Merck Shares Outstanding Analysis

Merck & Co Inc (MRK)

130.72 +3.72 (+2.93%) USD | NYSE | Apr 25, 16:00

130.61 -0.11 (-0.08%) Pre-Market: 20:00

Shares Outstanding Chart

Historical Shares Outstanding Data

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Date	Value
January 31, 2024	2.533B
December 31, 2023	2.532B
October 31, 2023	2.534B
September 30, 2023	2.535B
July 31, 2023	2.538B
June 30, 2023	2.539B
April 30, 2023	2.537B
March 31, 2023	2.537B
March 24, 2023	2.538B
February 28, 2023	2.538B
January 31, 2023	2.539B
December 31, 2022	2.538B
October 31, 2022	2.535B
September 30, 2022	2.533B
July 31, 2022	2.533B
June 30, 2022	2.533B
April 30, 2022	2.529B
March 31, 2022	2.528B
March 25, 2022	2.528B
February 28, 2022	2.528B
January 31, 2022	2.528B
December 31, 2021	2.528B
October 31, 2021	2.526B
September 30, 2021	2.525B
July 31, 2021	2.531B

Date	Value
June 30, 2021	2.533B
April 30, 2021	2.532B
March 31, 2021	2.531B
March 26, 2021	2.531B
February 28, 2021	2.530B
January 31, 2021	2.530B
December 31, 2020	2.530B
October 31, 2020	2.530B
September 30, 2020	2.530B
July 31, 2020	2.529B
June 30, 2020	2.529B
April 30, 2020	2.524B
March 31, 2020	2.524B
March 27, 2020	2.525B
February 29, 2020	2.532B
January 31, 2020	2.536B
December 31, 2019	2.539B
October 31, 2019	2.546B
September 30, 2019	2.551B
July 31, 2019	2.560B
June 30, 2019	2.567B
April 30, 2019	2.575B
March 31, 2019	2.583B
March 29, 2019	2.583B
February 28, 2019	2.582B

Shares Outstanding Definition

The volume of stock shares issued by the company and in the hands of the public. This number entails how much is being traded in the open market. A decreasing shares outstanding over time may be the result of company buybacks. Companies frequently make stock buybacks and retire those buybacks as treasury stock.

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Shares Outstanding Range, Past 5 Years

2.524B

Minimum

Mar 31 2020

2.575B

Maximum

Apr 30 2019

2.535B

Average

2.532B

Median

Feb 29 2020

Shares Outstanding Benchmarks