Merck (BSE:MRK) Dividend Yield % : 0.00% (As of Apr. 26, 2024)

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What is Merck Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-26), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Merck is 0.00%.

Warning Sign:

Merck & Co Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Merck's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Merck was 3.99%. The lowest was 2.24%. And the median was 3.13%.

BSE:MRK's Dividend Yield % is not ranked ^*
in the Drug Manufacturers industry.
Industry Median: 1.78
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Dividend Yield % only.

Merck's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Merck & Co Inc is 1.97, which seems too high.

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.

As of today (2024-04-26), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Merck is 0.00%.

Merck's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was lei0.00.

During the past 12 months, Merck's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Merck was 109.50% per year. The lowest was 0.40% per year. And the median was 8.20% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Merck Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Merck's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Merck's Dividend Yield %

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Merck's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

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Merck's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

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

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Merck Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Merck (BSE:MRK) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

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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126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ, USA, 07065

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https://www.merck.com

Merck makes pharmaceutical products to treat several conditions in a number of therapeutic areas, including cardiometabolic disease, cancer, and infections. Within cancer, the firm's immuno-oncology platform is growing as a major contributor to overall sales. The company also has a substantial vaccine business, with treatments to prevent pediatric diseases as well as human papillomavirus, or HPV. Additionally, Merck sells animal health-related drugs. From a geographical perspective, just under half of the company's sales are generated in the United States.