cashquarterly2014-11-252014-12-152015-01-08
2014-09-11$0.44–Cashquarterly2014-07-232014-09-152014-10-07
No splits on record.