Merck & Company (MRK) Dividend Date & History

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Merck & Company (MRK) pays a Quarterly dividend. This page shows MRK’s dividend history, latest dividend amount, dividend yield, ex-dividend date, record date, and dividend payment date.

Dividend Data

Last Ex-Dividend Date: Sep 15, 2026
Dividend Amount Per Share: $0.85
Dividend Yield: 2.31%
Payout Ratio: 347.29%
Dividend Growth: Over 18 years
Analyst Consensus >: Moderate Buy

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MRK Dividend History

MRK dividend history
Ex-Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Frequency	Declaration Date	Amount
Sep 15, 2026	Sep 15, 2026	Oct 07, 2026	Quarterly	Jul 29, 2026	$0.85
Jun 15, 2026	Jun 15, 2026	Jul 08, 2026	Quarterly	May 26, 2026	$0.85
Mar 16, 2026	Mar 16, 2026	Apr 07, 2026	Quarterly	Jan 27, 2026	$0.85
Dec 15, 2025	Dec 15, 2025	Jan 08, 2026	Quarterly	Nov 18, 2025	$0.85
Sep 15, 2025	Sep 15, 2025	Oct 07, 2025	Quarterly	Jul 22, 2025	$0.81
Jun 16, 2025	Jun 16, 2025	Jul 08, 2025	Quarterly	May 27, 2025	$0.81
Mar 17, 2025	Mar 17, 2025	Apr 07, 2025	Quarterly	Jan 28, 2025	$0.81
Dec 16, 2024	Dec 16, 2024	Jan 08, 2025	Quarterly	Nov 19, 2024	$0.81
Sep 16, 2024	Sep 16, 2024	Oct 07, 2024	Quarterly	Jul 23, 2024	$0.77
Jun 17, 2024	Jun 17, 2024	Jul 08, 2024	Quarterly	May 28, 2024	$0.77
Mar 14, 2024	Mar 15, 2024	Apr 05, 2024	Quarterly	Jan 23, 2024	$0.77
Dec 14, 2023	Dec 15, 2023	Jan 08, 2024	Quarterly	Nov 28, 2023	$0.77
Sep 14, 2023	Sep 15, 2023	Oct 06, 2023	Quarterly	Jul 25, 2023	$0.73
Jun 14, 2023	Jun 15, 2023	Jul 10, 2023	Quarterly	May 23, 2023	$0.73
Mar 14, 2023	Mar 15, 2023	Apr 10, 2023	Quarterly	Jan 24, 2023	$0.73
Dec 14, 2022	Dec 15, 2022	Jan 09, 2023	Quarterly	Nov 29, 2022	$0.73
Sep 14, 2022	Sep 15, 2022	Oct 07, 2022	Quarterly	Jul 26, 2022	$0.69
Jun 14, 2022	Jun 15, 2022	Jul 08, 2022	Quarterly	May 24, 2022	$0.69
Mar 14, 2022	Mar 15, 2022	Apr 07, 2022	Quarterly	Jan 25, 2022	$0.69
Dec 14, 2021	Dec 15, 2021	Jan 07, 2022	Quarterly	Nov 30, 2021	$0.69
Sep 14, 2021	Sep 15, 2021	Oct 07, 2021	Quarterly	Jul 27, 2021	$0.65
Jun 14, 2021	Jun 15, 2021	Jul 07, 2021	Quarterly	May 25, 2021	$0.65
Mar 12, 2021	Mar 15, 2021	Apr 07, 2021	Quarterly	Jan 26, 2021	$0.62
Dec 14, 2020	Dec 15, 2020	Jan 08, 2021	Quarterly	Nov 17, 2020	$0.62
Sep 14, 2020	Sep 15, 2020	Oct 07, 2020	Quarterly	Jul 28, 2020	$0.58
Jun 12, 2020	Jun 15, 2020	Jul 07, 2020	Quarterly	May 26, 2020	$0.58
Mar 13, 2020	Mar 16, 2020	Apr 07, 2020	Quarterly	Jan 28, 2020	$0.58
Dec 13, 2019	Dec 16, 2019	Jan 08, 2020	Quarterly	Nov 19, 2019	$0.58
Sep 13, 2019	Sep 16, 2019	Oct 07, 2019	Quarterly	Jul 23, 2019	$0.52
Jun 14, 2019	Jun 17, 2019	Jul 08, 2019	Quarterly	May 28, 2019	$0.52
Mar 14, 2019	Mar 15, 2019	Apr 05, 2019	Quarterly	Jan 29, 2019	$0.52
Dec 14, 2018	Dec 17, 2018	Jan 08, 2019	Quarterly	Oct 25, 2018	$0.52
Sep 14, 2018	Sep 17, 2018	Oct 05, 2018	Quarterly	Jul 24, 2018	$0.46
Jun 14, 2018	Jun 15, 2018	Jul 09, 2018	Quarterly	May 22, 2018	$0.46
Mar 14, 2018	Mar 15, 2018	Apr 06, 2018	Quarterly	Jan 23, 2018	$0.46
Dec 14, 2017	Dec 15, 2017	Jan 08, 2018	Quarterly	Nov 28, 2017	$0.46
Sep 14, 2017	Sep 15, 2017	Oct 06, 2017	Quarterly	Jul 26, 2017	$0.45
Jun 13, 2017	Jun 15, 2017	Jul 10, 2017	Quarterly	May 23, 2017	$0.45
Mar 13, 2017	Mar 15, 2017	Apr 07, 2017	Quarterly	Mar 01, 2017	$0.45
Dec 13, 2016	Dec 15, 2016	Jan 09, 2017	Quarterly	Nov 22, 2016	$0.45
Sep 13, 2016	Sep 15, 2016	Oct 07, 2016	Quarterly	Jul 26, 2016	$0.44
Jun 13, 2016	Jun 15, 2016	Jul 08, 2016	Quarterly	May 24, 2016	$0.44
Mar 11, 2016	Mar 15, 2016	Apr 07, 2016	Quarterly	Feb 23, 2016	$0.44
Dec 11, 2015	Dec 15, 2015	Jan 08, 2016	Quarterly	Nov 24, 2015	$0.44
Sep 11, 2015	Sep 15, 2015	Oct 07, 2015	Quarterly	Jul 22, 2015	$0.43
Jun 11, 2015	Jun 15, 2015	Jul 08, 2015	Quarterly	May 26, 2015	$0.43
Mar 12, 2015	Mar 16, 2015	Apr 08, 2015	Quarterly	Feb 24, 2015	$0.43
Dec 11, 2014	Dec 15, 2014	Jan 08, 2015	Quarterly	Nov 25, 2014	$0.43
Sep 11, 2014	Sep 15, 2014	Oct 07, 2014	Quarterly	Jul 23, 2014	$0.42
Jun 12, 2014	Jun 16, 2014	Jul 08, 2014	Quarterly	May 27, 2014	$0.42
Mar 13, 2014	Mar 17, 2014	Apr 07, 2014	Quarterly	Feb 25, 2014	$0.42
Dec 12, 2013	Dec 16, 2013	Jan 08, 2014	Quarterly	Nov 26, 2013	$0.42
Sep 12, 2013	Sep 16, 2013	Oct 07, 2013	Quarterly	Jul 25, 2013	$0.41
Jun 13, 2013	Jun 17, 2013	Jul 08, 2013	Quarterly	May 28, 2013	$0.41
Mar 13, 2013	Mar 15, 2013	Apr 05, 2013	Quarterly	Feb 26, 2013	$0.41
Dec 13, 2012	Dec 17, 2012	Jan 08, 2013	Quarterly	Nov 27, 2012	$0.41
Sep 13, 2012	Sep 17, 2012	Oct 05, 2012	Quarterly	Jul 24, 2012	$0.40
Jun 13, 2012	Jun 15, 2012	Jul 09, 2012	Quarterly	May 23, 2012	$0.40
Mar 13, 2012	Mar 15, 2012	Apr 06, 2012	Quarterly	Feb 29, 2012	$0.40
Dec 13, 2011	Dec 15, 2011	Jan 09, 2012	Quarterly	Nov 11, 2011	$0.40
Sep 13, 2011	Sep 15, 2011	Oct 07, 2011	Quarterly	Jul 27, 2011	$0.36
Jun 13, 2011	Jun 15, 2011	Jul 08, 2011	Quarterly	May 25, 2011	$0.36
Mar 11, 2011	Mar 15, 2011	Apr 07, 2011	Quarterly	Feb 23, 2011	$0.36
Dec 13, 2010	Dec 15, 2010	Jan 07, 2011	Quarterly	Nov 24, 2010	$0.36
Sep 13, 2010	Sep 15, 2010	Oct 07, 2010	Quarterly	Jul 28, 2010	$0.36
Jun 11, 2010	Jun 15, 2010	Jul 08, 2010	Quarterly	May 27, 2010	$0.36
Mar 11, 2010	Mar 15, 2010	Apr 07, 2010	Quarterly	Feb 24, 2010	$0.36
Dec 11, 2009	Dec 15, 2009	Jan 08, 2010	Quarterly	Nov 25, 2009	$0.36
Sep 02, 2009	Sep 04, 2009	Oct 01, 2009	Quarterly	Jul 29, 2009	$0.36
Jun 04, 2009	Jun 08, 2009	Jul 01, 2009	Quarterly	May 27, 2009	$0.36
Mar 04, 2009	Mar 06, 2009	Apr 01, 2009	Quarterly	Feb 24, 2009	$0.36

MRK dividend history
Ex-Date	Amount	Payment Date	Record Date	Frequency	Declaration Date
Sep 15, 2026	$0.85	Oct 07, 2026	Sep 15, 2026	Quarterly	Jul 29, 2026
Jun 15, 2026	$0.85	Jul 08, 2026	Jun 15, 2026	Quarterly	May 26, 2026
Mar 16, 2026	$0.85	Apr 07, 2026	Mar 16, 2026	Quarterly	Jan 27, 2026
Dec 15, 2025	$0.85	Jan 08, 2026	Dec 15, 2025	Quarterly	Nov 18, 2025
Sep 15, 2025	$0.81	Oct 07, 2025	Sep 15, 2025	Quarterly	Jul 22, 2025
Jun 16, 2025	$0.81	Jul 08, 2025	Jun 16, 2025	Quarterly	May 27, 2025
Mar 17, 2025	$0.81	Apr 07, 2025	Mar 17, 2025	Quarterly	Jan 28, 2025
Dec 16, 2024	$0.81	Jan 08, 2025	Dec 16, 2024	Quarterly	Nov 19, 2024
Sep 16, 2024	$0.77	Oct 07, 2024	Sep 16, 2024	Quarterly	Jul 23, 2024
Jun 17, 2024	$0.77	Jul 08, 2024	Jun 17, 2024	Quarterly	May 28, 2024
Mar 14, 2024	$0.77	Apr 05, 2024	Mar 15, 2024	Quarterly	Jan 23, 2024
Dec 14, 2023	$0.77	Jan 08, 2024	Dec 15, 2023	Quarterly	Nov 28, 2023
Sep 14, 2023	$0.73	Oct 06, 2023	Sep 15, 2023	Quarterly	Jul 25, 2023
Jun 14, 2023	$0.73	Jul 10, 2023	Jun 15, 2023	Quarterly	May 23, 2023
Mar 14, 2023	$0.73	Apr 10, 2023	Mar 15, 2023	Quarterly	Jan 24, 2023
Dec 14, 2022	$0.73	Jan 09, 2023	Dec 15, 2022	Quarterly	Nov 29, 2022
Sep 14, 2022	$0.69	Oct 07, 2022	Sep 15, 2022	Quarterly	Jul 26, 2022
Jun 14, 2022	$0.69	Jul 08, 2022	Jun 15, 2022	Quarterly	May 24, 2022
Mar 14, 2022	$0.69	Apr 07, 2022	Mar 15, 2022	Quarterly	Jan 25, 2022
Dec 14, 2021	$0.69	Jan 07, 2022	Dec 15, 2021	Quarterly	Nov 30, 2021
Sep 14, 2021	$0.65	Oct 07, 2021	Sep 15, 2021	Quarterly	Jul 27, 2021
Jun 14, 2021	$0.65	Jul 07, 2021	Jun 15, 2021	Quarterly	May 25, 2021
Mar 12, 2021	$0.62	Apr 07, 2021	Mar 15, 2021	Quarterly	Jan 26, 2021
Dec 14, 2020	$0.62	Jan 08, 2021	Dec 15, 2020	Quarterly	Nov 17, 2020
Sep 14, 2020	$0.58	Oct 07, 2020	Sep 15, 2020	Quarterly	Jul 28, 2020
Jun 12, 2020	$0.58	Jul 07, 2020	Jun 15, 2020	Quarterly	May 26, 2020
Mar 13, 2020	$0.58	Apr 07, 2020	Mar 16, 2020	Quarterly	Jan 28, 2020
Dec 13, 2019	$0.58	Jan 08, 2020	Dec 16, 2019	Quarterly	Nov 19, 2019
Sep 13, 2019	$0.52	Oct 07, 2019	Sep 16, 2019	Quarterly	Jul 23, 2019
Jun 14, 2019	$0.52	Jul 08, 2019	Jun 17, 2019	Quarterly	May 28, 2019
Mar 14, 2019	$0.52	Apr 05, 2019	Mar 15, 2019	Quarterly	Jan 29, 2019
Dec 14, 2018	$0.52	Jan 08, 2019	Dec 17, 2018	Quarterly	Oct 25, 2018
Sep 14, 2018	$0.46	Oct 05, 2018	Sep 17, 2018	Quarterly	Jul 24, 2018
Jun 14, 2018	$0.46	Jul 09, 2018	Jun 15, 2018	Quarterly	May 22, 2018
Mar 14, 2018	$0.46	Apr 06, 2018	Mar 15, 2018	Quarterly	Jan 23, 2018
Dec 14, 2017	$0.46	Jan 08, 2018	Dec 15, 2017	Quarterly	Nov 28, 2017
Sep 14, 2017	$0.45	Oct 06, 2017	Sep 15, 2017	Quarterly	Jul 26, 2017
Jun 13, 2017	$0.45	Jul 10, 2017	Jun 15, 2017	Quarterly	May 23, 2017
Mar 13, 2017	$0.45	Apr 07, 2017	Mar 15, 2017	Quarterly	Mar 01, 2017
Dec 13, 2016	$0.45	Jan 09, 2017	Dec 15, 2016	Quarterly	Nov 22, 2016
Sep 13, 2016	$0.44	Oct 07, 2016	Sep 15, 2016	Quarterly	Jul 26, 2016
Jun 13, 2016	$0.44	Jul 08, 2016	Jun 15, 2016	Quarterly	May 24, 2016
Mar 11, 2016	$0.44	Apr 07, 2016	Mar 15, 2016	Quarterly	Feb 23, 2016
Dec 11, 2015	$0.44	Jan 08, 2016	Dec 15, 2015	Quarterly	Nov 24, 2015
Sep 11, 2015	$0.43	Oct 07, 2015	Sep 15, 2015	Quarterly	Jul 22, 2015
Jun 11, 2015	$0.43	Jul 08, 2015	Jun 15, 2015	Quarterly	May 26, 2015
Mar 12, 2015	$0.43	Apr 08, 2015	Mar 16, 2015	Quarterly	Feb 24, 2015
Dec 11, 2014	$0.43	Jan 08, 2015	Dec 15, 2014	Quarterly	Nov 25, 2014
Sep 11, 2014	$0.42	Oct 07, 2014	Sep 15, 2014	Quarterly	Jul 23, 2014
Jun 12, 2014	$0.42	Jul 08, 2014	Jun 16, 2014	Quarterly	May 27, 2014
Mar 13, 2014	$0.42	Apr 07, 2014	Mar 17, 2014	Quarterly	Feb 25, 2014
Dec 12, 2013	$0.42	Jan 08, 2014	Dec 16, 2013	Quarterly	Nov 26, 2013
Sep 12, 2013	$0.41	Oct 07, 2013	Sep 16, 2013	Quarterly	Jul 25, 2013
Jun 13, 2013	$0.41	Jul 08, 2013	Jun 17, 2013	Quarterly	May 28, 2013
Mar 13, 2013	$0.41	Apr 05, 2013	Mar 15, 2013	Quarterly	Feb 26, 2013
Dec 13, 2012	$0.41	Jan 08, 2013	Dec 17, 2012	Quarterly	Nov 27, 2012
Sep 13, 2012	$0.40	Oct 05, 2012	Sep 17, 2012	Quarterly	Jul 24, 2012
Jun 13, 2012	$0.40	Jul 09, 2012	Jun 15, 2012	Quarterly	May 23, 2012
Mar 13, 2012	$0.40	Apr 06, 2012	Mar 15, 2012	Quarterly	Feb 29, 2012
Dec 13, 2011	$0.40	Jan 09, 2012	Dec 15, 2011	Quarterly	Nov 11, 2011
Sep 13, 2011	$0.36	Oct 07, 2011	Sep 15, 2011	Quarterly	Jul 27, 2011
Jun 13, 2011	$0.36	Jul 08, 2011	Jun 15, 2011	Quarterly	May 25, 2011
Mar 11, 2011	$0.36	Apr 07, 2011	Mar 15, 2011	Quarterly	Feb 23, 2011
Dec 13, 2010	$0.36	Jan 07, 2011	Dec 15, 2010	Quarterly	Nov 24, 2010
Sep 13, 2010	$0.36	Oct 07, 2010	Sep 15, 2010	Quarterly	Jul 28, 2010
Jun 11, 2010	$0.36	Jul 08, 2010	Jun 15, 2010	Quarterly	May 27, 2010
Mar 11, 2010	$0.36	Apr 07, 2010	Mar 15, 2010	Quarterly	Feb 24, 2010
Dec 11, 2009	$0.36	Jan 08, 2010	Dec 15, 2009	Quarterly	Nov 25, 2009
Sep 02, 2009	$0.36	Oct 01, 2009	Sep 04, 2009	Quarterly	Jul 29, 2009
Jun 04, 2009	$0.36	Jul 01, 2009	Jun 08, 2009	Quarterly	May 27, 2009
Mar 04, 2009	$0.36	Apr 01, 2009	Mar 06, 2009	Quarterly	Feb 24, 2009

The table shows Merck & Company’s dividend history, including amount per share, payout frequency, declaration, record and payment dates.

FAQ

Does Merck & Company pay dividends?

Yes, MRK has paid a dividend within the past 12 months.

How much is Merck & Company's dividend?

MRK pays a dividend of $0.85 per share. MRK's annual dividend yield is 2.31%.

When is Merck & Company ex-dividend date?

Merck & Company's previous ex-dividend date was on Sep 15, 2026. Merck & Company shareholders who own MRK stock before this date received Merck & Company's last dividend payment of $0.85 per share on Oct 07, 2026. MRK's next ex-dividend date has not been announced yet.

When is Merck & Company dividend payment date?

Merck & Company's next quarterly payment date is on Oct 07, 2026, when Merck & Company shareholders who owned MRK shares before Sep 15, 2026 received a dividend payment of $0.85 per share. Add MRK to your watchlist to be reminded of MRK's next dividend payment.

Does Merck & Company have sufficient earnings to cover their dividend?

No — MRK paid more in dividends ($3.40) than it earned per share ($0.98) over the last 12 months (payout ratio 347.29%).

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