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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, Q1 2025

Institutional positions in Merck & Co., Inc. as of Mar 31, 2025. 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
3,459
−96 vs. Q4 2024
Shares held
1.98B
+20.8M (+1.1%) vs. Q4 2024
Total value
$177.7B
−$17.2B (−8.8%) vs. Q4 2024
New holders
180
1,353 more added
Sold out
276
1,599 more reduced

63 institutions that held it in Q4 2024 haven't filed for Q1 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 2024: 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 holdersQ1 2025: 3,459 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 heldQ1 2025: $177.7B
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, Q1 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Merck & Co., Inc.; share changes are against Q4 2024.

Institutions holding MRK in Q1 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Vanguard Group Inc252,513,381$22.7B0.41%+1,417,274+0.6%Added
BlackRock, Inc.225,398,231$20.2B0.43%+3,316,386+1.5%Added
State Street Corp120,529,640$10.9B0.45%−379,666−0.3%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP81,669,651$7.33B1.41%+927,621+1.1%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC59,657,270$5.34B0.42%−1,524,593−2.5%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc49,229,283$4.42B0.83%+29,104,112+144.6%Added
Morgan Stanley43,114,452$3.87B0.28%−1,069,247−2.4%Reduced
Norges Bank38,227,690$3.43B0.48%+3,247,805+9.3%Added
FMR LLC31,808,043$2.86B0.18%−5,552,529−14.9%Reduced
Bank of America Corp31,084,245$2.79B0.25%−5,360,697−14.7%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp30,390,864$2.73B0.40%−986,243−3.1%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co28,508,222$2.56B0.19%+1,398,367+5.2%Added
Fisher Asset Management, LLC24,445,797$2.19B0.95%+8,334,193+51.7%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp23,130,857$2.08B0.41%−1,082,680−4.5%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc21,896,853$1.97B0.57%+2,024,409+10.2%Added
UBS Group AG21,061,269$1.89B0.42%+3,789,980+21.9%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc20,737,477$1.86B0.48%−810,281−3.8%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc19,755,308$1.77B0.48%+270,797+1.4%Added
Deutsche Bank AG19,172,446$1.72B0.68%−74,011−0.4%Reduced
Raymond James Financial Inc15,640,892$1.40B0.53%−51,440−0.3%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.15,298,134$1.37B0.26%−154,106−1.0%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc14,367,432$1.29B0.24%−2,731,720−16.0%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership14,362,008$1.29B1.05%+7,888,914+121.9%Added
Royal Bank of Canada14,178,149$1.27B0.28%−4,197,825−22.8%Reduced
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co13,794,969$1.24B1.14%00.0%Unchanged
Ameriprise Financial Inc12,898,889$1.16B0.31%−1,065,775−7.6%Reduced
Amundi13,077,716$1.13B0.41%+3,542,036+37.1%Added
Wells Fargo & Company11,899,152$1.07B0.26%−2,966,636−20.0%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc11,765,832$1.06B0.13%−745,175−6.0%Reduced
Nuveen, LLC11,046,718$991.6M0.31%+11,046,718New
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP10,914,227$979.6M0.24%−663,308−5.7%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.10,236,395$918.8M0.33%−873,284−7.9%Reduced
Nordea Investment Management AB9,416,070$839.3M0.89%+16,427+0.2%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.9,311,726$835.8M0.99%+2,936,922+46.1%Added
Aristotle Capital Management, LLC8,463,749$759.7M1.51%−224,584−2.6%Reduced
California Public Employees Retirement System8,292,792$744.4M0.52%−182,719−2.2%Reduced
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA8,205,488$736.5M0.56%+2,474,715+43.2%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC8,006,266$717.4M0.48%−443,628−5.3%Reduced
Massachusetts Financial Services Co7,983,193$716.6M0.24%−214,494−2.6%Reduced
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.7,844,171$704.1M0.37%−255,900−3.2%Reduced
Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC7,791,098$699.3M2.54%+1,505,193+23.9%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC7,757,818$691.1M0.71%+2,380,066+44.3%Added
Harris Associates L PSuperinvestorHarris Associates (Oakmark)7,469,360$670.4M1.13%+1,224,910+19.6%Added
Stifel Financial Corp7,445,038$668.3M0.71%+82,935+1.1%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.7,285,677$654.0M0.46%+72,944+1.0%Added
Swiss National Bank7,134,851$640.4M0.45%−25,900−0.4%Reduced
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC6,686,596$600.2M1.89%+521,325+8.5%Added
Citigroup Inc6,232,594$559.4M0.43%+1,492,688+31.5%Added
Clearbridge Investments, LLC5,929,684$532.2M0.47%+116,562+2.0%Added
Barclays PLC5,856,852$525.7M0.24%−609,159−9.4%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc5,629,432$505.3M0.28%−873,203−13.4%Reduced
LSV Asset Management5,465,430$490.6M1.18%−282,560−4.9%Reduced
Bank of Montreal5,392,583$484.0M0.26%−775,842−12.6%Reduced
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale5,390,606$481.0M0.94%−37,306−0.7%Reduced
Pacer Advisors, Inc.5,286,801$474.5M1.13%+5,060,959+2,240.9%Added
National Pension Service5,273,483$473.3M0.45%+312,035+6.3%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc5,044,840$452.8M0.15%−1,414,814−21.9%Reduced
Lazard Asset Management LLC5,018,629$450.5M0.69%+1,609,690+47.2%Added
Capital International Investors4,813,805$432.0M0.08%−1,466,945−23.4%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.4,680,105$420.0M0.39%+480,672+11.4%Added
Rhumbline Advisers4,492,983$403.3M0.38%+29,663+0.7%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc4,513,993$403.1M0.79%+264,668+6.2%Added
Victory Capital Management Inc4,467,000$401.0M0.41%+1,121,878+33.5%Added
Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd.4,425,097$397.2M2.29%+383,175+9.5%Added
Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec4,315,410$387.4M0.81%+149,218+3.6%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System4,044,610$363.0M0.45%−31,218−0.8%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd4,019,626$360.8M0.45%+136,413+3.5%Added
Squarepoint Ops LLC3,875,934$347.9M0.85%+2,036,841+110.8%Added
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board3,822,309$343.1M0.33%−1,995,577−34.3%Reduced
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The3,812,525$342.2M0.32%−1,265,675−24.9%Reduced
Bahl & Gaynor Inc3,740,595$335.8M1.71%−579,583−13.4%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.3,730,069$334.3M0.46%+649,408+21.1%Added
HighTower Advisors, LLC3,698,960$332.0M0.45%+547,085+17.4%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund3,558,596$319.4M0.47%+38,905+1.1%Added
Millennium Management LLC3,524,602$316.4M0.31%−56,361−1.6%Reduced
Royal London Asset Management Ltd3,451,556$309.8M0.73%+2,190,512+173.7%Added
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd3,433,412$308.2M0.48%−937,049−21.4%Reduced
Prudential Financial Inc3,351,418$300.8M0.43%+706,099+26.7%Added
Smead Capital Management, Inc.3,334,566$299.3M5.13%+34,356+1.0%Added
Two Sigma Advisers, LP3,288,600$295.2M0.66%−1,598,500−32.7%Reduced
National Bank of Canada3,249,992$291.7M0.34%−1,347,464−29.3%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC3,237,518$290.6M0.11%+33,523+1.0%Added
Capital Research Global Investors3,150,734$282.8M0.06%−1,322,651−29.6%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co3,121,289$280.4M0.49%+19,981+0.6%Added
Van Eck Associates Corp3,091,846$277.5M0.36%−57,995−1.8%Reduced
Thornburg Investment Management Inc3,086,806$277.1M3.87%+1,210,422+64.5%Added
American Century Companies Inc3,050,615$273.8M0.17%+1,209,834+65.7%Added
Fayez Sarofim & Co2,917,391$261.9M0.65%−287,516−9.0%Reduced
Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich2,865,204$256.8M0.83%+1,754,832+158.0%Added
First Trust Advisors LP2,838,173$254.8M0.23%+1,930,936+212.8%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC2,765,366$246.8M0.14%−3,099,139−52.8%Reduced
Mariner, LLC2,738,173$245.8M0.41%+943,144+52.5%Added
Bank of Nova Scotia2,693,721$241.8M0.54%+734,919+37.5%Added
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC2,674,845$240.1M1.06%+1,305,255+95.3%Added
CI Private Wealth, LLC2,660,860$238.9M0.39%−454,904−14.6%Reduced
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc2,615,365$234.8M0.45%−56,207−2.1%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.2,606,526$234.0M0.45%−50,885−1.9%Reduced
Acadian Asset Management LLC2,594,693$232.9M0.66%+2,027,957+357.8%Added
Aviva PLC2,546,627$228.6M0.55%+346,109+15.7%Added
Man Group plc2,507,856$225.1M0.67%+1,246,950+98.9%Added