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Merck & Co., Inc.

Pharmaceutical Preparations

Listing type has not been classified. Company financial ratios are not specific to a share class. CIK 0000310158

Dividend overview

Latest reported dividend

Not available

No event collected.

Next announced payment

Not available

No future payment is present in our collected records.

Ex-dividend date

Not reported

For the next collected payment. An unreported date is not inferred from the record date.

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Cash flow & dividend coverage

Cash payout ratio

44.8%

Annual cash dividends ÷ net income.

FCF payout ratio

66.1%

Annual cash dividends ÷ (operating cash flow − PP&E expenditures).

Company-level · annual period Jan 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025. Metric date: Oct 21, 2026. Calculated: 2026-10-21T11:58:48.634Z (UTC). Underlying filing

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Dividend history

No matching dividend events have been collected. This does not establish that the company pays no dividend.

Financial context

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Annual net income

Reported annual periods; USD. Negative values extend below the baseline.

Selected annual US-GAAP cash-flow and earnings facts · USD
Reporting period	Measure	USD millions	Filing
Dec 31, 2025From Jan 1, 2025	Operating cash flow	16,472.0	SEC filingFeb 24, 2026
Dec 31, 2025From Jan 1, 2025	Net income	18,254.0	SEC filingFeb 24, 2026
Dec 31, 2025From Jan 1, 2025	Common-stock cash dividends	8,176.0	SEC filingFeb 24, 2026
Dec 31, 2025From Jan 1, 2025	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	4,112.0	SEC filingFeb 24, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 1, 2024	Operating cash flow	21,468.0	SEC filingFeb 24, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 1, 2024	Net income	17,117.0	SEC filingFeb 24, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 1, 2024	Common-stock cash dividends	7,840.0	SEC filingFeb 24, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 1, 2024	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	3,372.0	SEC filingFeb 24, 2026
Dec 31, 2023From Jan 1, 2023	Operating cash flow	13,006.0	SEC filingFeb 24, 2026
Dec 31, 2023From Jan 1, 2023	Net income	365.0	SEC filingFeb 24, 2026
Dec 31, 2023From Jan 1, 2023	Common-stock cash dividends	7,445.0	SEC filingFeb 24, 2026
Dec 31, 2023From Jan 1, 2023	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	3,863.0	SEC filingFeb 24, 2026
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 1, 2022	Operating cash flow	19,095.0	SEC filingFeb 25, 2025
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 1, 2022	Net income	14,519.0	SEC filingFeb 25, 2025
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 1, 2022	Common-stock cash dividends	7,012.0	SEC filingFeb 25, 2025
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 1, 2022	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	4,388.0	SEC filingFeb 25, 2025
Dec 31, 2021From Jan 1, 2021	Net income	13,049.0	SEC filingFeb 26, 2024
Dec 31, 2021From Jan 1, 2021	Common-stock cash dividends	6,610.0	SEC filingFeb 26, 2024
Dec 31, 2021From Jan 1, 2021	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	4,448.0	SEC filingFeb 26, 2024
Dec 31, 2020From Jan 1, 2020	Operating cash flow	10,253.0	SEC filingFeb 25, 2021

Latest filed value per tag and exact annual period, within the last seven years. Common-stock and total cash dividends are separate measures; do not add them together. These selected facts are not a complete financial statement.

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Sources & corrections

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