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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, Q4 2022

Institutional positions in Merck & Co., Inc. as of Dec 31, 2022. 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
3,243
+304 vs. Q3 2022
Shares held
1.91B
+33.5M (+1.8%) vs. Q3 2022
Total value
$212.2B
+$50.0B (+30.9%) vs. Q3 2022
New holders
395
1,191 more added
Sold out
91
1,329 more reduced

57 institutions that held it in Q3 2022 haven't filed for Q4 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2022: 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 holdersQ4 2022: 3,243 institutions
Q1 2021: 2,693 institutionsQ2 2021: 2,684 institutionsQ3 2021: 2,658 institutionsQ4 2021: 2,910 institutionsQ1 2022: 2,961 institutionsQ2 2022: 3,019 institutionsQ3 2022: 2,996 institutionsQ4 2022: 3,243 institutionsQ1 2023: 3,187 institutionsQ2 2023: 3,261 institutionsQ3 2023: 3,221 institutionsQ4 2023: 3,443 institutionsQ1 2024: 3,546 institutionsQ2 2024: 3,557 institutionsQ3 2024: 3,501 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: 3,855 institutions
Value heldQ4 2022: $212.2B
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 20263,812$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 20243,501$221.8B
Q2 20243,557$242.3B
Q1 20243,546$256.9B
Q4 20233,443$211.6B
Q3 20233,221$197.7B
Q2 20233,261$222.8B
Q1 20233,187$205.1B
Q4 20223,243$212.2B
Q3 20222,996$162.7B
Q2 20223,019$171.5B
Q1 20222,961$152.1B
Q4 20212,910$142.2B
Q3 20212,658$138.8B
Q2 20212,684$144.3B
Q1 20212,693$143.2B

Institutions, Q4 2022

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Merck & Co., Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2022.

Institutions holding MRK in Q4 2022
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Banque Pictet & Cie SA822,398$91.2M0.95%−1930.0%Reduced
Factory Mutual Insurance Co809,780$89.8M1.36%−139,673−14.7%Reduced
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC809,020$89.8M0.44%+85,594+11.8%Added
Man Group plc803,018$89.1M0.32%+22,898+2.9%Added
Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc797,461$88.5M0.69%−40,545−4.8%Reduced
Boston Trust Walden Corp786,802$87.3M0.77%−11,720−1.5%Reduced
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund776,001$86.1M1.11%+118,258+18.0%Added
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership774,933$86.0M0.15%−371,962−32.4%Reduced
Calamos Advisors LLC773,867$85.9M0.41%−37,721−4.6%Reduced
Gateway Investment Advisers LLC767,097$85.1M1.05%+5,609+0.7%Added
Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC766,435$85.0M0.67%−693−0.1%Reduced
Old Republic International Corporation764,100$84.8M2.66%−5,400−0.7%Reduced
Avalon Investment & Advisory756,392$83.9M2.39%−3,341−0.4%Reduced
BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S749,071$83.1M2.21%+331,196+79.3%Added
Forsta Ap-Fonden744,700$82.6M0.93%+149,600+25.1%Added
United Services Automobile Association731,200$81.1M1.86%−4,319−0.6%Reduced
Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp729,598$80.9M1.59%−13,140−1.8%Reduced
Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA729,382$80.9M2.17%+40,974+6.0%Added
Van Eck Associates Corp725,871$80.5M0.21%−122,403−14.4%Reduced
State of Michigan Retirement System723,790$80.3M0.56%−5,400−0.7%Reduced
Intech Investment Management LLC716,652$79.5M0.60%+18,349+2.6%Added
Vontobel Holding Ltd.711,648$79.0M0.80%−12,431−1.7%Reduced
MetLife Investment Management704,281$78.1M0.59%−12,110−1.7%Reduced
Comerica Bank704,036$77.8M0.60%+2,457+0.4%Added
Blair William & Co695,597$77.2M0.34%+10,461+1.5%Added
Bank of Nova Scotia694,487$77.1M0.20%−290,551−29.5%Reduced
Arizona State Retirement System690,247$76.6M0.74%+2,852+0.4%Added
Kahn Brothers Group Inc681,763$75.6M9.96%−2,492−0.4%Reduced
Amalgamated Bank677,113$75.1M0.67%−13,751−2.0%Reduced
Miller Howard Investments Inc675,913$75.0M2.72%−8,152−1.2%Reduced
Creative Planning673,288$74.7M0.11%−4,946−0.7%Reduced
RE Advisers Corp666,104$73.9M1.97%−2,500−0.4%Reduced
American International Group, Inc.664,843$73.8M0.52%+1,483+0.2%Added
DnB Asset Management AS664,397$73.7M0.52%+10,322+1.6%Added
Cacti Asset Management LLC659,493$73.2M7.03%00.0%Unchanged
Impax Asset Management Group plc658,883$73.1M0.33%+115,995+21.4%Added
Sound Shore Management Inc658,679$73.1M2.75%−9,479−1.4%Reduced
Boston Common Asset Management, LLC650,695$72.2M3.45%+24,752+4.0%Added
Financial Counselors Inc643,355$71.4M1.60%−70,213−9.8%Reduced
Donaldson Capital Management, LLC643,300$71.4M3.48%+18,512+3.0%Added
Prio Wealth Limited Partnership640,731$71.1M2.85%−39,070−5.7%Reduced
Martingale Asset Management L P636,064$70.6M1.38%−91,058−12.5%Reduced
D.A. Davidson & Co.622,735$69.1M0.82%−22,630−3.5%Reduced
State of Alaska, Department of Revenue617,706$68.5M0.85%−7,051−1.1%Reduced
USS Investment Management Ltd611,563$67.8M0.98%+97,212+18.9%Added
Edmond de Rothschild Holding S.A.609,887$67.7M1.59%−23,442−3.7%Reduced
Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC606,680$67.3M4.29%−5,935−1.0%Reduced
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.605,806$67.2M1.38%−68,669−10.2%Reduced
Sofinnova Investments, Inc.603,356$66.9M4.07%+19,888+3.4%Added
Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd593,489$66.0M1.10%−28,785−4.6%Reduced
Radnor Capital Management, LLC593,928$65.9M16.12%−710−0.1%Reduced
Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd587,740$65.6M1.77%−14,835−2.5%Reduced
Unigestion Holding SA582,316$64.5M3.42%−14,235−2.4%Reduced
Gibson Wealth Advisors LLC630,000$64.4M1.24%+620,000+6,200.0%Added
MEAG MUNICH ERGO, Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH577,037$64.0M3.44%+13,946+2.5%Added
CCLA Investment Management Ltd575,764$63.9M1.44%+2,577+0.4%Added
Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP569,437$63.2M5.08%+718+0.1%Added
Twin Tree Management, LP567,190$62.9M1.93%+374,937+195.0%Added
Panagora Asset Management Inc566,839$62.9M0.41%−302,423−34.8%Reduced
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc565,019$62.7M1.27%−3,398−0.6%Reduced
Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc563,614$62.5M1.57%+1,049+0.2%Added
Cantor Fitzgerald, L. P.560,704$62.2M1.34%−59,295−9.6%Reduced
Colony Group LLC552,559$61.3M0.86%+149,396+37.1%Added
Tekla Capital Management LLC552,122$61.3M2.31%00.0%Unchanged
Empire Life Investments Inc.550,644$61.1M4.19%−179,872−24.6%Reduced
Employees Retirement System of Texas549,424$61.0M0.89%+70,000+14.6%Added
ProShare Advisors LLC547,898$60.8M0.21%+18,198+3.4%Added
E. Ohman J:or Asset Management AB546,884$60.7M2.65%−92,850−14.5%Reduced
M&G Investment Management Ltd544,084$60.4M0.45%−140,178−20.5%Reduced
Tredje AP-fonden542,840$60.2M1.03%+96,824+21.7%Added
Ardevora Asset Management LLP538,341$59.7M1.02%−61,359−10.2%Reduced
Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC538,132$59.7M1.00%−31,234−5.5%Reduced
Two Sigma Advisers, LP533,199$59.2M0.17%−2,119,100−79.9%Reduced
CIBC Asset Management Inc532,668$59.1M0.25%−109,023−17.0%Reduced
United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC532,097$59.0M0.33%+1,385+0.3%Added
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.529,920$58.7M0.86%+82,235+18.4%Added
Aristotle Atlantic Partners, LLC526,810$58.4M3.27%00.0%Unchanged
Manning & Napier Group, LLC522,437$58.0M0.71%−13,125−2.5%Reduced
Rathbone Brothers plc521,327$57.8M0.65%+173,021+49.7%Added
MML Investors Services, LLC517,930$57.5M0.38%+15,767+3.1%Added
Woodline Partners LP512,335$56.8M0.78%−466,152−47.6%Reduced
CWM, LLC511,126$56.7M0.42%+14,074+2.8%Added
Stephens Inc510,515$56.6M1.16%+14,425+2.9%Added
Dearborn Partners LLC507,818$56.3M2.27%−4,637−0.9%Reduced
Boston Private Wealth LLC498,452$55.3M0.75%−29,977−5.7%Reduced
Magnetar Financial LLC498,228$55.3M0.94%−273,261−35.4%Reduced
Mercer Global Advisors Inc494,726$54.9M0.27%+67,226+15.7%Added
Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co492,926$54.7M0.77%+50,000+11.3%Added
CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC1,180,919$53.8M0.18%+40,184+3.5%Added
Westpac Banking Corp482,608$53.5M0.79%+76,911+19.0%Added
Cookson Peirce & Co Inc480,867$53.4M3.47%+311,855+184.5%Added
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.478,567$53.1M0.28%+31,619+7.1%Added
Fort Pitt Capital Group, LLC468,638$52.0M2.12%+4,358+0.9%Added
Saturna Capital CORP467,779$51.9M1.12%+449,810+2,503.3%Added
Trillium Asset Management, LLC467,396$51.9M1.60%−10,419−2.2%Reduced
IFM Investors Pty Ltd466,267$51.7M0.87%+28,701+6.6%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Ltd461,391$51.2M1.04%+17,438+3.9%Added
Bokf, NA460,795$51.1M0.94%+27,057+6.2%Added
Pinnacle Associates Ltd458,096$50.8M1.11%−13,558−2.9%Reduced
Heritage Wealth Advisors458,072$50.8M2.94%+7,649+1.7%Added