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Merck (MRK) Dividends Paid - Common (2016 - 2025)

Merck (MRK) has disclosed Dividends Paid - Common for 17 consecutive years, with $2.0 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Dividends Paid - Common rose 3.43% to $2.0 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $8.2 billion, a 4.29% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $8.2 billion, up 4.29% from a year prior.
  • Dividends Paid - Common was $2.0 billion for Q4 2025 at Merck, down from $2.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Dividends Paid - Common ranged from a high of $2.1 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of $1.6 billion in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $1.9 billion and a median of $1.9 billion in 2023 define the central range for Dividends Paid - Common.
  • Peak YoY movement for Dividends Paid - Common: increased 6.73% in 2021, then rose 3.43% in 2025.
  • Merck's Dividends Paid - Common stood at $1.6 billion in 2021, then increased by 6.51% to $1.8 billion in 2022, then increased by 5.83% to $1.9 billion in 2023, then rose by 5.35% to $2.0 billion in 2024, then grew by 3.43% to $2.0 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MRK's Dividends Paid - Common are $2.0 billion (Q4 2025), $2.0 billion (Q3 2025), and $2.1 billion (Q2 2025).