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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, Q1 2026

Institutional positions in Merck & Co., Inc. as of Mar 31, 2026. 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
3,813
+195 vs. Q4 2025
Shares held
1.93B
+269.1M (+16.2%) vs. Q4 2025
Total value
$231.9B
+$56.6B (+32.3%) vs. Q4 2025
New holders
316
1,467 more added
Sold out
121
1,594 more reduced

57 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 2025: 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 2026: 3,813 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 heldQ1 2026: $231.9B
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, Q1 2026

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Merck & Co., Inc.; share changes are against Q4 2025.

Institutions holding MRK in Q1 2026
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
TMB Capital Partners, LLC4,134$497.3K0.17%−53−1.3%Reduced
Powell Investment Advisors, LLC4,109$497.8K0.17%00.0%Unchanged
Hollow Brook Wealth Management LLC4,113$498.2K0.13%00.0%Unchanged
J.Safra Asset Management Corp4,144$498.5K0.03%+3,642+725.5%Added
X-Square Capital, LLC4,149$499.0K0.17%+31+0.8%Added
Walkner Condon Financial Advisors LLC4,152$499.4K0.07%−324−7.2%Reduced
Oxford Financial Group Ltd4,165$501.0K0.03%−794−16.0%Reduced
Pursuit Wealth Strategies, LLC4,174$502.1K0.70%+58+1.4%Added
Park Edge Advisors, LLC4,178$502.6K0.12%00.0%Unchanged
OneAscent Family Office, LLC4,182$503.0K0.35%+174+4.3%Added
Osterweis Capital Management Inc4,183$503.2K0.03%−248−5.6%Reduced
Cannon Financial Strategists, Inc.4,188$503.8K0.07%+73+1.8%Added
Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA4,190$504.0K0.14%−410−8.9%Reduced
Wealth Advisory Solutions, LLC4,195$504.6K0.11%−169−3.9%Reduced
Benin Management CORP4,201$505.3K0.11%−335−7.4%Reduced
Ameriflex Group, Inc.4,203$505.5K0.26%−592−12.3%Reduced
Johnson Bixby & Associates, LLC4,218$507.4K0.06%−13−0.3%Reduced
Alesco Advisors LLC4,224$508.1K0.01%+86+2.1%Added
Houlihan Financial Resource Group, Ltd.4,227$508.5K0.20%00.0%Unchanged
Keating Financial Advisory Services, Inc.4,230$508.8K0.08%−2,869−40.4%Reduced
Seizert Capital Partners, LLC4,230$508.8K0.02%+510+13.7%Added
OneAscent Wealth Management LLC4,232$509.1K0.17%−190−4.3%Reduced
Junk Investment Group, LLC4,236$509.5K0.27%+4,236New
Beacon Capital Management, LLC4,237$509.7K0.09%+37+0.9%Added
Cerro Pacific Wealth Advisors LLC4,238$509.8K0.13%+120+2.9%Added
Avail Investment Partners, LLC4,244$510.0K0.54%+4,244New
55 North Private Wealth, LLC4,240$510.0K0.13%+872+25.9%Added
White Lighthouse Investment Management Inc.4,242$510.3K0.07%−657−13.4%Reduced
D'Orazio & Associates, Inc.4,245$510.6K0.07%+502+13.4%Added
Garton & Associates Financial Advisors LLC4,264$512.9K0.42%−244−5.4%Reduced
Piedmont Capital Management, LLC4,271$513.8K0.34%−253−5.6%Reduced
Perennial Advisors, LLC4,274$514.1K0.09%+500+13.2%Added
Constitution Capital LLC4,280$514.8K0.26%−4,100−48.9%Reduced
Baron Wealth Management LLC4,282$515.1K0.15%+442+11.5%Added
Fortis Group Advisors, LLC4,715$515.2K0.09%+3+0.1%Added
Driehaus Capital Management LLC4,287$515.7K0.00%−970−18.5%Reduced
Verum Partners LLC4,289$516.0K0.10%+477+12.5%Added
Summit Wealth Group, LLC4,299$517.2K0.12%−67−1.5%Reduced
Baltimore-Washington Financial Advisors, Inc.4,302$517.5K0.02%−38−0.9%Reduced
Founders Grove Wealth Partners, LLC4,309$518.3K0.12%+197+4.8%Added
Optiver Holding B.V.4,313$518.8K0.02%+4,313New
Fell Capital Management4,315$519.1K0.50%−200−4.4%Reduced
Joule Financial, LLC4,316$519.2K0.15%−11−0.3%Reduced
Miller Global Investments, LLC4,319$519.5K0.48%−173−3.9%Reduced
Chemistry Wealth Management LLC4,323$520.0K0.09%−58−1.3%Reduced
Omnia Family Wealth, LLC4,298$520.7K0.16%−920−17.6%Reduced
Missouri Trust & Investment Co4,335$521.5K0.15%−25−0.6%Reduced
Bullock Wealth Management Group4,316$521.6K0.26%+17+0.4%Added
Paragon Capital Management Ltd4,346$522.9K0.11%−491−10.2%Reduced
Moseley Investment Management Inc4,355$523.9K0.17%00.0%Unchanged
Legacy Advisory Services, LLC4,356$524.0K0.40%+4,356New
Bourne Lent Asset Management Inc4,357$524.1K0.19%−300−6.4%Reduced
Kinloch Capital, LLC4,363$524.8K0.21%−49−1.1%Reduced
Financial Partners Group, Inc4,365$525.0K0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Capital Advisors Wealth Management, LLC4,372$525.9K0.07%+456+11.6%Added
Tudor Financial Inc.4,385$527.5K0.27%+4+0.1%Added
Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC4,390$528.0K0.06%−96−2.1%Reduced
Palogic Value Management, L.P.4,395$528.7K0.23%00.0%Unchanged
Flynn Zito Capital Management, LLC4,404$529.7K0.17%+932+26.8%Added
Alliance Wealth Advisors, LLC4,408$530.2K0.11%−14,740−77.0%Reduced
PeakShares LLC4,408$530.2K0.49%−610−12.2%Reduced
Sustainable Insight Capital Management, LLC4,412$530.7K0.18%+4,412New
Mainsail Financial Group, LLC4,416$531.2K0.22%00.0%Unchanged
Falcon Wealth Planning4,426$532.5K0.04%+65+1.5%Added
Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC4,435$533.5K0.23%+168+3.9%Added
Smith Thornton Advisors LLC4,435$533.5K0.27%00.0%Unchanged
Steigerwald, Gordon & Koch Inc.4,437$533.7K0.05%−125−2.7%Reduced
Fairvoy Private Wealth, LLC4,442$534.3K0.13%−29−0.6%Reduced
Inceptionr LLC4,442$534.3K0.13%+4,442New
Tred Avon Family Wealth, LLC4,444$534.6K0.18%−236−5.0%Reduced
Meramec Financial Planners, LLC4,567$534.8K0.21%−870−16.0%Reduced
Millennium Capital Advisors, LLC4,450$535.3K0.33%+100+2.3%Added
Clarus Group, Inc.4,451$535.4K0.19%+12+0.3%Added
Princeton Global Asset Management LLC4,452$535.5K0.09%+6+0.1%Added
Regatta Capital Group, LLC4,453$535.6K0.08%+21+0.5%Added
Goldstone Financial Group, LLC4,456$536.0K0.06%+13+0.3%Added
Manchester Financial Inc4,456$536.1K0.10%−67−1.5%Reduced
Dupree Financial Group, LLC4,458$536.3K0.22%00.0%Unchanged
Cranbrook Wealth Management, LLC4,475$538.3K0.11%00.0%Unchanged
Providence First Trust Co4,479$538.8K0.19%+4,479New
Capital City Trust Co4,482$539.1K0.12%+20+0.4%Added
Tower Wealth Partners, Inc.4,524$544.2K0.30%−2,291−33.6%Reduced
Fiduciary Financial Group, LLC4,530$544.9K0.07%−2,852−38.6%Reduced
O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc4,530$544.9K0.15%−138−3.0%Reduced
Lakeridge Wealth Management LLC4,531$545.0K0.23%+116+2.6%Added
DHJJ Financial Advisors, Ltd.4,532$545.2K0.18%00.0%Unchanged
Barr E S & Co4,536$545.6K0.03%−5,050−52.7%Reduced
Cardiff Park Advisors, LLC4,536$545.6K0.04%−41−0.9%Reduced
Salvus Wealth Management, LLC4,537$545.8K0.32%+316+7.5%Added
Expressive Wealth LLC4,817$547.0K0.52%−132−2.7%Reduced
United Bank4,553$547.7K0.07%−22−0.5%Reduced
Fca Corp4,559$548.4K0.15%−526−10.3%Reduced
Seascape Capital Management4,564$549.0K0.16%−19−0.4%Reduced
Sunburst Financial Group, LLC4,564$549.1K0.11%−13−0.3%Reduced
Apollon Financial, LLC4,565$549.1K0.08%+103+2.3%Added
Impact Partnership Wealth, LLC4,578$550.6K0.07%+4,578New
UMA Financial Services, Inc.4,578$550.7K0.08%+195+4.4%Added
Paulson Wealth Management Inc.4,584$551.4K0.13%−4,880−51.6%Reduced
True North Advisors, LLC4,585$551.5K0.06%−8,629−65.3%Reduced
Centurion Wealth Management LLC4,592$552.4K0.12%−6−0.1%Reduced