Merck (MRK) Dividend Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Merck (MRK) has reported Dividend Coverage Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.62 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Dividend Coverage Ratio fell 129.25% year-over-year to 0.62 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.38, a 81.32% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 2.23, up 2.21% from the prior year.
• Dividend Coverage Ratio was 0.62 for Q2 2026 at Merck, up from 2.02 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Dividend Coverage Ratio peaked at 2.85 in Q3 2025 and troughed at 3.17 in Q2 2023.
• A 5-year average of 1.31 and a median of 1.89 in 2022 frame the typical range for Dividend Coverage Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, Dividend Coverage Ratio slumped 242.0% in 2023 and soared 389.89% in 2024, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Dividend Coverage Ratio stood at 1.72 in 2022, then slumped by 138.39% to 0.66 in 2023, then soared by 389.89% to 1.92 in 2024, then slipped by 23.51% to 1.47 in 2025, then sank by 142.49% to 0.62 in 2026.
• The last three Dividend Coverage Ratio figures came in at 0.62 (Q2 2026), 2.02 (Q1 2026), and 1.47 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.