MRKMerck
Yield after tax (estimate)
Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom
- Last 12 months
- 2,31 % → 1,90 %
- Forward
- 2,31 % → 1,90 %
Of every 100 paid out
- Withheld at source (Vereinigte Staaten)
- 15,00 %
- Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
- 0,00 %
- Cyprus GeSY health contribution
- 2,65 %
- You keep
- 82,35 %
- Source country assumed: Vereinigte Staaten (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
- US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
- GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.
Cyprus resident, domiciled: 1,90 %
Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax
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Dividend profile
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- +6,0 %
- Years of dividend growth
- 25
- Years without a cut
- 25
- Payout ratio (earnings)
- 270 %
- Payout ratio (free cash flow)
- 52 %
Annual total matches the company's SEC filing
Dividends per share by year
Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.
Payment history
Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.
| Ex-dividend date | Payment date | Amount per share | Type | Status | Feeds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sept. 2026 | 08 Okt. 2026 | 0,85 $ | Regular | Verified | 3 |
| 15 Juni 2026 | 09 Juli 2026 | 0,85 $ | Regular | Verified | 3 |
| 16 März 2026 | 08 Apr. 2026 | 0,85 $ | Regular | Verified | 3 |
| 15 Dez. 2025 | 12 Jan. 2026 | 0,85 $ | Regular | Verified | 3 |
Each payment is checked against up to 3 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.
What dividend safety is made of
0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.
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