Merck (MRK) Shares Issued (2009 - 2026)

Merck (MRK) has 18 years of Shares Issued data on file, last reported at $157.0 million in Q1 2026.

• Shares Issued for Q1 2026 came in at $157.0 million, up 726.32% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $230.0 million (up 111.01% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $92.0 million, down 48.02% from the prior year.
• Shares Issued improved to $157.0 million in Q1 2026 per MRK's latest filing, from $47.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Shares Issued peaked at $265.0 million in Q4 2022 and troughed at $5.0 million in Q3 2024.
• A 5-year average of $55.0 million and a median of $19.0 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Shares Issued.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2026: Shares Issued tumbled 97.74% in 2023, then jumped 726.32% in 2026.
• A 5-year view of Shares Issued shows it stood at $265.0 million in 2022, then plunged by 97.74% to $6.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 100.0% to $12.0 million in 2024, then soared by 291.67% to $47.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 234.04% to $157.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MRK's Shares Issued at $157.0 million in Q1 2026, $47.0 million in Q4 2025, and $14.0 million in Q3 2025.