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

Merck has disclosed Dividends Paid - Common across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $2.1 billion for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Dividends Paid - Common rose 2.68% year-over-year to $2.1 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $8.2 billion (up 3.66% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $8.2 billion, up 4.29% from the prior year.
• Dividends Paid - Common climbed to $2.1 billion in Q1 2026, from $2.0 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Dividends Paid - Common for MRK reached as high as $2.1 billion in Q1 2026 and fell as low as $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.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Dividends Paid - Common advanced 6.51% — and 2026, when it gained 2.68%.
• A 5-year view of Dividends Paid - Common shows it stood at $1.8 billion in 2022, then grew by 5.83% to $1.9 billion in 2023, then increased by 5.35% to $2.0 billion in 2024, then rose by 3.43% to $2.0 billion in 2025, then increased by 4.31% to $2.1 billion in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Dividends Paid - Common over the past three periods registered $2.1 billion, $2.0 billion, and $2.0 billion for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.