| Company stock name | Merck & Company Inc |
| Stock ticker symbol | MRK |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Open | $121.03 |
| High | $121.29 |
| Low | $119.06 |
| Close | $120.15 |
| Adjusted closing | $120.15 |
| Volume | 4,727,706 |
| 52-week stock price range | $70.74 – $124.22 | Where to buy Merck-and-Company stock | Buy on CIBC Investor's Edge |
Merck-and-Company's stock price at the last available market close was $120.15 (as of April 12, 2026). For comparison, seven days ago Merck-and-Company's stock price was $120.85. A full 30 days ago it was $115.61, and a year ago it was $79.18.
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No, you cannot buy Merck-and-Company stock on the TSX because Merck-and-Company stock is not listed on the TSX. Instead, Merck-and-Company stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol "MRK."
That said, if you're wondering how to invest in Merck-and-Company stock in Canada, you still have the option to do so by opening a trading account with a Canadian brokerage that gives you access to NYSE, like Interactive Brokers.
Merck-and-Company dividend payout ratio: 37.01% of net profits
Recently Merck-and-Company has paid out, on average, around 37.01% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.76% of the current stock value.
This means that, over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Merck-and-Company shareholders could enjoy a 2.76% return on their shares in the form of dividend payments. In Merck-and-Company's case, that would currently equate to about $3.24 per share.
While Merck-and-Company's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Merck-and-Company may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Merck-and-Company's most recent dividend payout was on April 7, 2026. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by March 16, 2026 (the "ex-dividend date").
Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It offers human health pharmaceutical for various areas under the Keytruda, Keytruda Qlex, Welireg, Gardasil, ProQuad, M-M-R II, Varivax, Vaxneuvance, Capvaxive, RotaTeq, Pneumovax 23, Bridion, Prevymis, Dificid, Zerbaxa, Winrevair, Adempas/ Verquvo, Ohtuvayre, Lagevrio, Isentress/Isentress HD, Delstrigo, Pifeltro, Belsomra, Januvia, and Janumet brands.
The company also provides veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services, such as livestock products under the Nuflor, Bovilis/Vista, Bovilis Cryptium, Banamine, Estrumate, Matrix, Resflor, Zuprevo, Revalor, Safe-Guard, M+Pac, Porcilis, Circumvent, Nobilis/Innovax, Paracox and Coccivac, Exzolt, Slice, Imvixa, Clynav, Aquavac/Norvax, Aquaflor, Flexolt brands; Allflex Livestock Intelligence solutions; and companion animal products under the Bravecto One-Month, Bravecto Injectable/Quantum, Bravecto TriUNO, Bravecto Plus, Sentinel Spectrum, Sentinel Flavor Tabs, Numelvi, Optimmune, Nobivac NXT, GilvetMab, Otomax, Mometamax, Mometamax Ultra, Posatex, Caninsulin/Vetsulin, Panacur, Safeguard, Regumate, Prestige, Scalibor/Exspot, Sure Petcare, and Home Again brands. It has development and commercialization agreement for three of Daiichi Sankyo's deruxtecan ADC candidates; AstraZeneca PLC to co-development and co-commercialize AstraZeneca's Lynparza products for multiple cancer types; licensed to develop, manufacture and commercialize LM-299, a novel investigational PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody from LaNova; and collaboration agreement with Eisai Co., Ltd., Bayer AG, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, as well Moderna, Inc. Merck & Co., Inc. has strategic collaboration with Infinimmune, Inc. to discover and develop antibodies against multiple therapeutic targets.
The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.
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