Merck KGaA's dividends per share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.47. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00. As of today, Merck KGaA's Dividend Yield % is 1.49%.
Good Sign:
Merck KGaA stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.
During the past 12 months, Merck KGaA's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 18.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 19.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 12.40% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.40% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Merck KGaA was 21.50% per year. The lowest was -5.60% per year. And the median was 7.50% per year.
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Merck KGaA Dividends per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Merck KGaA's Dividends per Share can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Merck KGaA's Dividends per Share
For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Merck KGaA's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Merck KGaA's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry
For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Merck KGaA's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Merck KGaA's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Merck KGaA Dividends per Share Calculation
Dividends paid to per common share.
Merck KGaA (OTCPK:MKKGY) Dividends per Share Explanation
1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.
Merck KGaA's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Merck KGaA was 0.48. The lowest was 0.20. And the median was 0.32.
2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Merck KGaA Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.485
2023-05-02
2023-05-03
2023-05-11
Cash Dividend
annually
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Merck KGaA's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is $32.25.
Merck KGaA's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.485.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Merck KGaA was 1.59%. The lowest was 0.62%. And the median was 1.20%.
Good Sign:
Merck KGaA stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Merck KGaA Dividends per Share Related Terms
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Merck KGaA operates in three main segments: life sciences, performance materials, and healthcare. The life sciences segment (47% of 2022 sales) primarily provides laboratory consumables and services to researchers in academia and applied fields, including the biopharmaceutical industry. In the healthcare segment (35%), Merck develops, manufactures, and sells branded pharmaceuticals with significant therapeutic concentrations in oncology, multiple sclerosis, and fertility. In its electronics segment (18%), the company offers specialty materials to manufacture a variety of products, such as semiconductors, flat-screen televisions, automobiles, and cosmetics. In 1995, the E. Merck KG family publicly sold part of the company, resulting in the current 30% public ownership of the firm.
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