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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; 3,855 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 2021

Institutional positions in Merck & Co., Inc. as of Jun 30, 2021. 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
2,684
+22 vs. Q1 2021
Shares held
1.86B
+10.7M (+0.6%) vs. Q1 2021
Total value
$144.3B
+$2.07B (+1.5%) vs. Q1 2021
New holders
136
1,285 more added
Sold out
114
961 more reduced

31 institutions that held it in Q1 2021 haven't filed for Q2 2021 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q1 2021: 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 2021: 2,684 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: 3,619 institutionsQ1 2025: 3,460 institutionsQ2 2025: 3,338 institutionsQ3 2025: 3,320 institutionsQ4 2025: 3,675 institutionsQ1 2026: 3,813 institutionsQ2 2026: 3,855 institutions
Value heldQ2 2021: $144.3B
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 20263,855$254.3B
Q1 20263,813$231.9B
Q4 20253,675$206.6B
Q3 20253,320$159.8B
Q2 20253,338$155.9B
Q1 20253,460$177.7B
Q4 20243,619$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 2021

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Merck & Co., Inc.; share changes are against Q1 2021.

Institutions holding MRK in Q2 2021
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Avalon Investment & Advisory829,361$64.5M1.43%+108,123+15.0%Added
Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA821,357$63.9M1.40%−27,404−3.2%Reduced
Glenmede Trust Co NA814,832$63.4M0.33%−320,527−28.2%Reduced
B&D White Capital Company, LLC804,340$62.6M27.82%+691,190+610.9%Added
Value Partners Investments Inc.794,404$61.7M5.04%+73,679+10.2%Added
NFJ Investment Group, LLC652,557$61.4M1.16%+136,329+26.4%Added
Great Lakes Advisors, LLC786,748$61.2M0.92%+57,244+7.8%Added
Gateway Investment Advisers LLC780,667$60.7M0.62%−1,792−0.2%Reduced
Railway Pension Investments Ltd776,709$60.4M0.51%−516,930−40.0%Reduced
Sphera Funds Management Ltd.772,601$60.1M5.72%−36,207−4.5%Reduced
Edmond de Rothschild Holding S.A.771,514$60.0M1.39%+134,362+21.1%Added
Guggenheim Capital LLC765,575$59.5M0.35%+84,133+12.3%Added
Fifth Third Bancorp760,399$59.1M0.26%−5,529−0.7%Reduced
Calamos Advisors LLC759,439$59.1M0.29%+115,257+17.9%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC758,800$59.0M0.07%+251,366+49.5%Added
State of Alaska, Department of Revenue750,449$58.4M0.59%−19,519−2.5%Reduced
Natixis Advisors, L.P.747,985$58.2M0.27%+32,964+4.6%Added
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.746,754$58.1M0.21%+58,036+8.4%Added
Sanders Capital, LLC737,342$57.3M0.13%−10,040−1.3%Reduced
Manning & Napier Group, LLC731,521$56.9M0.47%+81,200+12.5%Added
HRT Financial LP730,361$56.8M0.52%+730,361New
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank)717,177$55.8M0.31%−175,806−19.7%Reduced
Kahn Brothers Group Inc716,329$55.7M7.98%+9,443+1.3%Added
Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC715,194$55.6M2.99%−22,918−3.1%Reduced
Amalgamated Bank710,873$55.3M0.44%+557,614+363.8%Added
Arizona State Retirement System708,932$55.1M0.45%−4,042−0.6%Reduced
Fjarde Ap-Fonden /Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund704,009$54.8M0.50%−46,800−6.2%Reduced
Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc696,686$54.2M0.72%−6,280−0.9%Reduced
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.688,091$53.5M0.30%−36,563−5.0%Reduced
RE Advisers Corp682,504$53.1M1.23%−75,300−9.9%Reduced
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC673,791$52.4M0.23%−213,279−24.0%Reduced
Capital Bank & Trust Co672,916$52.3M0.61%−257,269−27.7%Reduced
E. Ohman J:or Asset Management AB668,518$52.0M1.63%+2,544+0.4%Added
Nicholas Company, Inc.667,307$51.9M0.91%+52,825+8.6%Added
State of Michigan Retirement System659,017$51.3M0.30%−164,000−19.9%Reduced
Empire Life Investments Inc.657,827$51.2M3.29%+248,174+60.6%Added
Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al656,494$51.1M0.50%−274,300−29.5%Reduced
ProShare Advisors LLC654,767$50.9M0.15%+82,428+14.4%Added
Financial Counselors Inc650,912$50.6M1.10%+22,608+3.6%Added
Cacti Asset Management LLC654,278$50.5M4.16%+3,500+0.5%Added
Prio Wealth Limited Partnership646,888$50.3M1.70%−2,145−0.3%Reduced
SG Americas Securities, LLC637,143$49.6M0.26%−2,386−0.4%Reduced
Blair William & Co626,317$48.7M0.17%−10,005−1.6%Reduced
DnB Asset Management AS626,073$48.7M0.32%+85,616+15.8%Added
Vontobel Holding Ltd.626,321$48.4M0.42%+31,336+5.3%Added
Radnor Capital Management, LLC617,383$48.0M16.21%+1,050+0.2%Added
Banque Pictet & Cie SA610,267$47.5M0.53%+17,247+2.9%Added
Clark Capital Management Group, Inc.597,543$46.5M0.65%+112,426+23.2%Added
MetLife Investment Management587,047$45.7M0.40%−15,926−2.6%Reduced
Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP581,682$45.2M3.41%+3,615+0.6%Added
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund581,578$45.2M0.51%+66,013+12.8%Added
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc578,937$45.0M0.68%+6,245+1.1%Added
Aristotle Atlantic Partners, LLC578,210$45.0M2.97%00.0%Unchanged
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.575,797$44.8M0.65%+182,204+46.3%Added
Cornerstone Investment Partners, LLC570,902$44.4M2.32%−8,665−1.5%Reduced
Edgar Lomax Co569,530$44.3M2.75%−14,950−2.6%Reduced
Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company, Ltd565,580$44.0M0.55%+111,474+24.5%Added
Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp562,320$43.7M1.05%+24,402+4.5%Added
Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc560,808$43.6M1.02%−14,156−2.5%Reduced
Forsta Ap-Fonden559,500$43.5M0.51%+61,200+12.3%Added
D.A. Davidson & Co.558,033$43.4M0.51%+30,627+5.8%Added
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co543,970$42.3M0.08%+26,348+5.1%Added
Tekla Capital Management LLC541,703$42.1M1.37%00.0%Unchanged
Miller Howard Investments Inc539,944$42.0M1.68%−13,290−2.4%Reduced
CIBC Asset Management Inc533,899$41.5M0.17%+15,094+2.9%Added
Alyeska Investment Group, L.P.531,678$41.3M0.48%+531,678New
Loomis Sayles & Co L P530,635$41.3M0.05%−68,897−11.5%Reduced
Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC522,257$40.6M0.57%+37,018+7.6%Added
Primecap Management Co520,700$40.5M0.03%−650,700−55.5%Reduced
Neuberger Berman Group LLC536,177$40.0M0.03%−1,573−0.3%Reduced
Ergoteles LLC514,388$40.0M0.92%+514,388New
Easterly Investment Partners LLC512,750$39.9M4.68%+90,832+21.5%Added
Quilter Plc511,761$39.8M1.14%+38,055+8.0%Added
Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd510,899$39.7M0.51%−1,869−0.4%Reduced
MUFG Americas Holdings Corp500,203$38.9M0.72%+16,700+3.5%Added
Gabelli Funds LLC500,170$38.9M0.25%+700+0.1%Added
Employees Retirement System of Texas485,968$37.8M0.46%+106,268+28.0%Added
Boston Private Wealth LLC484,503$37.7M0.48%+4,828+1.0%Added
Utah Retirement Systems483,010$37.6M0.48%−2,400−0.5%Reduced
Impax Asset Management Group plc471,813$36.7M0.16%+74,076+18.6%Added
Millennium Management LLC469,283$36.5M0.05%−558,319−54.3%Reduced
British Columbia Investment Management Corp468,385$36.4M0.22%+52,949+12.7%Added
Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd589,631$36.4M0.48%+12,437+2.2%Added
Banco Santander, S.A.466,870$36.3M0.20%+156,573+50.5%Added
Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co466,623$36.3M2.91%+143,000+44.2%Added
CIBC World Markets Inc.463,298$36.0M0.11%+41,270+9.8%Added
BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S455,771$35.4M1.36%+1,198+0.3%Added
Sector Gamma AS455,447$35.4M6.27%−50,729−10.0%Reduced
South Dakota Investment Council455,192$35.4M0.62%−27,290−5.7%Reduced
Rovida Advisors Inc.451,500$35.1M1.52%00.0%Unchanged
State of Tennessee, Treasury Department451,009$35.1M0.13%+1,082+0.2%Added
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.447,605$34.8M0.17%−14,566−3.2%Reduced
Stephens Inc442,207$34.4M0.51%+50,114+12.8%Added
Trillium Asset Management, LLC439,312$34.1M0.94%+7,172+1.7%Added
Pinnacle Associates Ltd437,436$34.0M0.62%+11,496+2.7%Added
Fiduciary Trust Co434,900$33.8M0.65%−11,581−2.6%Reduced
Creative Planning429,680$33.4M0.06%−12,353−2.8%Reduced
Wesbanco Bank Inc428,854$33.4M1.24%+20,108+4.9%Added
Gofen & Glossberg LLC424,306$33.0M0.78%+4,664+1.1%Added
Scotia Capital Inc.423,279$32.9M0.25%+51,610+13.9%Added