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Dividend history

MRK — Merck & Co., Inc.

HealthcareQuarterly scheduleRecords since 1971

Dividend summary

Current dividend

$0.81

Per share, per payment

Annualised rate

$3.24

4 payments a year

Last payment

$0.81

14 Jul 2026

Next expected payment

14 Oct 2026

Ex-dividend 16 Sep 2026

Upcoming dividend events

  • Ex-dividend 16 Sep 2026 · record 17 Sep 2026pays 14 Oct 2026$0.81
  • Ex-dividend 16 Dec 2026 · record 17 Dec 2026pays 13 Jan 2027$0.81
  • Ex-dividend 16 Mar 2027 · record 17 Mar 2027pays 13 Apr 2027$0.8505
  • Ex-dividend 16 Jun 2027 · record 17 Jun 2027pays 14 Jul 2027$0.8505

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Historical payments

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MRK historical dividend payments over the last 5 years
Ex-dividendRecordPaymentAmountChangeType
16 Jun 202617 Jun 202614 Jul 2026$0.81—Regular
16 Mar 202617 Mar 202613 Apr 2026$0.81Increase +5.0%Regular
16 Dec 202517 Dec 202513 Jan 2026$0.7714—Regular
16 Sep 202517 Sep 202514 Oct 2025$0.7714—Regular
16 Jun 202517 Jun 202514 Jul 2025$0.7714—Regular
17 Mar 202518 Mar 202514 Apr 2025$0.7714Increase +5.0%Regular
16 Dec 202417 Dec 202413 Jan 2025$0.7347—Regular
16 Sep 202417 Sep 202414 Oct 2024$0.7347—Regular
17 Jun 202418 Jun 202415 Jul 2024$0.7347—Regular
18 Mar 202419 Mar 202415 Apr 2024$0.7347Increase +5.0%Regular
18 Dec 202319 Dec 202315 Jan 2024$0.6997—Regular
18 Sep 202319 Sep 202316 Oct 2023$0.6997—Regular
16 Jun 202319 Jun 202314 Jul 2023$0.6997—Regular
16 Mar 202317 Mar 202313 Apr 2023$0.6997Increase +5.0%Regular
16 Dec 202219 Dec 202213 Jan 2023$0.6664—Regular
16 Sep 202219 Sep 202214 Oct 2022$0.6664—Regular
16 Jun 202217 Jun 202214 Jul 2022$0.6664—Regular
16 Mar 202217 Mar 202213 Apr 2022$0.6664Increase +5.0%Regular
16 Dec 202117 Dec 202113 Jan 2022$0.6347—Regular
16 Sep 202117 Sep 202114 Oct 2021$0.6347—Regular
  1. 14 Jul 2026$0.81

    Ex-dividend 16 Jun 2026 · record 17 Jun 2026

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  2. 13 Apr 2026$0.81

    Ex-dividend 16 Mar 2026 · record 17 Mar 2026

    Increase +5.0%
  3. 13 Jan 2026$0.7714

    Ex-dividend 16 Dec 2025 · record 17 Dec 2025

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  4. 14 Oct 2025$0.7714

    Ex-dividend 16 Sep 2025 · record 17 Sep 2025

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  5. 14 Jul 2025$0.7714

    Ex-dividend 16 Jun 2025 · record 17 Jun 2025

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  6. 14 Apr 2025$0.7714

    Ex-dividend 17 Mar 2025 · record 18 Mar 2025

    Increase +5.0%
  7. 13 Jan 2025$0.7347

    Ex-dividend 16 Dec 2024 · record 17 Dec 2024

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  8. 14 Oct 2024$0.7347

    Ex-dividend 16 Sep 2024 · record 17 Sep 2024

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  9. 15 Jul 2024$0.7347

    Ex-dividend 17 Jun 2024 · record 18 Jun 2024

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  10. 15 Apr 2024$0.7347

    Ex-dividend 18 Mar 2024 · record 19 Mar 2024

    Increase +5.0%
  11. 15 Jan 2024$0.6997

    Ex-dividend 18 Dec 2023 · record 19 Dec 2023

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  12. 16 Oct 2023$0.6997

    Ex-dividend 18 Sep 2023 · record 19 Sep 2023

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  13. 14 Jul 2023$0.6997

    Ex-dividend 16 Jun 2023 · record 19 Jun 2023

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  14. 13 Apr 2023$0.6997

    Ex-dividend 16 Mar 2023 · record 17 Mar 2023

    Increase +5.0%
  15. 13 Jan 2023$0.6664

    Ex-dividend 16 Dec 2022 · record 19 Dec 2022

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  16. 14 Oct 2022$0.6664

    Ex-dividend 16 Sep 2022 · record 19 Sep 2022

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  17. 14 Jul 2022$0.6664

    Ex-dividend 16 Jun 2022 · record 17 Jun 2022

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  18. 13 Apr 2022$0.6664

    Ex-dividend 16 Mar 2022 · record 17 Mar 2022

    Increase +5.0%
  19. 13 Jan 2022$0.6347

    Ex-dividend 16 Dec 2021 · record 17 Dec 2021

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  20. 14 Oct 2021$0.6347

    Ex-dividend 16 Sep 2021 · record 17 Sep 2021

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