Merck (MRK) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)

Merck (MRK) has 18 years of Dividends Paid - Common data on file, last reported at $2.1 billion in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Dividends Paid - Common rose 2.68% year-over-year to $2.1 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $8.2 billion (up 3.66% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $8.2 billion, up 4.29% from the prior year.
• Dividends Paid - Common advanced to $2.1 billion in Q1 2026 per MRK's latest filing, from $2.0 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Dividends Paid - Common topped out at $2.1 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $1.7 billion in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Dividends Paid - Common is $2.0 billion (2024), against an average of $1.9 billion.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Dividends Paid - Common rose 6.51%; it then increased 2.68% in 2026.
• Tracing MRK's Dividends Paid - Common over 5 years: stood at $1.8 billion in 2022, then advanced by 5.83% to $1.9 billion in 2023, then climbed by 5.35% to $2.0 billion in 2024, then grew by 3.43% to $2.0 billion in 2025, then climbed by 4.31% to $2.1 billion in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest MRK Dividends Paid - Common figures stand at $2.1 billion (Q1 2026), $2.0 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.0 billion (Q3 2025).

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