In this section of the page, you will find all the information you need to understand how Merck Sharp & Dohme (MRK) dividends work. In addition, you will be able to consult the payment date, the ex-dividend date, the last day to be entitled to the payment, the money to be received per share, the yield and any other doubts that may arise.

Upcoming Merck Sharp & Dohme dividend
Change(%)
-23.29%
Decrease
Next payment 0.56$
Next payment date Jan 31, 2024
Last payment 0.73$
Last payment date Oct 6, 2023
00 D 00 H 00 M 00 S
Ex-Dividend: 1/9/24
Estimated

Merck Sharp & Dohme will distribute 0,56 dollars per share in the form of a dividend on January 31, 2024.

The January 9, 2024 is the ex-dividend date. So if you wish to receive Merck Sharp & Dohme dividends, you must buy one day before this date.

Merck Sharp & Dohme distributed 0.73 dollars per share in the form of a dividend on October 6, 2023.

Merck Sharp & Dohme, listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MRK, has paid a steady, stable dividend, with a brief dip in dividend progress beginning in 1999, but has remained moderately increasing since then.

The Company's Shareholders' Meeting is in charge of evaluating and deciding the value of the amount to be deposited, which has been leveled year after year, being deposited between the 8th and 10th of the months of January, April, July and October of each year.

The dividend yield recorded is close to 2.60% with a price-earnings ratio of 21.30.

Payout Ratio Merck Sharp & Dohme Dividends

Merck Sharp & Dohme paid 16% of its net income in the last fiscal period as dividends.
Dividend payout ratio

The dividend payout ratio, also known as the payout ratio, is an essential indicator for assessing the stability of a company's dividends. This ratio shows what proportion of the company's net profit is used to pay dividends to shareholders.

Dividend payout ratio = Total dividends ÷ Net income

Merck Sharp & Dohme's earnings (59,314,999,296.00$) are sufficient to cover the dividend payment. This payment represents 16% of the total net profit of MRK.
Dividend payout ratio
General recommendations

An appropriate payout ratio may vary depending on the industry, the company's growth stage and its financial health.

Payout Ratio

Dividend calendar of Merck Sharp & Dohme

This is the Dividend Calendar of Merck Sharp & Dohme in 2023.

Event Day
Last trading date January 8, 2024
Ex-Dividend (Ex-Date) January 9, 2024
Record date January 30, 2024
Date of payment January 31, 2024
Dividends schedule Merck Sharp & Dohme
Data pending official confirmation from the company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MRK).
Estimated
Estimation Policy

Our policy is based on extracting all the financial information available for each company so that our own algorithms weight this information, thus giving us a result as close as possible to the real data.

Source

Historical annual dividend yields of Merck Sharp & Dohme

Over the past 5 years, Merck Sharp & Dohme has steadily increased the annual dividend amount.
Increasing Dividends
Increasing Dividend Program

For a company to have growing dividends by our standards, the annual dividend amount must have increased steadily for at least the last 5 years.

Dividend yield

Dividend yield of Merck Sharp & Dohme vs. the sector

Merck Sharp & Dohme's dividend yield (2.98%) is below the sector average (3.66%).
Comparison with industry average
Comparison with industry average

The company's dividend yield is compared to the industry average to determine its positioning.

Merck Sharp & Dohme's dividend yield is between the top 25% (4.73%) and top 75% (2.67%) of the sector.
Evaluation with respect to competence.
Comparison with competitors

Imagine you have a list of dividend yields for different companies in an industry. If you look for the "top 25%% percentile", you will find a number. This number tells you that the top 25%% of the companies with the highest dividends have a yield higher than that number.

On the other hand, the "top 75%% percentile" shows you another number, which tells you that 75%% of the companies have a higher yield than that number, thus showing a more common and less high yield.

Dividend yield history in Merck Sharp & Dohme

In the last 5 years, Merck Sharp & Dohme's annual dividend amount has not fallen more than 10%.
Dividend stability
Dividend stability

For a company to have stable dividends by our standards, it is vital that it has not had an annual decline of more than 10% over the previous year.

Dividend history of Merck Sharp & Dohme

In this table you can see the dividend history of Merck Sharp & Dohme:

YearEx-DividendAmountTotal
2023
09/14/2023
06/14/2023
03/14/2023
0.73 $
0.73 $
0.73 $
2.19 $
2022
12/14/2022
09/14/2022
06/14/2022
03/14/2022
0.73 $
0.69 $
0.69 $
0.69 $
2.8 $
2021
12/14/2021
09/14/2021
06/14/2021
03/12/2021
0.69 $
0.65 $
0.65 $
0.620229 $
2.610229 $
2020
12/14/2020
09/14/2020
06/12/2020
03/13/2020
0.620229 $
0.582061 $
0.582061 $
0.582061 $
2.366412 $
2019
12/13/2019
09/13/2019
06/14/2019
03/14/2019
0.582061 $
0.524809 $
0.524809 $
0.524809 $
2.156488 $
2018
12/14/2018
09/14/2018
06/14/2018
03/14/2018
0.524809 $
0.458015 $
0.458015 $
0.458015 $
1.898854 $
2017
12/14/2017
09/14/2017
06/13/2017
03/13/2017
0.458015 $
0.448473 $
0.448473 $
0.448473 $
1.803434 $
2016
12/13/2016
09/13/2016
06/13/2016
03/11/2016
0.448473 $
0.438931 $
0.438931 $
0.438931 $
1.765266 $
2015
12/11/2015
09/11/2015
06/11/2015
03/12/2015
0.438931 $
0.429389 $
0.429389 $
0.429389 $
1.727098 $
2014
12/11/2014
09/11/2014
06/12/2014
03/13/2014
0.429389 $
0.419847 $
0.419847 $
0.419847 $
1.68893 $
2013
12/12/2013
09/12/2013
06/13/2013
03/13/2013
0.419847 $
0.410305 $
0.410305 $
0.410305 $
1.650762 $
2012
12/13/2012
09/13/2012
06/13/2012
03/13/2012
0.410305 $
0.400763 $
0.400763 $
0.400763 $
1.612594 $
2011
12/13/2011
09/13/2011
06/13/2011
03/11/2011
0.400763 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
1.488548 $
2010
12/13/2010
09/13/2010
06/11/2010
03/11/2010
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
1.45038 $
2009
12/11/2009
09/02/2009
06/04/2009
03/04/2009
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
1.45038 $
2008
12/03/2008
09/03/2008
06/04/2008
03/05/2008
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
1.45038 $
2007
12/05/2007
09/05/2007
06/06/2007
03/07/2007
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
1.45038 $
2006
12/06/2006
08/30/2006
05/31/2006
03/08/2006
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
1.45038 $
2005
11/30/2005
08/31/2005
06/01/2005
03/02/2005
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
1.45038 $
2004
12/01/2004
09/01/2004
06/02/2004
03/03/2004
0.362595 $
0.362595 $
0.353053 $
0.353053 $
1.431296 $
2003
12/03/2003
09/03/2003
08/20/2003
06/04/2003
03/05/2003
0.353053 $
0.353053 $
2.744275 $
0.343511 $
0.343511 $
4.137403 $
2002
12/04/2002
09/04/2002
06/05/2002
03/06/2002
0.343511 $
0.343511 $
0.333969 $
0.333969 $
1.35496 $
2001
12/05/2001
08/30/2001
05/31/2001
03/07/2001
0.333969 $
0.333969 $
0.324427 $
0.324427 $
1.316792 $
2000
12/06/2000
08/30/2000
05/31/2000
03/01/2000
0.324427 $
0.324427 $
0.276718 $
0.276718 $
1.20229 $
1999
12/01/1999
09/01/1999
06/02/1999
03/03/1999
0.276718 $
0.276718 $
0.257634 $
0.257634 $
1.068704 $
1998
12/02/1998
09/02/1998
06/03/1998
03/04/1998
0.257634 $
0.257634 $
0.214695 $
0.214695 $
0.944658 $
1997
12/03/1997
09/03/1997
06/05/1997
03/05/1997
0.214695 $
0.214695 $
0.200382 $
0.200382 $
0.830154 $
1996
12/05/1996
09/04/1996
06/06/1996
03/06/1996
0.19084 $
0.19084 $
0.162214 $
0.162214 $
0.706108 $
1995
12/06/1995
09/05/1995
06/02/1995
03/03/1995
0.162214 $
0.162214 $
0.14313 $
0.14313 $
0.610688 $
1994
12/02/1994
09/02/1994
06/02/1994
03/02/1994
0.14313 $
0.14313 $
0.133588 $
0.133588 $
0.553436 $
1993
12/02/1993
09/02/1993
06/02/1993
03/02/1993
0.133588 $
0.133588 $
0.119275 $
0.119275 $
0.505726 $
1992
12/02/1992
08/31/1992
06/02/1992
03/02/1992
0.119275 $
0.119275 $
0.109733 $
0.109733 $
0.458016 $
1991
12/02/1991
08/30/1991
06/03/1991
03/04/1991
0.100191 $
0.100191 $
0.089059 $
0.089059 $
0.3785 $
1990
12/03/1990
08/28/1990
05/29/1990
03/05/1990
0.089059 $
0.089059 $
0.071565 $
0.071565 $
0.321248 $
1989
12/04/1989
08/29/1989
05/30/1989
03/02/1989
0.071565 $
0.071565 $
0.065204 $
0.065204 $
0.273538 $
1988
11/29/1988
08/29/1988
06/03/1988
02/29/1988
0.058842 $
0.046915 $
0.050891 $
0.050891 $
0.207539 $
1987
12/01/1987
08/28/1987
06/02/1987
03/02/1987
0.042409 $
0.042409 $
0.029156 $
0.029156 $
0.14313 $
1986
12/02/1986
09/02/1986
06/03/1986
02/27/1986
0.029156 $
0.029156 $
0.023855 $
0.023855 $
0.106022 $
1985
12/03/1985
08/30/1985
06/03/1985
02/28/1985
0.023855 $
0.021204 $
0.021204 $
0.021204 $
0.087467 $
1984
12/03/1984
08/31/1984
05/29/1984
03/01/1984
0.021204 $
0.019879 $
0.019879 $
0.019879 $
0.080841 $
1983
11/29/1983
08/29/1983
05/31/1983
02/28/1983
0.019879 $
0.018554 $
0.018554 $
0.018554 $
0.075541 $
1982
11/30/1982
08/30/1982
06/01/1982
03/01/1982
0.018554 $
0.018554 $
0.018554 $
0.018554 $
0.074216 $
1981
12/01/1981
08/31/1981
06/01/1981
03/02/1981
0.018554 $
0.017229 $
0.017229 $
0.017229 $
0.070241 $
1980
12/02/1980
08/29/1980
06/02/1980
02/28/1980
0.017229 $
0.015241 $
0.015241 $
0.015241 $
0.062952 $
1979
12/03/1979
08/31/1979
05/25/1979
03/01/1979
0.015241 $
0.01259 $
0.01259 $
0.01259 $
0.053011 $
1978
12/04/1978
08/28/1978
05/26/1978
03/02/1978
0.01259 $
0.011265 $
0.011265 $
0.011265 $
0.046385 $
1977
11/28/1977
08/29/1977
05/31/1977
03/01/1977
0.011265 $
0.00994 $
0.00994 $
0.00994 $
0.041085 $
1976
11/30/1976
08/30/1976
06/01/1976
03/02/1976
0.00994 $
0.009277 $
0.009277 $
0.009277 $
0.037771 $
1975
12/01/1975
08/29/1975
06/02/1975
03/03/1975
0.009277 $
0.009277 $
0.009277 $
0.009277 $
0.037108 $
1974
08/30/1974
06/03/1974
03/04/1974
0.009277 $
0.009277 $
0.009277 $
0.027831 $
1973
12/03/1973
08/31/1973
06/05/1973
03/05/1973
0.009277 $
0.007819 $
0.007819 $
0.007819 $
0.032734 $
1972
12/05/1972
06/09/1972
03/02/1972
0.007819 $
0.007289 $
0.007289 $
0.022397 $
1971
12/06/1971
09/03/1971
06/07/1971
03/02/1971
0.007289 $
0.007289 $
0.007289 $
0.007289 $
0.029156 $
1970
12/01/1970
09/02/1970
06/02/1970
0.007289 $
0.006626 $
0.006626 $
0.020541 $
1969
12/01/1969
09/02/1969
06/03/1969
03/03/1969
0.009277 $
0.005964 $
0.005964 $
0.005964 $
0.027169 $
1968
12/02/1968
08/30/1968
06/04/1968
03/04/1968
0.008614 $
0.005301 $
0.005301 $
0.005301 $
0.024517 $
1967
12/07/1967
09/05/1967
06/06/1967
03/07/1967
0.007952 $
0.004638 $
0.004638 $
0.004638 $
0.021866 $
1966
11/30/1966
09/06/1966
06/07/1966
03/08/1966
0.007289 $
0.003976 $
0.003976 $
0.003976 $
0.019217 $
1965
11/30/1965
09/07/1965
06/08/1965
03/09/1965
0.006626 $
0.003313 $
0.003313 $
0.003313 $
0.016565 $
1964
12/01/1964
09/08/1964
06/09/1964
03/10/1964
0.006626 $
0.002385 $
0.002385 $
0.002209 $
0.013605 $
1963
12/03/1963
09/03/1963
03/05/1963
0.003092 $
0.001988 $
0.001988 $
0.007068 $
1962
12/04/1962
09/05/1962
06/05/1962
03/06/1962
0.001988 $
0.001767 $
0.001767 $
0.001767 $
0.007289 $
Dividend history of Merck Sharp & Dohme

Merck Sharp & Dohme dividend capture strategy

Step 1: Buy Merck Sharp & Dohme shares (MRK) one day before ex-dividend date
Date of purchase Jan 8, 2024
Next ex-dividend date Jan 9, 2024
Step 2: Sell Merck Sharp & Dohme shares (MRK) when the price recovers.
Date of sale (estimated) Jan 10, 2024
Average price recovery 1 days
Average return on cost 0.77%
The dividend capture strategy is based on historical Merck Sharp & Dohme data. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Information about Merck Sharp & Dohme

Full name Merck & Co., Inc.
Ticker MRK
Sector Energy
Industry Drug Manufacturers - General
Market Capitalization 265.39B $
ISIN N/A
Number of Employees 67,000
Address 126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ, 07065, United States
Phone 908 740 4000
Website https://www.merck.com
Description of the company

Merck Sharp & Dohme, or MSD, is a research and development-oriented pharmaceutical company.

Its origins date back to 1668 in Germany as a pharmacy acquired by Friedrich Jacob Merk, which remained a family business for decades until 1816 when Emanuel Merk and his sons converted it into a pharmaceutical and chemical factory.

Several decades later, the Merck family created Merck & Co. in New York, USA, as the company's first foreign subsidiary, although it suffered some problems during World War I, it managed to establish itself as an independent organization, merging in 2009 with Schering-Plough.

Currently headquartered in Kenilworth (New Jersey), with more than thirty factories distributed in various parts of the world and covering a market of 120 countries, it has more than 56 thousand employees, making it one of the most important companies in its area, even larger than its German parent company.

It is extensively engaged in research, developing, compounding and commercializing a diversity of drugs for both human and animal treatments, specializing in oncology, vaccine development, infectious diseases, cardiometabolic disorders and antivirals for COVID 19.

Frequently asked questions about Merck Sharp & Dohme dividends

Merck Sharp & Dohme pays dividends on a Quarterly basis.

Merck Sharp & Dohme is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is part of the Nyse.

Merck Sharp & Dohme has the Ticker or stock code MRK.

Merck Sharp & Dohme belongs to the Energy sector and the Drug Manufacturers - General industry.

The CEO of Merck Sharp & Dohme in 2023 is Mr. Robert M. Davis J.D..

At this moment, the value of a Merck Sharp & Dohme share is 104.73$.

Merck Sharp & Dohme has a growing dividend program. In the last 5 years, dividends have been at least equal to or higher than the previous year.

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