Merck & Co., Inc.
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Merck U.S. Product Returns Provision Rate by Year
U.S. Product Returns Provision Rate (% of Gross U.S. Pharmaceutical Sales) (%)
Merck U.S. Product Returns Provision Rate: 0.6% in FY2025, down 0.2 pts from a year earlier.
Latest, FY2025
0.6%
Period ended Dec 31, 2025
Change on a year earlier
-0.2 pts
0.8% in FY2024
History
11 years
Since FY2015
Sources
8
Documents cited below
Where the FY2025 figure comes from
“The product returns provision for U.S. pharmaceutical sales as a percentage of U.S. net pharmaceutical sales was 0.6% in 2025, 0.8% in 2024, and 1.0% in 2023.”
Source: Form 10-K (mrk-20251231.htm, filed 2026-02-24) ↗
Reported in Form 10-K Critical Accounting Estimates.
Annual history
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| Period | Ended | U.S. Product Returns Provision Rate (% of Gross U.S. Pharmaceutical Sales) (%) | Year on year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | 0.6% | -0.2 pts | Form 10-K (mrk-20251231.htm, filed 2026-02-24) ↗ |
| FY2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | 0.8% | -0.2 pts | Form 10-K (mrk-20251231.htm, filed 2026-02-24) ↗ |
| FY2023 | Dec 31, 2023 | 1.0% | -0.1 pts | Form 10-K (mrk-20251231.htm, filed 2026-02-24) ↗ |
| FY2022 | Dec 31, 2022 | 1.1% | +0.2 pts | Form 10-K (mrk-20231231.htm, filed 2024-02-26) ↗ |
| FY2021 | Dec 31, 2021 | 0.9% | +0.4 pts | Form 10-K (mrk-20231231.htm, filed 2024-02-26) ↗ |
| FY2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | 0.5% | -0.5 pts | Form 10-K (mrk-20221231.htm, filed 2023-02-24) ↗ |
| FY2019 | Dec 31, 2019 | 1.0% | -0.6 pts | Form 10-K (mrk-20211231.htm, filed 2022-02-25) ↗ |
| FY2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | 1.6% | -0.5 pts | Form 10-K (mrk-20201231.htm, filed 2021-02-25) ↗ |
| FY2017 | Dec 31, 2017 | 2.1% | +0.7 pts | Form 10-K (mrk1231201910k.htm, filed 2020-02-26) ↗ |
| FY2016 | Dec 31, 2016 | 1.4% | -0.1 pts | Form 10-K (mrk1231201810k.htm, filed 2019-02-27) ↗ |
| FY2015 | Dec 31, 2015 | 1.5% | – | Form 10-K (mrk1231201710k.htm, filed 2018-02-27) ↗ |
Cite this data
StockData. (2026). Merck U.S. Product Returns Provision Rate (%), annual FY2015–FY2025 [Data set]. Compiled from Merck SEC filings and investor materials. https://stockdatahq.com/stocks/mrk/kpis/gtn-us-returns-pct
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