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Merck & Co., Inc.

MRK
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Pharmaceutical Preparations
SEC CIK
0000310158

In the last 90 days, Merck & Co., Inc. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 7 sales; 3,854 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $254.3B in total; 4 superinvestors hold it, including Harris Associates (Oakmark) and Fairfax Financial.

13F holders, Q2 2026

Institutional positions in Merck & Co., Inc. as of Jun 30, 2026. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
3,854
+96 vs. Q1 2026
Shares held
1.98B
+52.6M (+2.7%) vs. Q1 2026
Total value
$254.3B
+$23.0B (+9.9%) vs. Q1 2026
New holders
214
1,635 more added
Sold out
118
1,508 more reduced

54 institutions that held it in Q1 2026 haven't filed for Q2 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q1 2026: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting MRK on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ2 2026: 3,854 institutions
Q1 2021: 2,693 institutionsQ2 2021: 2,684 institutionsQ3 2021: 2,658 institutionsQ4 2021: 2,910 institutionsQ1 2022: 2,962 institutionsQ2 2022: 3,020 institutionsQ3 2022: 2,997 institutionsQ4 2022: 3,244 institutionsQ1 2023: 3,188 institutionsQ2 2023: 3,262 institutionsQ3 2023: 3,222 institutionsQ4 2023: 3,444 institutionsQ1 2024: 3,547 institutionsQ2 2024: 3,558 institutionsQ3 2024: 3,502 institutionsQ4 2024: 3,618 institutionsQ1 2025: 3,459 institutionsQ2 2025: 3,337 institutionsQ3 2025: 3,319 institutionsQ4 2025: 3,674 institutionsQ1 2026: 3,812 institutionsQ2 2026: 3,854 institutions
Value heldQ2 2026: $254.3B
Q1 2021: $143.2BQ2 2021: $144.3BQ3 2021: $138.8BQ4 2021: $142.2BQ1 2022: $152.1BQ2 2022: $171.5BQ3 2022: $162.7BQ4 2022: $212.2BQ1 2023: $205.1BQ2 2023: $222.8BQ3 2023: $197.7BQ4 2023: $211.6BQ1 2024: $256.9BQ2 2024: $242.3BQ3 2024: $221.8BQ4 2024: $196.9BQ1 2025: $177.7BQ2 2025: $155.9BQ3 2025: $159.8BQ4 2025: $206.6BQ1 2026: $231.9BQ2 2026: $254.3B
Institutions holding MRK and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 20263,854$254.3B
Q1 20263,812$231.9B
Q4 20253,674$206.6B
Q3 20253,319$159.8B
Q2 20253,337$155.9B
Q1 20253,459$177.7B
Q4 20243,618$196.9B
Q3 20243,502$221.8B
Q2 20243,558$242.3B
Q1 20243,547$256.9B
Q4 20233,444$211.6B
Q3 20233,222$197.7B
Q2 20233,262$222.8B
Q1 20233,188$205.1B
Q4 20223,244$212.2B
Q3 20222,997$162.7B
Q2 20223,020$171.5B
Q1 20222,962$152.1B
Q4 20212,910$142.2B
Q3 20212,658$138.8B
Q2 20212,684$144.3B
Q1 20212,693$143.2B

Institutions, Q2 2026

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Merck & Co., Inc.; share changes are against Q1 2026.

Institutions holding MRK in Q2 2026
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
BlackRock, Inc.226,999,837$29.2B0.43%+1,169,507+0.5%Added
Vanguard Capital Management LLC161,323,174$20.7B0.44%+335,550+0.2%Added
State Street Corp120,413,256$15.6B0.46%+1,087,583+0.9%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP86,249,283$11.1B1.91%+1,934,312+2.3%Added
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC67,738,969$8.70B0.39%+434,664+0.6%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC60,744,214$7.79B0.42%+1,186,060+2.0%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc54,365,289$6.99B0.93%+4,600,064+9.2%Added
Morgan Stanley48,641,158$6.25B0.33%+1,008,671+2.1%Added
FMR LLC45,440,355$5.84B0.25%+924,345+2.1%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co43,886,420$5.68B0.33%−9,086,563−17.2%Reduced
Fisher Asset Management, LLC38,516,263$4.95B1.47%+12,079,979+45.7%Added
Norges Bank36,983,784$4.75B0.47%+36,983,784New
Bank of America Corp30,535,208$3.92B0.25%−239,013−0.8%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp26,275,718$3.38B0.39%−814,305−3.0%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc22,075,139$2.84B0.30%+1,941,760+9.6%Added
Franklin Resources Inc19,548,585$2.51B0.54%+3,281,380+20.2%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc19,547,171$2.51B0.46%−867,648−4.3%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc18,873,343$2.43B0.51%−665,202−3.4%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.18,611,171$2.39B0.19%−3,243,930−14.8%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc18,518,796$2.38B0.24%−4,524,046−19.6%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp18,340,173$2.36B0.39%−373,190−2.0%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP17,486,486$2.25B0.41%+2,030,447+13.1%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc17,387,435$2.24B0.45%+1,124,727+6.9%Added
Capital International Investors15,386,689$1.98B0.41%+14,516,428+1,668.1%Added
Royal Bank of Canada14,293,086$1.84B0.31%+1,091,364+8.3%Added
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co13,869,309$1.78B0.39%−94,870−0.7%Reduced
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co13,794,969$1.77B1.21%00.0%Unchanged
UBS Group AG13,744,783$1.77B0.28%−188,847−1.4%Reduced
Amundi12,342,274$1.59B0.38%−1,422,680−10.3%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.13,131,942$1.58B0.56%+1,830,456+16.2%Added
Harris Associates L PSuperinvestorHarris Associates (Oakmark)12,073,109$1.55B2.06%−293,824−2.4%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG11,964,180$1.54B0.45%−576,594−4.6%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company11,658,434$1.50B0.26%+211,589+1.8%Added
Nuveen, LLC9,662,399$1.24B0.30%−437,365−4.3%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp8,169,394$1.05B0.87%−122,432−1.5%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC8,134,262$1.04B0.36%−494,224−5.7%Reduced
HSBC Holdings PLC7,734,965$994.1M0.48%+100,853+1.3%Added
Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC7,331,418$942.1M2.86%−586,448−7.4%Reduced
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.7,286,803$936.4M0.46%−243,638−3.2%Reduced
Swiss National Bank6,973,251$896.1M0.47%−310,900−4.3%Reduced
Barclays PLC6,793,897$873.0M0.28%−763,621−10.1%Reduced
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC6,785,008$871.9M1.96%−228,769−3.3%Reduced
Aristotle Capital Management, LLC6,578,570$845.4M1.77%−315,862−4.6%Reduced
Voya Investment Management LLC6,484,756$833.3M0.72%+1,325,632+25.7%Added
Swedbank AB6,360,649$817.3M0.70%−731,062−10.3%Reduced
Raymond James Financial Inc6,236,773$801.4M0.22%−348,741−5.3%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.6,184,340$794.6M0.44%+402,011+7.0%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.6,169,107$792.7M0.45%−100,209−1.6%Reduced
National Pension Service5,791,782$744.2M0.48%+29,696+0.5%Added
Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd5,593,255$718.7M0.49%+589,632+11.8%Added
Bank of Montreal5,565,728$715.2M0.26%+734,567+15.2%Added
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC5,512,538$708.4M0.33%−73,156−1.3%Reduced
California Public Employees Retirement System5,398,744$693.7M0.39%−1,984,344−26.9%Reduced
LSV Asset Management5,299,408$681.0M1.24%+210,699+4.1%Added
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale5,427,912$638.7M1.08%00.0%Unchanged
American Century Companies Inc4,865,967$625.3M0.28%−681,891−12.3%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc4,751,479$610.6M0.30%+41,537+0.9%Added
Capital Wealth Planning, LLC4,708,599$605.1M3.02%+191,869+4.2%Added
Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec4,448,107$571.6M0.81%+648,728+17.1%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc4,309,756$553.8M0.78%−355,437−7.6%Reduced
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board4,176,604$536.7M0.30%+559,734+15.5%Added
Victory Capital Management Inc4,143,885$532.5M0.30%+354,128+9.3%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc3,996,890$513.6M0.12%+143,914+3.7%Added
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership3,966,523$509.7M0.23%+1,030,193+35.1%Added
Jupiter Topco LLC3,901,539$501.2M0.20%+3,901,539New
Allianz Asset Management GmbH3,845,071$494.1M0.46%−119,819−3.0%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC3,836,733$493.0M0.11%+54,545+1.4%Added
Rhumbline Advisers3,809,518$489.5M0.37%+12,088+0.3%Added
Thornburg Investment Management Inc3,787,976$486.8M4.66%+59,303+1.6%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System3,772,142$484.7M0.45%−63,470−1.7%Reduced
Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich3,729,950$480.3M1.24%+29,728+0.8%Added
Acadian Asset Management LLC3,695,329$474.8M0.56%−507,052−12.1%Reduced
HighTower Advisors, LLC3,679,920$472.9M0.45%+44,516+1.2%Added
Citigroup Inc3,614,905$464.5M0.22%+835,799+30.1%Added
Neuberger Berman Group LLC3,533,955$454.2M0.30%+253,104+7.7%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB3,503,750$445.1M0.36%−5,024,243−58.9%Reduced
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc3,364,831$432.4M0.71%+751,822+28.8%Added
Aviva PLC3,264,106$419.4M0.62%+27,533+0.9%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA3,130,937$402.3M0.21%+924,704+41.9%Added
SG Americas Securities, LLC3,072,242$394.8M0.23%+1,406,722+84.5%Added
Royal London Asset Management Ltd2,987,037$383.8M0.71%+90,883+3.1%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund2,909,819$373.9M0.47%−606,206−17.2%Reduced
Natixis Advisors, L.P.2,857,628$367.2M0.41%−112,662−3.8%Reduced
Federated Hermes, Inc.2,852,266$366.5M0.53%−155,830−5.2%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co2,816,256$361.1M0.58%−157,846−5.3%Reduced
Mariner, LLC2,781,786$357.5M0.38%−13,435−0.5%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.2,738,023$351.8M0.22%−659,559−19.4%Reduced
Jennison Associates LLC2,728,958$350.7M0.21%−3,520,379−56.3%Reduced
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.2,702,992$347.3M0.45%+1,959,778+263.7%Added
First Trust Advisors LP2,591,856$333.1M0.20%−1,873,713−42.0%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.2,578,024$331.9M0.29%+51,393+2.0%Added
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.2,581,691$331.8M0.33%+265,596+11.5%Added
Jones Financial Companies LLLP2,548,737$327.9M0.13%−110,644−4.2%Reduced
Alyeska Investment Group, L.P.2,480,590$318.8M0.82%+175,016+7.6%Added
Schroder Investment Management Group2,455,664$315.6M0.22%+699,417+39.8%Added
National Bank of Canada2,433,801$312.7M0.27%+472,411+24.1%Added
Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A.2,398,834$308.7M0.83%−423,589−15.0%Reduced
CI Private Wealth, LLC2,391,313$307.3M0.43%−36,963−1.5%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.2,373,993$305.1M0.37%+51,700+2.2%Added
Mackenzie Financial Corp2,373,431$305.0M0.31%−144,004−5.7%Reduced