Merck (MRK) Other Working Capital Changes (2009 - 2026)

Merck (MRK) has 18 years of Other Working Capital Changes data on file, last reported at $1.6 billion in Q1 2026.

• Other Working Capital Changes for Q1 2026 came in at $1.6 billion, down 56.55% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.2 billion (down 30.81% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $3.3 billion, up 133.55% from the prior year.
• Other Working Capital Changes improved to $1.6 billion in Q1 2026 per MRK's latest filing, from -$1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Other Working Capital Changes peaked at $3.7 billion in Q1 2025 and troughed at -$2.6 billion in Q3 2024.
• A 5-year average of $595.5 million and a median of $1.0 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Other Working Capital Changes.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Other Working Capital Changes slumped 1031.43% in 2024, then jumped 123.22% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Other Working Capital Changes shows it stood at -$962.0 million in 2022, then soared by 96.36% to -$35.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 1031.43% to -$396.0 million in 2024, then sank by 240.91% to -$1.4 billion in 2025, then surged by 219.48% to $1.6 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MRK's Other Working Capital Changes at $1.6 billion in Q1 2026, -$1.4 billion in Q4 2025, and -$1.3 billion in Q3 2025.