Share buybacks · 2011–2025
Merck share buybacks
$5.1B+289.3% · FY2025
Merck (MRK) reported $5.1B in share buybacks for fiscal 2025, +289.3% year on year.
| Fiscal year | Share buybacks | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252025-12-31 | $5.1B | +289.3% | Open → |
| FY20242024-12-31 | $1.3B | −3.0% | Open → |
| FY20232023-12-31 | $1.3B | +$1.3B | Open → |
| FY20222022-12-31 | $0 | −100.0% | Open → |
| FY20212021-12-31 | $840M | −34.4% | Open → |
| FY20202020-12-31 | $1.3B | −73.2% | Open → |
| FY20192019-12-31 | $4.8B | −47.4% | Open → |
| FY20182018-12-31 | $9.1B | +126.5% | Open → |
| FY20172017-12-31 | $4.0B | +16.9% | Open → |
| FY20162016-12-31 | $3.4B | −18.0% | Open → |
| FY20152015-12-31 | $4.2B | −45.7% | Open → |
| FY20142014-12-31 | $7.7B | +18.2% | Open → |
| FY20132013-12-31 | $6.5B | +151.5% | Open → |
| FY20122012-12-31 | $2.6B | +34.9% | Open → |
| FY20112011-12-31 | $1.9B | — | Open → |
Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +7.2%
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}The filing itself
The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000310158-26-000063 · February 24, 2026
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