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Better Dividend Stock: Pfizer or Merck?

Better Dividend Stock: Pfizer or Merck?

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Merck (NYSE: MRK) have been giants in the pharmaceutical industry for years. The first metric that most investors look at when comparing dividend stocks is the dividend yield. Pfizer gets the nod with a dividend yield of 3.05%, a little higher than Merck's yield of 2.95%.