Merck Ownership | Who Owns Merck?

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Merck Ownership Summary

Merck is owned by 70.80% institutional investors, 0.71% insiders, and 28.49% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.92% of MRK shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.19% of its assets in Merck shares.

MRK Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Merck	70.80%	0.71%	28.49%
Sector	Healthcare Stocks	57.39%	9.93%	32.68%
Industry	Drug Manufacturers - General Stocks	45.98%	1.80%	52.22%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	251.10M	9.92%	$24.98B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	222.08M	8.77%	$22.09B
Blackrock	207.30M	8.18%	$25.66B
State street	117.49M	4.64%	$14.63B
Wellington management group llp	80.74M	3.19%	$8.03B
Geode capital management	61.18M	2.42%	$6.07B
Morgan stanley	42.22M	1.67%	$5.23B
Fmr	37.36M	1.48%	$3.72B
Norges bank	34.98M	1.38%	$3.48B
Jpmorgan chase	27.11M	1.07%	$2.70B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Kahn brothers group	508.91K	11.00%	$50.63M
Srb	1.33M	9.74%	$164.36M
Wallace advisory group	115.76K	9.09%	$13.15M
Radnor capital management	520.77K	8.66%	$51.81M
Slocum, gordon & co llp	97.76K	8.00%	$9.73M
Antipodes partners	1.85M	6.39%	$183.92M
Adalta capital management	90.18K	6.11%	$11.23M
Eliot finkel investment counsel	66.12K	5.39%	$8.19M
Karpas strategies	133.01K	5.16%	$16.47M
Smead capital management	3.30M	5.09%	$328.30M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	34.98M	0.46%	34.98M
Raymond james financial	15.69M	0.58%	15.69M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	222.08M	0.45%	10.02M
Bank of new york mellon	24.21M	0.47%	5.55M
Wellington management group llp	80.74M	1.47%	4.93M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Fmr	37.36M	0.22%	-12.35M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	12.51M	0.14%	-9.96M
Capital world investors	7.91M	0.12%	-7.33M
Dz bank ag deutsche zentral genossenschafts bank, frankfurt am main	875.19K	0.09%	-4.11M
Legal & general group	19.48M	0.51%	-4.07M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	34.98M	0.46%	34.98M	$3.48B
Raymond james financial	15.69M	0.58%	15.69M	$1.56B
Leigh baldwin	2.07M	1.80%	2.07M	$2.07B
Alecta tjanstepension omsesidigt	1.98M	1.04%	1.98M	$196.88M
Mondrian investment partners	1.15M	1.89%	1.15M	$114.08M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Enrich financial partners	-5.00
Sugar maple asset management	-15.00
Tfo-tdc	-23.00
Rpg family wealth advisory	-40.00
Hwg lp	-50.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	3,233	-8.62%	1,792,585,188	-6.55%	70	1.23%	1,453	-12.10%	1,407	1.22%
Sep 30, 2024	3,491	-2.16%	1,913,848,352	-1.86%	75	1.28%	1,628	-6.11%	1,369	0.81%
Jun 30, 2024	3,504	-1.49%	1,945,602,474	1.71%	76	1.35%	1,705	3.96%	1,334	-9.00%
Mar 31, 2024	3,557	2.77%	1,912,925,260	-0.73%	75	1.31%	1,640	2.37%	1,466	0.83%
Dec 31, 2023	3,461	6.43%	1,926,947,421	2.70%	75	1.39%	1,602	12.74%	1,454	4.75%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	80.32M	3.19%	128.13K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	79.79M	3.17%	-709.00
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	70.31M	2.79%	147.44K
Fidelity 500 Index	31.68M	1.25%	141.08K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	31.47M	1.25%	-460.97K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	30.86M	1.22%	89.40K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	30.64M	1.21%	-160.60K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	30.29M	1.20%	-508.55K
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™	29.95M	1.19%	23.64K
Vanguard Value Index Inv	22.15M	0.88%	314.56K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 19, 2025	Oosthuizen Johannes Jacobus	President, U.S. Market	Sell	$714.74K
Feb 13, 2025	Williams David Michael	EVP,Chief Info&Digital Officer	Sell	$512.06K
Feb 06, 2025	THULIN INGE G	-	Buy	$250.00K
Feb 06, 2025	Downing Cristal N	Chief Comm. & Public Afrs Ofcr	Sell	$209.55K
Feb 05, 2025	BAKER DOUGLAS M JR	-	Buy	$1.33M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q1	2	3
2024 Q4	-	-
2024 Q3	-	-
2024 Q2	-	-
2024 Q1	-	10

MRK Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Merck?

Merck shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 70.80%, followed by 0.71% insiders and 28.49% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Merck's industry, Drug Manufacturers - General Stocks, is 45.98%, which Merck exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Merck?

Merck’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (251.1M shares, 9.92%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (222.08M shares, 8.77%), and Blackrock (207.3M shares, 8.18%). Together, they hold 26.87% of Merck’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Merck?

Yes, BlackRock owns 8.18% of Merck, totaling 207.3M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.58% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 25.66B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 279.84K shares, a 0.14% change.

Who is Merck’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Kahn brothers group is Merck’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 11.00% of its assets in 508.91K Merck shares, valued at 50.63M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Merck shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Merck shares, with 3.19% of its total shares outstanding invested in 80.32M Merck shares.

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