Growth Metrics

Merck (MRK) Dividends payables (2009 - 2026)

Merck (MRK) reported Dividends payables of $2.1 billion for Q1 2026, up 3.18% year-over-year from $2.1 billion in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from $2.1 billion in Q4 2025.

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

  • Quarterly Dividends payables rose 3.18% year-over-year to $2.1 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.1 billion (up 3.18% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $2.1 billion, up 2.69% from the prior year.
  • Dividends payables was little changed at $2.1 billion in Q1 2026 per MRK's latest filing, from $2.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Dividends payables topped out at $2.1 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $1.8 billion in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Dividends payables is $2.0 billion (2024), against an average of $2.0 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Dividends payables rose 7.68%; it then climbed 2.69% in 2025.
  • Tracing MRK's Dividends payables over 5 years: stood at $1.9 billion in 2022, then climbed by 5.36% to $2.0 billion in 2023, then advanced by 4.99% to $2.1 billion in 2024, then advanced by 2.69% to $2.1 billion in 2025, then grew by 0.14% to $2.1 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest MRK Dividends payables figures stand at $2.1 billion (Q1 2026), $2.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.0 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Dividends payables (Qtr)
1 Novartis Ag 107,124,802.25 Bn 107,124,802.25 Bn - -
2 Eli Lilly 969.00 Bn 963.72 Bn 16.22 Bn -
3 Johnson & Johnson 539.46 Bn 517.41 Bn 15.96 Bn -
4 AbbVie 376.92 Bn 367.57 Bn 10.78 Bn -
5 Merck 285.00 Bn 279.35 Bn 12.09 Bn 2.14 Bn
6 Amgen 177.58 Bn 165.55 Bn 5.87 Bn -
7 Gilead Sciences 163.22 Bn 155.50 Bn 5.52 Bn -
8 Pfizer 145.86 Bn 133.09 Bn -1.21 Bn -
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 111.90 Bn 101.44 Bn 8.07 Bn -
10 Gsk 88.34 Bn 83.66 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.14 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.14 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 2.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.05 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 2.08 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.08 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.98 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.98 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.01 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.99 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.88 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.88 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.91 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.88 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.77 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.77 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.77 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.77 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.66 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.66 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 1.68 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 1.67 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 1.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 1.56 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 1.59 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 1.59 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 1.43 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 1.44 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 1.46 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 1.46 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 1.30 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 1.31 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 1.32 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 1.32 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 1.30 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 1.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 1.31 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 1.32 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 1.29 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 1.29 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 1.31 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 1.31 Bn
Sep 30, 2015 1.29 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 1.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 1.31 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 1.31 Bn
Sep 30, 2014 1.29 Bn
Jun 30, 2014 1.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2014 1.33 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 1.32 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 1.29 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 1.29 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 1.34 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 1.31 Bn
Mar 31, 2012 1.28 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 1.28 Bn
Sep 30, 2011 1.17 Bn
Jun 30, 2011 1.18 Bn
Mar 31, 2011 1.18 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 1.18 Bn
Sep 30, 2010 1.18 Bn
Jun 30, 2010 1.18 Bn
Mar 31, 2010 1.19 Bn
Dec 31, 2009 1.19 Bn