Merck Ownership | Who Owns Merck?

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Merck Ownership Summary

Merck is owned by 79.15% institutional investors, 0.07% insiders, and 20.78% 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	79.15%	0.07%	20.78%
Sector	Healthcare Stocks	488.30%	11.08%	-399.38%
Industry	Drug Manufacturers - General Stocks	50.22%	2.50%	47.29%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	251.10M	9.92%	$24.98B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	218.34M	8.69%	$17.28B
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
Dld asset management, lp	36.50M	1.45%	$36.00M
Norges bank	34.98M	1.38%	$3.48B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Srb	1.33M	9.74%	$164.36M
Slocum, gordon & co llp	97.76K	8.00%	$9.73M
Kahn brothers group	490.46K	7.80%	$38.83M
Wallace advisory group	116.01K	7.56%	$10.41M
Radnor capital management	522.71K	6.60%	$41.38M
Adalta capital management	90.18K	6.11%	$11.23M
Eliot finkel investment counsel	66.12K	5.39%	$8.19M
Sio capital management	173.95K	5.26%	$13.77M
Sector gamma as	202.00K	5.23%	$15.99M
Smead capital management	3.27M	5.18%	$258.64M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Dld asset management, lp	36.50M	2.03%	36.50M
Norges bank	34.98M	0.46%	34.98M
Bank of new york mellon	24.21M	0.47%	5.55M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	19.46M	1.09%	5.09M
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
Raymond james financial	7.64M	0.21%	-8.00M
Capital world investors	-	-	-7.91M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	218.34M	0.33%	-7.06M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Dld asset management, lp	36.50M	2.03%	36.50M	$36.00M
Norges bank	34.98M	0.46%	34.98M	$3.48B
Leigh baldwin	2.07M	1.80%	2.07M	$2.07B
Mondrian investment partners	1.15M	1.89%	1.15M	$114.08M
Hrt financial lp	1.11M	0.39%	1.11M	$88.22M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Davidson capital management	-1.00
Enrich financial partners	-5.00
Virtus investment advisers	-13.00
Sugar maple asset management	-15.00
Gfg capital	-19.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2025	3,337	-4.47%	1,989,017,310	2.53%	79	1.35%	1,434	-5.53%	1,491	-5.15%
Mar 31, 2025	3,440	-5.34%	1,927,587,269	-2.09%	76	1.26%	1,491	-10.83%	1,553	-0.19%
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%

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	78.91M	3.16%	-1.82M
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	62.16M	2.49%	-9.11M
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™	34.76M	1.39%	7.35K
Fidelity 500 Index	31.83M	1.27%	13.67K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	31.47M	1.25%	-460.97K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	30.32M	1.21%	373.18K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	30.64M	1.21%	-160.60K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	30.22M	1.21%	-
Vanguard Value Index Inv	22.26M	0.89%	-25.43K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Apr 25, 2025	Smart Dalton E. III	SVP Fin. - Global Controller	Sell	$352.72K
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

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	-	1
2025 Q1	2	3
2024 Q4	-	-
2024 Q3	-	-

MRK Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Merck?

Merck shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 79.15%, followed by 0.07% insiders and 20.78% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Merck's industry, Drug Manufacturers - General Stocks, is 50.22%, 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 (218.34M shares, 8.69%), and Blackrock (207.3M shares, 8.18%). Together, they hold 26.79% 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?

Srb is Merck’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 9.74% of its assets in 1.33M Merck shares, valued at 164.36M$.

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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