Merck (LIM:MRK) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 6.10% (As of Sep. 2024)

Competitive Comparison of Merck's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Merck's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate 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's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Merck's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Merck's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.

Merck 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.

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Merck  (LIM:MRK) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Merck's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Merck was 1.96. The lowest was 0.37. And the median was 0.50.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Merck Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

* 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's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Current Share Price is $102.80.
Merck's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.31.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Merck was 3.87%. The lowest was 2.24%. And the median was 3.07%.

Good Sign:

Merck & Co Inc stock dividend yield is close to 2-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.

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