Number of shares outstanding for Merck (MRK)

Number of shares outstanding as of May 2026 : 2,472,000,000

According to Merck's latest financial reports and stock price the company's current number of shares outstanding is 2,472,000,000. At the end of 2026 the company had 2,472,000,000 shares outstanding. The number of outstanding shares is usually impacted by stock plits and shares buy back.

Shares outstanding history for Merck from 2021 to 2026

Shares Outstanding at the end of each year

Year	Shares Outstanding	Change
2026	2.47 B	-0.11%
2025	2.47 B	-2.1%
2024	2.52 B	-1.04%
2023	2.55 B	0.72%
2022	2.53 B	0.36%
2021	2.52 B

Shares Outstanding for similar companies or competitors

Company	Shares Outstanding	differencediff.	Country
Johnson & Johnson JNJ	2,408,700,000	-2.56%	🇺🇸 USA
Novartis NVS	1,909,000,000	-22.78%	🇨🇭 Switzerland
Pfizer PFE	5,691,000,000	130.22%	🇺🇸 USA
Abbott Laboratories ABT	1,741,813,154	-29.54%	🇺🇸 USA
Eli Lilly LLY	893,500,000	-63.86%	🇺🇸 USA
Amgen AMGN	540,000,000	-78.16%	🇺🇸 USA
Sanofi SNY	2,408,400,000	-2.57%	🇫🇷 France
Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY	2,038,000,000	-17.56%	🇺🇸 USA
GSK plc GSK	2,011,500,000	-18.63%	🇬🇧 UK
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries TEVA	1,156,000,000	-53.24%	🇮🇱 Israel

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