All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
MRK real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, MRK returned +84.34% over the past year and +38.61% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 2, 1962, MRK is up +17,735.33% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.34%/yr, and is currently −5.05% below its real total-return high on Aug. 25, 2026.
Data ending Wed Sep. 23, 2026
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Wed 2026-09-23 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRK × |
+17,735.33%
+8.34%/yr |
+8.16%/yr
R2=0.902 |
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| Merck & Company Inc NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Wed 2026-09-23 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| MRK × |
$10,000.00
1962-01-02 |
$1,783,533.14
2026-09-23 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| MRK × | +38.61% | +84.34% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| MRK × |
−5.05%
on 2026-09-23 from 2026-08-25 peak |
−74.29%
on 2009-03-09 from 2000-12-28 peak |
| Period ending Wed 2026-09-23 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRK × | +84.34% |
+28.36% +13.29%/yr |
+39.82% +11.82%/yr |
+92.90% +14.04%/yr |
+140.44% +9.17%/yr |
| Year | MRK |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +38.61% |
| 2025 | +6.93% |
| 2024 | −8.89% |
| 2023 | −2.26% |
| 2022 | +40.35% |
| 2021 | −4.94% |
| 2020 | −8.45% |
| 2019 | +19.54% |
| 2018 | +37.34% |
| 2017 | −3.53% |
| 2016 | +12.72% |
| 2015 | −4.59% |
| 2014 | +16.06% |
| 2013 | +24.95% |
| 2012 | +11.21% |
| 2011 | +6.40% |
| 2010 | +1.40% |
| 2009 | +23.35% |
| 2008 | −45.38% |
| 2007 | +31.95% |
| 2006 | +39.17% |
| 2005 | +0.59% |
| 2004 | −30.05% |
| 2003 | −12.84% |
| 2002 | −3.50% |
| 2001 | −36.94% |
| 2000 | +37.11% |
| 1999 | −9.90% |
| 1998 | +39.06% |
| 1997 | +33.38% |
| 1996 | +19.96% |
| 1995 | +72.22% |
| 1994 | +11.86% |
| 1993 | −20.52% |
| 1992 | −22.56% |
| 1991 | +83.28% |
| 1990 | +12.09% |
| 1989 | +31.39% |
| 1988 | +7.22% |
| 1987 | +24.46% |
| 1986 | +82.62% |
| 1985 | +44.61% |
| 1984 | +3.60% |
| 1983 | +6.18% |
| 1982 | −0.20% |
| 1981 | −5.38% |
| 1980 | +7.78% |
| 1979 | −2.88% |
| 1978 | +15.18% |
| 1977 | −21.47% |
| 1976 | −4.19% |
| 1975 | −0.63% |
| 1974 | −25.75% |
| 1973 | −15.48% |
| 1972 | +40.62% |
| 1971 | +23.82% |
| 1970 | −15.45% |
| 1969 | +18.22% |
| 1968 | +1.84% |
| 1967 | +6.73% |
| 1966 | +5.20% |
| 1965 | +39.34% |
| 1964 | +34.71% |
| 1963 | +38.71% |
| 1962 | −14.35% |
