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Merck & Co., Inc.

Health Care, Pharmaceuticals

$128.58

close 7 Aug 2026

+60.66%

52-week change

$317.57B

market cap

$77.58
$135.05

52-week range

Current payment

Indicated dividend yield2.64%
Yield, 5-year average3.06%
Last regular payment$0.8500
FrequencyQuarterly
Annualised$3.40

Record

Growth streak15*
Years paying63*
Latest raise+4.94%
Raised on15 Dec 2025
2008–09 change0.00%*

Growth & payout

1-year+5.13%*
3-year+5.42%*
5-year+6.75%*
10-year+6.62%*
20-year+4.16%*

Dividends per share by year

Calendar years, split-adjusted

period to 6 Mar 1962

Recent payments

Ex-dateAmountType
15 Jun 2026$0.8500Regular
16 Mar 2026$0.8500Regular
15 Dec 2025$0.8500Regular
15 Sep 2025$0.8100Regular
16 Jun 2025$0.8100Regular
17 Mar 2025$0.8100Regular
16 Dec 2024$0.8100Regular
16 Sep 2024$0.7700Regular
17 Jun 2024$0.7700Regular
14 Mar 2024$0.7700Regular
14 Dec 2023$0.7700Regular
14 Sep 2023$0.7300Regular
14 Jun 2023$0.7300Regular
14 Mar 2023$0.7300Regular
14 Dec 2022$0.7300Regular
14 Sep 2022$0.6900Regular
14 Jun 2022$0.6900Regular
14 Mar 2022$0.6900Regular
14 Dec 2021$0.6900Regular
14 Sep 2021$0.6500Regular
14 Jun 2021$0.6500Regular
12 Mar 2021$0.6202Regular
14 Dec 2020$0.6202Regular
14 Sep 2020$0.5821Regular
12 Jun 2020$0.5821Regular
13 Mar 2020$0.5821Regular
13 Dec 2019$0.5821Regular
13 Sep 2019$0.5248Regular
14 Jun 2019$0.5248Regular
14 Mar 2019$0.5248Regular
14 Dec 2018$0.5248Regular
14 Sep 2018$0.4580Regular
14 Jun 2018$0.4580Regular
14 Mar 2018$0.4580Regular
14 Dec 2017$0.4580Regular
14 Sep 2017$0.4485Regular
13 Jun 2017$0.4485Regular
13 Mar 2017$0.4485Regular
13 Dec 2016$0.4485Regular
13 Sep 2016$0.4389Regular

Special payments are flagged by an auditable heuristic: a payment at least twice its larger neighbour. Regular-only metrics exclude them.