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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, Q4 2023

Institutional positions in Merck & Co., Inc. as of Dec 31, 2023. 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
3,444
+275 vs. Q3 2023
Shares held
1.94B
+26.5M (+1.4%) vs. Q3 2023
Total value
$211.6B
+$14.5B (+7.4%) vs. Q3 2023
New holders
382
1,248 more added
Sold out
107
1,486 more reduced

53 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2023: 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 2023: 3,444 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 heldQ4 2023: $211.6B
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, Q4 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Merck & Co., Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2023.

Institutions holding MRK in Q4 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Vanguard Group Inc244,776,747$26.7B0.58%+1,236,228+0.5%Added
BlackRock Inc.201,836,434$22.0B0.56%−1,098,587−0.5%Reduced
State Street Corp116,865,977$12.8B0.62%+1,196,373+1.0%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP85,595,999$9.33B1.74%+3,153,333+3.8%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC55,428,245$6.03B0.63%+1,354,125+2.5%Added
FMR LLC42,800,017$4.67B0.36%+4,654,819+12.2%Added
Morgan Stanley40,129,825$4.37B0.39%+1,535,032+4.0%Added
Bank of America Corp37,994,581$4.14B0.47%+2,244,455+6.3%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc36,682,866$3.97B1.01%+4,731,152+14.8%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc30,087,217$3.28B0.44%+809,052+2.8%Added
Norges Bank28,511,888$3.11B0.54%+1,317,346+4.8%Added
Northern Trust Corp28,491,644$3.11B0.56%−1,367,979−4.6%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co25,896,518$2.82B0.29%+2,942,711+12.8%Added
Deutsche Bank AG21,573,772$2.35B1.20%+2,249,770+11.6%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp20,829,926$2.27B0.46%−4,162,431−16.7%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc19,387,683$2.11B0.66%−752,004−3.7%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.16,757,610$1.83B0.43%−915,207−5.2%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC16,702,700$1.82B0.59%+47,790+0.3%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc16,413,300$1.79B0.54%−188,332−1.1%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company16,262,519$1.77B0.50%−151,738−0.9%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada14,972,074$1.63B0.40%+1,696,151+12.8%Added
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co13,794,969$1.50B1.45%−436,231−3.1%Reduced
Fisher Asset Management, LLC13,551,242$1.48B0.78%+212,852+1.6%Added
Amundi12,378,435$1.46B0.66%−2,170,285−14.9%Reduced
California Public Employees Retirement System12,988,942$1.42B1.08%+984,463+8.2%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc12,669,967$1.38B0.54%+17,903+0.1%Added
UBS Group AG12,658,556$1.38B0.56%+443,308+3.6%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc12,106,223$1.32B0.29%−914,714−7.0%Reduced
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main12,062,718$1.32B1.74%+252,591+2.1%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC12,056,917$1.31B0.78%−273,178−2.2%Reduced
Massachusetts Financial Services Co11,427,241$1.25B0.40%−674,660−5.6%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc10,114,295$1.10B0.52%+617,022+6.5%Added
Raymond James & Associates9,587,605$1.05B0.78%+178,132+1.9%Added
Aristotle Capital Management, LLC9,487,338$1.03B2.02%−436,262−4.4%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.8,997,337$980.9M0.38%−392,115−4.2%Reduced
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.8,793,541$958.7M0.75%−102,251−1.1%Reduced
Putnam Investments LLC8,456,365$921.9M1.22%+328,347+4.0%Added
Capital World Investors8,326,094$907.7M0.16%−3,302,748−28.4%Reduced
Nordea Investment Management AB8,306,168$905.0M1.15%−131,036−1.6%Reduced
Swiss National Bank7,934,651$865.0M0.63%−227,000−2.8%Reduced
Bank of Montreal7,558,306$824.8M0.45%+2,035,872+36.9%Added
Schroder Investment Management Group7,544,810$822.5M1.07%+404,648+5.7%Added
LSV Asset Management7,469,070$814.3M1.78%−345,130−4.4%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc7,158,625$780.4M0.32%−71,103−1.0%Reduced
Clearbridge Investments, LLC7,134,389$777.8M0.67%−146,410−2.0%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp6,797,451$741.1M0.93%−37,183−0.5%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.6,774,195$738.5M0.55%−118,169−1.7%Reduced
HSBC Holdings PLC6,676,276$727.7M0.67%+402,728+6.4%Added
Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC6,539,647$713.0M2.51%−1,4010.0%Reduced
Credit Suisse AG6,515,512$710.3M0.69%−805,938−11.0%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC6,318,171$688.8M0.69%−358,936−5.4%Reduced
Neuberger Berman Group LLC6,277,158$684.3M0.60%−503,156−7.4%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC6,047,952$659.3M0.62%+2,627,482+76.8%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd5,971,032$651.0M0.75%−413,549−6.5%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP5,939,525$647.5M0.19%−2,807,658−32.1%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc5,911,682$644.5M0.41%+20,018+0.3%Added
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership5,578,297$608.1M0.64%−3,913,447−41.2%Reduced
Barclays PLC5,475,331$596.9M0.31%−1,277,952−18.9%Reduced
Swedbank AB5,418,564$590.7M0.96%+612,113+12.7%Added
TD Asset Management Inc5,387,824$587.4M0.58%+360,688+7.2%Added
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale5,368,114$582.9M1.20%−32,315−0.6%Reduced
Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec5,115,513$557.7M1.42%−337,412−6.2%Reduced
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc5,095,197$555.5M1.10%−303,289−5.6%Reduced
Standard Life Aberdeen plc4,865,529$530.4M1.15%−147,306−2.9%Reduced
Two Sigma Advisers, LP4,722,900$514.9M1.21%+3,534,202+297.3%Added
Rhumbline Advisers4,557,233$496.8M0.52%−27,832−0.6%Reduced
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The4,458,460$486.1M0.29%−21,140−0.5%Reduced
Bahl & Gaynor Inc4,271,961$465.7M2.80%−157,244−3.6%Reduced
Citigroup Inc4,096,963$446.7M0.59%−104,673−2.5%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund4,096,671$446.6M0.62%−300,171−6.8%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System4,094,907$446.4M0.62%+48,501+1.2%Added
National Pension Service4,032,046$439.6M0.61%+77,044+1.9%Added
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC4,025,858$438.9M1.94%−3,058−0.1%Reduced
Marshall Wace, LLP3,989,960$435.0M0.83%+1,938,555+94.5%Added
Truist Financial Corp3,771,324$411.1M0.65%−289,465−7.1%Reduced
Prudential Financial Inc3,759,647$406.9M0.61%+472,696+14.4%Added
CI Private Wealth, LLC3,556,262$387.7M0.71%+230,196+6.9%Added
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.3,551,939$387.2M0.63%+90,643+2.6%Added
National Bank of Canada3,310,666$374.9M0.68%+1,037,117+45.6%Added
Allianz Asset Management GmbH3,214,334$350.4M0.65%−613,288−16.0%Reduced
Bank of Nova Scotia3,144,632$342.8M0.64%+2,449,211+352.2%Added
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board3,128,371$341.1M0.43%−236,700−7.0%Reduced
APG Asset Management N.V.3,390,987$334.7M0.65%+195,181+6.1%Added
Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.3,030,289$330.4M2.28%−305,310−9.2%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.2,944,031$321.0M0.78%−204,777−6.5%Reduced
Smead Capital Management, Inc.2,922,472$318.6M5.71%+11,572+0.4%Added
Victory Capital Management Inc2,894,965$315.6M0.33%+327,286+12.7%Added
Sarasin & Partners LLP2,857,795$311.6M3.43%−439,635−13.3%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.2,658,941$305.0M0.54%+185,310+7.5%Added
Fayez Sarofim & Co2,413,051$302.7M0.93%−50,206−2.0%Reduced
HighTower Advisors, LLC2,769,622$302.0M0.51%+1,494+0.1%Added
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System2,746,985$299.5M0.62%+60,637+2.3%Added
London Co of Virginia2,725,948$297.2M1.67%−197,464−6.8%Reduced
New York State Teachers Retirement System2,626,697$286.4M0.64%−94,193−3.5%Reduced
Korea Investment CORP2,537,435$276.6M0.73%+76,378+3.1%Added
Brown Advisory Inc2,536,703$276.6M0.39%−92,608−3.5%Reduced
Capital Wealth Planning, LLC2,513,495$274.0M3.14%−932,081−27.1%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co2,510,739$272.4M0.60%−285,504−10.2%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.2,442,430$266.3M0.38%+750,290+44.3%Added
LPL Financial LLC2,441,650$266.2M0.16%+100,479+4.3%Added