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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 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
3,443
+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
1,247 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: 3,443 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 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 20263,855$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 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
Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC54,848$5.98M0.12%+90.0%Added
Fragasso Group Inc.55,133$6.01M0.55%+5,861+11.9%Added
Montgomery Investment Management Inc55,432$6.04M1.86%00.0%Unchanged
Beach Investment Counsel Inc55,640$6.07M0.75%−7,166−11.4%Reduced
Trexquant Investment LP55,741$6.08M0.14%+55,741New
ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc55,871$6.09M0.31%+220+0.4%Added
Thematics Asset Management55,915$6.10M0.27%−4,195−7.0%Reduced
Agf Management Ltd56,131$6.12M0.04%+3,119+5.9%Added
Horizon Investments, LLC56,385$6.15M0.17%−12,011−17.6%Reduced
Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc.58,548$6.17M0.23%+58,548New
Northeast Investment Management56,605$6.17M0.33%−4,612−7.5%Reduced
Ellsworth Advisors, LLC56,674$6.18M1.96%+8,235+17.0%Added
Equitable Trust Co56,788$6.19M0.47%00.0%Unchanged
J. W. Coons Advisors, LLC56,797$6.19M1.68%−288−0.5%Reduced
Sentry LLC56,975$6.21M1.32%−294−0.5%Reduced
Spire Wealth Management52,765$6.27M0.22%+2,491+5.0%Added
SevenBridge Financial Group, LLC57,668$6.29M1.49%+1,217+2.2%Added
Searle & Co.57,874$6.31M1.73%+21,184+57.7%Added
Avantax Planning Partners, Inc.58,127$6.34M0.24%−1,598−2.7%Reduced
BKD Wealth Advisors, LLC58,135$6.34M0.18%−2,775−4.6%Reduced
Nomura Holdings Inc58,297$6.36M0.06%+58,297New
Addenda Capital Inc.57,907$6.36M0.25%−58−0.1%Reduced
Azzad Asset Management Inc58,314$6.36M0.80%+83+0.1%Added
R.H. Dinel Investment Counsel, Inc.58,377$6.36M4.35%−1,000−1.7%Reduced
Resources Investment Advisors, LLC.58,386$6.37M0.11%−2,722−4.5%Reduced
Royal Fund Management, LLC58,565$6.39M0.81%+880+1.5%Added
Alberta Investment Management Corp58,600$6.39M0.06%−190,972−76.5%Reduced
Bogart Wealth, LLC58,710$6.40M0.36%−287−0.5%Reduced
Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC58,815$6.41M3.40%−2,240−3.7%Reduced
Cullinan Associates Inc58,979$6.43M0.36%−6,284−9.6%Reduced
North Star Investment Management Corp.59,213$6.46M0.50%+41+0.1%Added
Harrell Investment Partners, LLC59,771$6.52M2.03%+1,151+2.0%Added
Central Bank & Trust Co59,892$6.53M1.01%−6,906−10.3%Reduced
Cary Street Partners Asset Management LLC60,045$6.55M1.12%−2,153−3.5%Reduced
FDx Advisors, Inc.60,100$6.55M0.51%−15,555−20.6%Reduced
Brookstone Capital Management60,180$6.56M0.13%+9,977+19.9%Added
Hedeker Wealth, LLC60,229$6.57M2.07%−168−0.3%Reduced
Brick & Kyle, Associates60,249$6.57M3.27%−623−1.0%Reduced
Gibraltar Capital Management, Inc.60,413$6.59M2.81%−1,449−2.3%Reduced
Keebeck Wealth Management, LLC60,000$6.59M1.09%−660−1.1%Reduced
Walled Lake Planning & Wealth Management, LLC60,527$6.60M3.07%−430−0.7%Reduced
M. Kulyk & Associates, LLC60,848$6.63M1.55%+3,720+6.5%Added
Covenant Asset Management, LLC60,890$6.64M1.85%−2,522−4.0%Reduced
MainStreet Investment Advisors LLC61,110$6.66M0.75%−1,538−2.5%Reduced
Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.61,267$6.68M1.00%−122−0.2%Reduced
Rothschild Capital Partners, LLC61,453$6.70M2.11%−53−0.1%Reduced
Boston Research & Management Inc61,525$6.71M1.78%+1,415+2.4%Added
Exchange Capital Management, Inc.61,640$6.72M1.21%−151−0.2%Reduced
Stratos Wealth Advisors, LLC61,754$6.73M0.39%+2,216+3.7%Added
Wafra Inc.61,829$6.74M0.40%−13,599−18.0%Reduced
Jacobi Capital Management LLC61,847$6.74M0.69%+1,844+3.1%Added
Mairs & Power Inc61,984$6.76M0.07%+2,639+4.4%Added
U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC62,131$6.77M0.27%+841+1.4%Added
Capital Counsel LLC62,183$6.78M0.33%00.0%Unchanged
Barbara Oil Co.62,295$6.79M3.06%00.0%Unchanged
Pallas Capital Advisors LLC62,376$6.80M0.36%+2,270+3.8%Added
Freemont Management S.A.62,400$6.80M0.86%00.0%Unchanged
Argyle Capital Management Inc.62,510$6.81M2.82%−9,225−12.9%Reduced
Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC62,511$6.81M1.60%+377+0.6%Added
Equitable Holdings, Inc.62,547$6.82M0.08%+6,373+11.3%Added
Red Door Wealth Management, LLC62,667$6.83M1.48%+2,441+4.1%Added
Value Partners Investments Inc.62,811$6.83M0.55%+11,586+22.6%Added
SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC58,476$6.85M0.85%−5,081−8.0%Reduced
Garland Capital Management Inc62,915$6.86M4.82%−2,435−3.7%Reduced
Asset Advisors Investment Management, LLC63,324$6.90M0.84%−4,324−6.4%Reduced
Capital Analysts, LLC63,397$6.91M0.35%−890−1.4%Reduced
Ballentine Partners, LLC63,441$6.92M0.14%+9,690+18.0%Added
Buckley Wealth Management, LLC63,923$6.97M2.42%00.0%Unchanged
Independent Advisor Alliance64,272$7.01M0.25%−11,695−15.4%Reduced
Freestone Capital Holdings, LLC64,322$7.01M0.32%+825+1.3%Added
Heritage Trust Co64,478$7.03M0.99%−2,208−3.3%Reduced
We Are One Seven, LLC65,151$7.10M0.41%+3,853+6.3%Added
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.65,204$7.11M0.26%−2,867−4.2%Reduced
Shell Asset Management Co65,319$7.12M0.33%−16,617−20.3%Reduced
Cutler Capital Management, LLC65,478$7.14M2.96%+287+0.4%Added
FJ Investments, LLC65,602$7.15M0.34%+65,602New
HealthInvest Partners AB65,675$7.16M5.60%+65,675New
First American Bank65,854$7.18M0.60%−1,314−2.0%Reduced
Bank of Hawaii66,109$7.21M0.39%−257−0.4%Reduced
Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc.66,571$7.26M1.83%−255−0.4%Reduced
Trust Co of Virginia66,950$7.30M0.74%−530−0.8%Reduced
Martin Capital Partners, LLC67,052$7.31M2.98%−735−1.1%Reduced
Sowell Financial Services LLC66,707$7.32M0.40%+1,540+2.4%Added
Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC67,335$7.34M0.95%+1,468+2.2%Added
Ninety One UK Ltd67,565$7.37M0.02%+67,565New
Alerus Financial NA67,760$7.39M0.60%+1,078+1.6%Added
Eliot Finkel Investment Counsel, LLC68,070$7.42M4.99%−1,390−2.0%Reduced
Guyasuta Investment Advisors Inc68,075$7.42M0.54%−1,105−1.6%Reduced
Nixon Peabody Trust Co68,290$7.44M0.83%+65,815+2,659.2%Added
Northwest Bancshares, Inc.68,312$7.45M1.36%+847+1.3%Added
Claudia M.P. Batlle, CRP (R) LLC68,415$7.46M2.39%−2,567−3.6%Reduced
Hodges Capital Management Inc.68,668$7.49M0.40%+27,453+66.6%Added
Trust Co of Toledo NA68,799$7.50M1.29%+4,969+7.8%Added
Cardinal Capital Management68,903$7.56M1.43%+155+0.2%Added
Ashton Thomas Private Wealth, LLC69,394$7.57M0.48%−4,284−5.8%Reduced
Bonness Enterprises Inc69,500$7.58M3.17%00.0%Unchanged
Advisors Capital Management, LLC69,763$7.61M0.15%+822+1.2%Added
Principle Wealth Partners LLC70,195$7.65M0.66%−79−0.1%Reduced
Kelly Lawrence W & Associates Inc70,408$7.68M1.84%+480+0.7%Added
Scissortail Wealth Management, LLC63,294$7.68M2.43%+29,304+86.2%Added