Merck (MRK) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Merck (MRK) has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.48 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 41.69% year-over-year to 0.48 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.52, a 5.3% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.66, up 52.68% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.48 for Q2 2026 at Merck, down from 0.72 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 5.58 in Q1 2023 and troughed at 2.49 in Q4 2023.
• A 5-year average of 0.75 and a median of 0.55 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• The widest YoY moves for FCF Payout Ratio: up 1108.06% in 2023, down 567.33% in 2023.
• Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.53 in 2022, then tumbled by 567.33% to 2.49 in 2023, then surged by 131.15% to 0.78 in 2024, then surged by 42.51% to 1.11 in 2025, then slumped by 56.71% to 0.48 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.48 (Q2 2026), 0.72 (Q1 2026), and 1.11 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.