All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
MRK total return snapshot: MRK returned +63.12% over the past year and +14.74% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 2, 1962, MRK is up +159,328.19% in nominal total return, or +12.13%/yr, and is currently −4.36% below its total-return high on Jun. 24, 2024.
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRK × |
+14.74%
2026-05-28 |
+63.12%
2026-05-28 |
||||
| Merck & Company Inc NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRK × |
+159,328.19%
+12.13%/yr |
+12.37%/yr
(R2=0.947) |
||||
| Merck & Company Inc NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRK × |
$10,000.00
1962-01-02 |
$15,942,819.15
2026-05-28 |
||||
| Merck & Company Inc NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | MRK |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +14.74% |
| 2025 | +9.79% |
| 2024 | −6.26% |
| 2023 | +1.01% |
| 2022 | +49.42% |
| 2021 | +1.75% |
| 2020 | −7.20% |
| 2019 | +22.27% |
| 2018 | +39.95% |
| 2017 | −1.49% |
| 2016 | +15.05% |
| 2015 | −3.89% |
| 2014 | +16.93% |
| 2013 | +26.83% |
| 2012 | +13.14% |
| 2011 | +9.56% |
| 2010 | +2.91% |
| 2009 | +26.70% |
| 2008 | −45.33% |
| 2007 | +37.35% |
| 2006 | +42.68% |
| 2005 | +4.04% |
| 2004 | −27.77% |
| 2003 | −11.20% |
| 2002 | −1.21% |
| 2001 | −35.96% |
| 2000 | +41.76% |
| 1999 | −7.49% |
| 1998 | +41.30% |
| 1997 | +35.65% |
| 1996 | +23.94% |
| 1995 | +76.60% |
| 1994 | +14.85% |
| 1993 | −18.33% |
| 1992 | −20.31% |
| 1991 | +88.89% |
| 1990 | +18.95% |
| 1989 | +37.49% |
| 1988 | +11.95% |
| 1987 | +29.98% |
| 1986 | +84.63% |
| 1985 | +50.09% |
| 1984 | +7.70% |
| 1983 | +10.19% |
| 1982 | +3.63% |
| 1981 | +3.08% |
| 1980 | +21.26% |
| 1979 | +10.05% |
| 1978 | +25.56% |
| 1977 | −16.21% |
| 1976 | +0.47% |
| 1975 | +6.27% |
| 1974 | −16.60% |
| 1973 | −8.08% |
| 1972 | +45.38% |
| 1971 | +27.85% |
| 1970 | −10.74% |
| 1969 | +25.52% |
| 1968 | +6.68% |
| 1967 | +9.92% |
| 1966 | +8.89% |
| 1965 | +42.05% |
| 1964 | +35.98% |
| 1963 | +41.10% |
| 1962 | −13.30% |
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRK × |
−4.36%
from 2024-06-24 peak |
−68.62%
2009-03-09 from 2000-12-28 peak |
||||
| Merck & Company Inc NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-05-28 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRK × | +63.12% |
+1.46% +0.73%/yr |
+18.33% +5.76%/yr |
+93.78% +14.15%/yr |
+202.61% +11.71%/yr |
|
| Merck & Company Inc NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
