Merck KGaA (WBO:MRCK) Dividend Payout Ratio

: 0.00 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Merck KGaA's dividend payout ratio for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.

The historical rank and industry rank for Merck KGaA's Dividend Payout Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:MRCK' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.2 Med: 0.32 Max: 0.48
Current: 0.34

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.

WBO:MRCK's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked worse than
52.22% of 427 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 0.33 vs WBO:MRCK: 0.34

As of today (2024-04-23), the Dividend Yield % of Merck KGaA is 1.51%.

During the past 13 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Merck KGaA was 1.59%. The lowest was 0.62%. And the median was 1.20%.

Merck KGaA's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was €0.00.

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.

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.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Merck KGaA Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Merck KGaA's Dividend Payout Ratio can be seen below:

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Merck KGaA Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Dividend Payout Ratio

0.40

0.31

0.20

0.23

0.34

Merck KGaA Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Dividend Payout Ratio																-	-	1.34	-	-

Competitive Comparison

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Merck KGaA's Dividend Payout Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Payout Ratio 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 Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Merck KGaA's Dividend Payout Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Merck KGaA's Dividend Payout Ratio falls into.

Merck KGaA Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

Dividend payout ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Merck KGaA's Dividend Payout Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (A: Dec. 2023 )	/	EPS without NRI (A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	2.2	/	6.466
	=	0.34

Merck KGaA's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	0	/	1.228
	=	0.00

Merck KGaA (WBO:MRCK) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Merck KGaA (WBO:MRCK) Business Description

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MKKGY:USA MKGAF:USA MRK:Italy MRKd:UK 0O14:UK MRK:Germany

Address

Frankfurter Strasse 250, Darmstadt, HE, DEU, 64293

Website

https://www.emdgroup.com

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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