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Historical Dividend Data

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Ex-Date Record Date Pay Date Declared Date Type Amount
Dec 16, 2025 Dec 15, 2025 Dec 16, 2025 -- Non-qualified 0.6981
Dec 16, 2025 Dec 15, 2025 Dec 16, 2025 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.5529
Dec 16, 2025 Dec 15, 2025 Dec 16, 2025 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.0284
Dec 18, 2024 Dec 17, 2024 Dec 19, 2024 -- Non-qualified 0.3033
Dec 18, 2024 Dec 17, 2024 Dec 19, 2024 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.2525
Dec 20, 2023 Dec 19, 2023 Dec 20, 2023 -- Non-qualified 0.3839
Dec 20, 2023 Dec 19, 2023 Dec 20, 2023 -- Qualified 0.0606
Dec 21, 2022 Dec 20, 2022 Dec 21, 2022 -- Qualified 0.0096
Dec 21, 2022 Dec 20, 2022 Dec 21, 2022 -- Non-qualified 0.1272
Dec 21, 2022 Dec 20, 2022 Dec 21, 2022 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.2976
Dec 21, 2022 Dec 20, 2022 Dec 21, 2022 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.1345
Dec 21, 2022 Dec 20, 2022 Dec 21, 2022 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0224
Dec 29, 2021 Dec 28, 2021 Dec 29, 2021 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.0466
Dec 29, 2020 Dec 28, 2020 Dec 29, 2020 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0593
Dec 29, 2020 Dec 28, 2020 Dec 29, 2020 -- Qualified 0.0169
Dec 29, 2020 Dec 28, 2020 Dec 29, 2020 -- Non-qualified 0.1110
Dec 29, 2020 Dec 28, 2020 Dec 29, 2020 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.3901
Dec 27, 2019 Dec 26, 2019 Dec 27, 2019 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0600
Dec 27, 2019 Dec 26, 2019 Dec 27, 2019 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.1204
Dec 27, 2019 Dec 26, 2019 Dec 27, 2019 -- Non-qualified 0.0327
Dec 27, 2019 Dec 26, 2019 Dec 27, 2019 -- Qualified 0.0163
Dec 28, 2018 Dec 27, 2018 Dec 28, 2018 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.2019
Dec 28, 2018 Dec 27, 2018 Dec 28, 2018 -- Non-qualified 0.1050
Dec 28, 2018 Dec 27, 2018 Dec 28, 2018 -- Qualified 0.0801
Dec 28, 2018 Dec 27, 2018 Dec 28, 2018 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.2647

Dividend Definition

Dividends are payments per share reported as of the ex-dividend date. Profits can be allocated to retained earnings or paid to shareholders as dividends or stock buybacks. Shareholders receive dividends proportional to their shares. Dividends vary by company growth stage; rapidly growing companies often reinvest profits rather than pay dividends, while steady growth companies typically offer small, consistent dividends. Dividends can be qualified or non-qualified. Qualified dividends are taxed at the lower capital gains rate, while non-qualified dividends are taxed as regular income.

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Dividend Range, Past 5 Years

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Dividend Excel Add-In Codes

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Metric Code: dividend
Latest Data Point: =YCP("M:MERFX", "dividend")
Last 5 Data Points: =YCS("M:MERFX", "dividend", -4)
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