Dividends

MRKMerck

StockNYSEEstados UnidosHealth careEU retail: availableOwner holds
8/10
Trailing 12-month yieldi
2.31%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2.31%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$3.40
Payments per year
4
Dividend safetyi
65 / 100
Safe

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 (Estados Unidos)
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: Estados Unidos (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

Next payment

No upcoming payment has been announced yet.

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.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.4485, 2017 $1.80, 2018 $1.90, 2019 $2.16, 2020 $2.37, 2021 $2.61, 2022 $2.80, 2023 $2.96, 2024 $3.12, 2025 $3.282016: $0.44852017: $1.802018: $1.902019: $2.162020: $2.372021: $2.612022: $2.802023: $2.962024: $3.122025: $3.28

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Ex-dividend datePayment dateAmount per shareTypeStatusFeeds
15 sept 202608 oct 2026$0.85RegularVerified3
15 jun 202609 jul 2026$0.85RegularVerified3
16 mar 202608 abr 2026$0.85RegularVerified3
15 dic 202512 ene 2026$0.85RegularVerified3

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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