Merck (MRK) Shares Repurchased (2010 - 2026)

Merck (MRK) has 16 years of Shares Repurchased data on file, last reported at $874.0 million in Q1 2026.

• Shares Repurchased for Q1 2026 came in at $874.0 million, down 24.91% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $4.8 billion (up 104.17% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $5.1 billion, up 289.28% from the prior year.
• Shares Repurchased fell to $874.0 million in Q1 2026 per MRK's latest filing, from $1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Shares Repurchased peaked at $1.3 billion in Q2 2025 and troughed at $122.0 million in Q1 2024.
• A 4-year average of $662.3 million and a median of $466.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Shares Repurchased.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Shares Repurchased dropped 25.74% in 2024, then surged 854.1% in 2025.
• A 4-year view of Shares Repurchased shows it stood at $393.0 million in 2023, then grew by 24.43% to $489.0 million in 2024, then surged by 156.03% to $1.3 billion in 2025, then sank by 30.19% to $874.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MRK's Shares Repurchased at $874.0 million in Q1 2026, $1.3 billion in Q4 2025, and $1.3 billion in Q3 2025.