$102.91
0.62% today
NYSE, Dec 06, 06:44 pm CET
ISIN
US58933Y1055
Symbol
MRK

Merck & Co. Dividend history 25 years & estimates 2025 to 2028

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Dividend Analysis of the Merck & Co. Stock

Criteria / Value
Criteria
Value
Grade
Current dividend yield
3.01%
1/3
Dividend Yield 10Y
2.99%
2/3
Payout 3Y
76.16%
2/3
Continuity 10Y
10 Years
3/3
Growth 5Y
7.68%
2/3
No top scorer Total: 10/15

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Updated on: Thu, Dec 05 2024

When does Merck & Co. pay a dividend?

Merck & Co. pays the next dividend on Jan 08 2025 (payday). The ex-day is on Dec 16 2024. The Merck & Co. stock dividend is paid 4 times a year. In order to receive a dividend, you should generally own the Merck & Co. stock before the ex-dividend date. The Dividend Calendar shows that the last ex-day dates were March, June, September and December . Dividends from Merck & Co. are distributed via January, April, July and October.

Year Dividend Ex-day &
Payday
Frequency
Fiscal Year Dividend per Share Ex-Day Payday Payment frequency
2024
$0.81 Forecast
$0.81 Forecast
Dec 16 2024
Dec 16 2024
Jan 08 2025
Dec 16 24
Jan 08 25
Jan 08 2025
quarterly
quarterly
2024
$0.77
$0.77
Sep 16 2024
Sep 16 2024
Oct 07 2024
Sep 16 24
Oct 07 24
Oct 07 2024
quarterly
quarterly
2024
$0.77
$0.77
Jun 17 2024
Jun 17 2024
Jul 08 2024
Jun 17 24
Jul 08 24
Jul 08 2024
quarterly
quarterly
2024
$0.77
$0.77
Mar 14 2024
Mar 14 2024
Apr 05 2024
Mar 14 24
Apr 05 24
Apr 05 2024
quarterly
quarterly
2023
$0.77
$0.77
Dec 14 2023
Dec 14 2023
Jan 08 2024
Dec 14 23
Jan 08 24
Jan 08 2024
quarterly
quarterly
2023
$0.73
$0.73
Sep 14 2023
Sep 14 2023
Oct 06 2023
Sep 14 23
Oct 06 23
Oct 06 2023
quarterly
quarterly
2023
$0.73
$0.73
Jun 14 2023
Jun 14 2023
Jul 10 2023
Jun 14 23
Jul 10 23
Jul 10 2023
quarterly
quarterly
2023
$0.73
$0.73
Mar 14 2023
Mar 14 2023
Apr 10 2023
Mar 14 23
Apr 10 23
Apr 10 2023
quarterly
quarterly
2022
$0.73
$0.73
Dec 14 2022
Dec 14 2022
Jan 09 2023
Dec 14 22
Jan 09 23
Jan 09 2023
quarterly
quarterly
2022
$0.69
$0.69
Sep 14 2022
Sep 14 2022
Oct 07 2022
Sep 14 22
Oct 07 22
Oct 07 2022
quarterly
quarterly
2022
$0.69
$0.69
Jun 14 2022
Jun 14 2022
Jul 08 2022
Jun 14 22
Jul 08 22
Jul 08 2022
quarterly
quarterly
2022
$0.69
$0.69
Mar 14 2022
Mar 14 2022
Apr 07 2022
Mar 14 22
Apr 07 22
Apr 07 2022
quarterly
quarterly
2021
$0.69
$0.69
Dec 14 2021
Dec 14 2021
Jan 07 2022
Dec 14 21
Jan 07 22
Jan 07 2022
quarterly
quarterly
2021
$0.65
$0.65
Sep 14 2021
Sep 14 2021
Oct 07 2021
Sep 14 21
Oct 07 21
Oct 07 2021
quarterly
quarterly
2021
$0.65
$0.65
Jun 14 2021
Jun 14 2021
Jul 07 2021
Jun 14 21
Jul 07 21
Jul 07 2021
quarterly
quarterly
2021
$0.6198
$0.62
Mar 12 2021
Mar 12 2021
Apr 07 2021
Mar 12 21
Apr 07 21
Apr 07 2021
quarterly
quarterly
2020
$0.6198
$0.62
Dec 14 2020
Dec 14 2020
Jan 08 2021
Dec 14 20
Jan 08 21
Jan 08 2021
quarterly
quarterly
2020
$0.5817
$0.58
Sep 14 2020
Sep 14 2020
Oct 07 2020
Sep 14 20
Oct 07 20
Oct 07 2020
quarterly
quarterly
2020
$0.5817
$0.58
Jun 12 2020
Jun 12 2020
Jul 07 2020
Jun 12 20
Jul 07 20
Jul 07 2020
quarterly
quarterly
2020
$0.5817
$0.58
Mar 13 2020
Mar 13 2020
Apr 07 2020
Mar 13 20
Apr 07 20
Apr 07 2020
quarterly
quarterly
2019
$0.5817
$0.58
Dec 13 2019
Dec 13 2019
Jan 08 2020
Dec 13 19
Jan 08 20
Jan 08 2020
quarterly
quarterly
2019
$0.5244
$0.52
Sep 13 2019
Sep 13 2019
Oct 07 2019
Sep 13 19
Oct 07 19
Oct 07 2019
quarterly
quarterly
2019
$0.5244
$0.52
Jun 14 2019
Jun 14 2019
Jul 08 2019
Jun 14 19
Jul 08 19
Jul 08 2019
quarterly
quarterly
2019
$0.5244
$0.52
Mar 14 2019
Mar 14 2019
Apr 05 2019
Mar 14 19
Apr 05 19
Apr 05 2019
quarterly
quarterly
2018
$0.5244
$0.52
Dec 14 2018
Dec 14 2018
Jan 08 2019
Dec 14 18
Jan 08 19
Jan 08 2019
quarterly
quarterly
2018
$0.4577
$0.46
Sep 14 2018
Sep 14 2018
Oct 05 2018
Sep 14 18
Oct 05 18
Oct 05 2018
quarterly
quarterly
2018
$0.4577
$0.46
Jun 14 2018
Jun 14 2018
Jul 09 2018
Jun 14 18
Jul 09 18
Jul 09 2018
quarterly
quarterly
2018
$0.4577
$0.46
Mar 14 2018
Mar 14 2018
Apr 06 2018
Mar 14 18
Apr 06 18
Apr 06 2018
quarterly
quarterly
2017
$0.4577
$0.46
Dec 14 2017
Dec 14 2017
Jan 08 2018
Dec 14 17
Jan 08 18
Jan 08 2018
quarterly
quarterly
2017
$0.4482
$0.45
Sep 14 2017
Sep 14 2017
Oct 06 2017
Sep 14 17
Oct 06 17
Oct 06 2017
quarterly
quarterly
2017
$0.4482
$0.45
Jun 13 2017
Jun 13 2017
Jul 10 2017
Jun 13 17
Jul 10 17
Jul 10 2017
quarterly
quarterly
2017
$0.4482
$0.45
Mar 13 2017
Mar 13 2017
Apr 07 2017
Mar 13 17
Apr 07 17
Apr 07 2017
quarterly
quarterly
2016
$0.4482
$0.45
Dec 13 2016
Dec 13 2016
Jan 09 2017
Dec 13 16
Jan 09 17
Jan 09 2017
quarterly
quarterly
2016
$0.4386
$0.44
Sep 13 2016
Sep 13 2016
Oct 07 2016
Sep 13 16
Oct 07 16
Oct 07 2016
quarterly
quarterly
2016
$0.4386
$0.44
Jun 13 2016
Jun 13 2016
Jul 08 2016
Jun 13 16
Jul 08 16
Jul 08 2016
quarterly
quarterly
2016
$0.4386
$0.44
Mar 11 2016
Mar 11 2016
Apr 07 2016
Mar 11 16
Apr 07 16
Apr 07 2016
quarterly
quarterly
2015
$0.4386
$0.44
Dec 11 2015
Dec 11 2015
Jan 08 2016
Dec 11 15
Jan 08 16
Jan 08 2016
quarterly
quarterly
2015
$0.4291
$0.43
Sep 11 2015
Sep 11 2015
Oct 07 2015
Sep 11 15
Oct 07 15
Oct 07 2015
quarterly
quarterly
2015
$0.4291
$0.43
Jun 11 2015
Jun 11 2015
Jul 08 2015
Jun 11 15
Jul 08 15
Jul 08 2015
quarterly
quarterly
2015
$0.4291
$0.43
Mar 12 2015
Mar 12 2015
Apr 08 2015
Mar 12 15
Apr 08 15
Apr 08 2015
quarterly
quarterly
2014
$0.4291
$0.43
Dec 11 2014
Dec 11 2014
Jan 08 2015
Dec 11 14
Jan 08 15
Jan 08 2015
quarterly
quarterly
2014
$0.4196
$0.42
Sep 11 2014
Sep 11 2014
Oct 07 2014
Sep 11 14
Oct 07 14
Oct 07 2014
quarterly
quarterly
2014
$0.4196
$0.42
Jun 12 2014
Jun 12 2014
Jul 08 2014
Jun 12 14
Jul 08 14
Jul 08 2014
quarterly
quarterly
2014
$0.4196
$0.42
Mar 13 2014
Mar 13 2014
Apr 07 2014
Mar 13 14
Apr 07 14
Apr 07 2014
quarterly
quarterly
2013
$0.4196
$0.42
Dec 12 2013
Dec 12 2013
Jan 08 2014
Dec 12 13
Jan 08 14
Jan 08 2014
quarterly
quarterly
2013
$0.41
$0.41
Sep 12 2013
Sep 12 2013
Oct 07 2013
Sep 12 13
Oct 07 13
Oct 07 2013
quarterly
quarterly
2013
$0.41
$0.41
Jun 13 2013
Jun 13 2013
Jul 08 2013
Jun 13 13
Jul 08 13
Jul 08 2013
quarterly
quarterly
2013
$0.41
$0.41
Mar 13 2013
Mar 13 2013
Apr 05 2013
Mar 13 13
Apr 05 13
Apr 05 2013
quarterly
quarterly
2012
$0.41
$0.41
Dec 13 2012
Dec 13 2012
Jan 08 2013
Dec 13 12
Jan 08 13
Jan 08 2013
quarterly
quarterly
2012
$0.4005
$0.4
Sep 13 2012
Sep 13 2012
Oct 05 2012
Sep 13 12
Oct 05 12
Oct 05 2012
quarterly
quarterly
2012
$0.4005
$0.4
Jun 13 2012
Jun 13 2012
Jul 09 2012
Jun 13 12
Jul 09 12
Jul 09 2012
quarterly
quarterly
2012
$0.4005
$0.4
Mar 13 2012
Mar 13 2012
Apr 06 2012
Mar 13 12
Apr 06 12
Apr 06 2012
quarterly
quarterly
2011
$0.4005
$0.4
Dec 13 2011
Dec 13 2011
Jan 09 2012
Dec 13 11
Jan 09 12
Jan 09 2012
quarterly
quarterly
2011
$0.3623
$0.36
Sep 13 2011
Sep 13 2011
Oct 07 2011
Sep 13 11
Oct 07 11
Oct 07 2011
quarterly
quarterly
2011
$0.3623
$0.36
Jun 13 2011
Jun 13 2011
Jul 08 2011
Jun 13 11
Jul 08 11
Jul 08 2011
quarterly
quarterly
2011
$0.3623
$0.36
Mar 11 2011
Mar 11 2011
Apr 07 2011
Mar 11 11
Apr 07 11
Apr 07 2011
quarterly
quarterly
2010
$0.3623
$0.36
Dec 13 2010
Dec 13 2010
Jan 07 2011
Dec 13 10
Jan 07 11
Jan 07 2011
quarterly
quarterly
2010
$0.3623
$0.36
Sep 13 2010
Sep 13 2010
Oct 07 2010
Sep 13 10
Oct 07 10
Oct 07 2010
quarterly
quarterly
2010
$0.3623
$0.36
Jun 11 2010
Jun 11 2010
Jul 08 2010
Jun 11 10
Jul 08 10
Jul 08 2010
quarterly
quarterly
2010
$0.3623
$0.36
Mar 11 2010
Mar 11 2010
Apr 07 2010
Mar 11 10
Apr 07 10
Apr 07 2010
quarterly
quarterly
2009
$0.3623
$0.36
Dec 11 2009
Dec 11 2009
Jan 08 2010
Dec 11 09
Jan 08 10
Jan 08 2010
-
-
2009
$0.3623
$0.36
Sep 02 2009
Sep 02 2009
Oct 01 2009
Sep 02 09
Oct 01 09
Oct 01 2009
quarterly
quarterly
2009
$0.3623
$0.36
Jun 04 2009
Jun 04 2009
Jul 01 2009
Jun 04 09
Jul 01 09
Jul 01 2009
quarterly
quarterly
2009
$0.3623
$0.36
Mar 04 2009
Mar 04 2009
Apr 01 2009
Mar 04 09
Apr 01 09
Apr 01 2009
quarterly
quarterly
2008
$0.3623
$0.36
Dec 03 2008
Dec 03 2008
Jan 02 2009
Dec 03 08
Jan 02 09
Jan 02 2009
quarterly
quarterly
2008
$0.3623
$0.36
Sep 03 2008
Sep 03 2008
Oct 01 2008
Sep 03 08
Oct 01 08
Oct 01 2008
quarterly
quarterly
2008
$0.3623
$0.36
Jun 04 2008
Jun 04 2008
Jul 01 2008
Jun 04 08
Jul 01 08
Jul 01 2008
quarterly
quarterly
2008
$0.3623
$0.36
Mar 05 2008
Mar 05 2008
Apr 01 2008
Mar 05 08
Apr 01 08
Apr 01 2008
quarterly
quarterly
2007
$0.3623
$0.36
Dec 05 2007
Dec 05 2007
Jan 02 2008
Dec 05 07
Jan 02 08
Jan 02 2008
quarterly
quarterly
2007
$0.3623
$0.36
Sep 05 2007
Sep 05 2007
Oct 01 2007
Sep 05 07
Oct 01 07
Oct 01 2007
quarterly
quarterly
2007
$0.3623
$0.36
Jun 06 2007
Jun 06 2007
Jul 02 2007
Jun 06 07
Jul 02 07
Jul 02 2007
quarterly
quarterly
2007
$0.3623
$0.36
Mar 07 2007
Mar 07 2007
Apr 02 2007
Mar 07 07
Apr 02 07
Apr 02 2007
quarterly
quarterly
2006
$0.3623
$0.36
Dec 06 2006
Dec 06 2006
Jan 02 2007
Dec 06 06
Jan 02 07
Jan 02 2007
quarterly
quarterly
2006
$0.3623
$0.36
Aug 30 2006
Aug 30 2006
Oct 02 2006
Aug 30 06
Oct 02 06
Oct 02 2006
quarterly
quarterly
2006
$0.3623
$0.36
May 31 2006
May 31 2006
Jul 03 2006
May 31 06
Jul 03 06
Jul 03 2006
quarterly
quarterly
2006
$0.3623
$0.36
Mar 08 2006
Mar 08 2006
Apr 03 2006
Mar 08 06
Apr 03 06
Apr 03 2006
quarterly
quarterly
2005
$0.3623
$0.36
Nov 30 2005
Nov 30 2005
Jan 03 2006
Nov 30 05
Jan 03 06
Jan 03 2006
quarterly
quarterly
2005
$0.3623
$0.36
Aug 31 2005
Aug 31 2005
Oct 03 2005
Aug 31 05
Oct 03 05
Oct 03 2005
quarterly
quarterly
2005
$0.3623
$0.36
Jun 01 2005
Jun 01 2005
Jul 01 2005
Jun 01 05
Jul 01 05
Jul 01 2005
quarterly
quarterly
2005
$0.3623
$0.36
Mar 02 2005
Mar 02 2005
Apr 01 2005
Mar 02 05
Apr 01 05
Apr 01 2005
quarterly
quarterly
2004
$0.3623
$0.36
Dec 01 2004
Dec 01 2004
Jan 03 2005
Dec 01 04
Jan 03 05
Jan 03 2005
quarterly
quarterly
2004
$0.3623
$0.36
Sep 01 2004
Sep 01 2004
Oct 01 2004
Sep 01 04
Oct 01 04
Oct 01 2004
quarterly
quarterly
2004
$0.3528
$0.35
Jun 02 2004
Jun 02 2004
Jul 01 2004
Jun 02 04
Jul 01 04
Jul 01 2004
quarterly
quarterly
2004
$0.3528
$0.35
Mar 03 2004
Mar 03 2004
Apr 01 2004
Mar 03 04
Apr 01 04
Apr 01 2004
quarterly
quarterly
2003
$0.3528
$0.35
Dec 03 2003
Dec 03 2003
Jan 02 2004
Dec 03 03
Jan 02 04
Jan 02 2004
quarterly
quarterly
2003
$0.3528
$0.35
Sep 03 2003
Sep 03 2003
Oct 01 2003
Sep 03 03
Oct 01 03
Oct 01 2003
quarterly
quarterly
2003
$0.3433
$0.34
Jun 04 2003
Jun 04 2003
Jul 01 2003
Jun 04 03
Jul 01 03
Jul 01 2003
quarterly
quarterly
2003
$0.3433
$0.34
Mar 05 2003
Mar 05 2003
Apr 01 2003
Mar 05 03
Apr 01 03
Apr 01 2003
quarterly
quarterly
2002
$0.3433
$0.34
Dec 04 2002
Dec 04 2002
Jan 02 2003
Dec 04 02
Jan 02 03
Jan 02 2003
quarterly
quarterly
2002
$0.3433
$0.34
Sep 04 2002
Sep 04 2002
Oct 01 2002
Sep 04 02
Oct 01 02
Oct 01 2002
quarterly
quarterly
2002
$0.3337
$0.33
Jun 05 2002
Jun 05 2002
Jul 01 2002
Jun 05 02
Jul 01 02
Jul 01 2002
quarterly
quarterly
2002
$0.3337
$0.33
Mar 06 2002
Mar 06 2002
Apr 01 2002
Mar 06 02
Apr 01 02
Apr 01 2002
quarterly
quarterly
2001
$0.3337
$0.33
Dec 05 2001
Dec 05 2001
Jan 02 2002
Dec 05 01
Jan 02 02
Jan 02 2002
quarterly
quarterly
2001
$0.3337
$0.33
Aug 30 2001
Aug 30 2001
Oct 01 2001
Aug 30 01
Oct 01 01
Oct 01 2001
quarterly
quarterly
2001
$0.3242
$0.32
May 31 2001
May 31 2001
Jul 02 2001
May 31 01
Jul 02 01
Jul 02 2001
quarterly
quarterly
2001
$0.3242
$0.32
Mar 07 2001
Mar 07 2001
Apr 02 2001
Mar 07 01
Apr 02 01
Apr 02 2001
quarterly
quarterly
2000
$0.3242
$0.32
Dec 06 2000
Dec 06 2000
Jan 02 2001
Dec 06 00
Jan 02 01
Jan 02 2001
quarterly
quarterly
2000
$0.3242
$0.32
Aug 30 2000
Aug 30 2000
Oct 02 2000
Aug 30 00
Oct 02 00
Oct 02 2000
quarterly
quarterly
2000
$0.2765
$0.28
May 31 2000
May 31 2000
Jul 03 2000
May 31 00
Jul 03 00
Jul 03 2000
quarterly
quarterly
2000
$0.2765
$0.28
Mar 01 2000
Mar 01 2000
Apr 03 2000
Mar 01 00
Apr 03 00
Apr 03 2000
quarterly
quarterly
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How much dividend does Merck & Co. pay?

Merck & Co. most recently paid a dividend of $0.77. Merck & Co. paid a Dividend of $3.12 Per Share in the financial year 2024. With a stock price of $103.55 at Dec 05 2024, the current dividend yield is 3.01% (calculation: $3.12 / $103.55 = 3.01%). No special dividend was paid.

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What is the Merck & Co. Dividend Yield and payout ratio?

The average Merck & Co. dividend yield over the last 5 years is 2.95% and the average over the last 10 years is 2.99%.

The payout ratio of Merck & Co. in relation to the last financial year is 2,114.29%. The payout ratio smoothed over 3 years is 76.16%. The calculation is based on the sum of all dividend payments divided by the cumulative earnings per share(EPS).

Metric Merck & Co.
Current dividend yield 3.01%
Dividend Yield 5Y 2.95%
Dividend Yield 10Y 2.99%
Payout 1Y 2,114.29%
Payout 3Y 76.16%

Is the Merck & Co. dividend safe? Continuity & Dividend Growth

Is the Merck & Co. dividend safe?

Merck & Co. has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 25 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 14-times.

The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 5.41%. The average Merck & Co. Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is 7.68%. The average for the last 10 years is 6.34%.

Metric Merck & Co.
Increased 14 Years
Continuity 25 Years
Paid 25 Years
Growth 1Y 5.41%
Growth 5Y 7.68%
Growth 10Y 6.34%

Continuity

Merck & Co. has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 25 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 14-times.

Dividend Growth

The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 5.41%. The average Merck & Co. Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is 7.68%. The average for the last 10 years is 6.34%.

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Merck & Co. Stock Forecast 2024

On the stock exchange, the Merck & Co. stock (ISIN: US58933Y1055) is not traded as a top scorer in December 2024 according to the dividend strategy.

The stock price of Merck & Co. -5.02% has fallen since the beginning of the year 2024. However, the return generated in the past says nothing about the future return. You can find the Merck & Co. stock price in real time at the top of the page.

Merck & Co. (symbol: MRK) is valued at a Price / Earnings Ratio (P/E ratio) of 21.69 and a price/sales ratio (P/S ratio) of 4.16 valued. Based on analyst estimates, the Merck & Co. stock forecast 2024 of the current financial year corresponds to a valuation of 14.04 according to P/E ratio and 4.09 according to P/S.

Metric Merck & Co.
Dividend Score 10/15
Performance 2024
5.02%
P/E TTM 21.69
P/S TTM 4.16
P/E forward 14.04
P/S forward 4.09

Merck & Co. (symbol: MRK) is valued at a Price / Earnings Ratio (P/E ratio) of 21.69 and a price/sales ratio (P/S ratio) of 4.16 valued. Based on analyst estimates, the Merck & Co. stock forecast 2024 of the current financial year corresponds to a valuation of 14.04 according to P/E ratio and 4.09 according to P/S.

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