Merck (MRK) Shares Outstanding (2009 - 2026)

Merck (MRK) has 18 years of Shares Outstanding data on file, last reported at $3.6 billion in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Shares Outstanding changed 0.0% year-over-year to $3.6 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.6 billion (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $3.6 billion, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
• Shares Outstanding steadied at $3.6 billion in Q1 2026 per MRK's latest filing, from $3.6 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Shares Outstanding topped out at $3.6 billion in Q3 2025 and bottomed at $3.6 billion in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Shares Outstanding is $3.6 billion (2022), against an average of $3.6 billion.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Shares Outstanding changed 0.0%; it then climbed 0.0% in 2025.
• Tracing MRK's Shares Outstanding over 5 years: stood at $3.6 billion in 2022, then changed by 0.0% to $3.6 billion in 2023, then changed by 0.0% to $3.6 billion in 2024, then climbed by 0.0% to $3.6 billion in 2025, then changed by 0.0% to $3.6 billion in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest MRK Shares Outstanding figures stand at $3.6 billion (Q1 2026), $3.6 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.6 billion (Q3 2025).

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