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

Merck (MRK) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.72 in Q1 2026.

• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.72, down 58.88% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.58 (up 25.14% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.66, up 52.68% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio eased to 0.72 in Q1 2026 per MRK's latest filing, from 1.11 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 0.76 and a median of 0.56 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• On a YoY basis, FCF Payout Ratio climbed as much as 1108.06% in 2023 and fell as far as 567.33% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.53 in 2022, then slumped by 567.33% to 2.49 in 2023, then soared by 131.15% to 0.78 in 2024, then soared by 42.51% to 1.11 in 2025, then plunged by 35.0% to 0.72 in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MRK's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.72 in Q1 2026, 1.11 in Q4 2025, and 0.3 in Q3 2025.