Merck Ownership | Who Owns Merck?

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Merck Ownership Summary

Merck is owned by 75.59% institutional investors, 0.06% insiders, and 24.35% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.66% of MRK shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.16% of its assets in Merck shares.

MRK Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Merck	75.59%	0.06%	24.35%
Sector	Healthcare Stocks	49.73%	8.84%	41.43%
Industry	Drug Manufacturers - General Stocks	56.05%	0.09%	43.86%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	244.68M	9.66%	$30.29B
Blackrock	207.30M	8.18%	$25.66B
State street	117.49M	4.64%	$14.63B
Wellington management group llp	72.48M	2.86%	$8.97B
Geode capital management	57.02M	2.25%	$7.04B
Fmr	50.65M	2.00%	$6.27B
Morgan stanley	42.22M	1.67%	$5.23B
Norges bank	33.81M	1.33%	$4.19B
Jpmorgan chase	27.84M	1.10%	$3.45B
Northern trust	26.82M	1.06%	$3.32B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Radnor capital management	519.68K	19.62%	$64.34M
Kahn brothers group	591.91K	12.32%	$73.28M
Wallace advisory group	115.74K	10.31%	$14.33M
Srb	1.33M	9.74%	$164.36M
Slocum, gordon & co llp	104.62K	9.64%	$12.95M
Healthinvest partners ab	112.73K	8.51%	$13.96M
Antipodes partners	1.68M	7.54%	$207.44M
W advisors	76.54K	6.21%	$9.48M
Adalta capital management	90.18K	6.11%	$11.23M
Round hill asset management	72.94K	5.76%	$9.03M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	33.81M	0.63%	33.81M
Ubs asset management americas	17.45M	0.62%	4.90M
Alphinity investment management pty	5.48M	4.99%	4.01M
Royal bank of canada	15.69M	0.44%	2.14M
Los angeles capital management	2.81M	1.24%	1.96M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Wellington management group llp	72.48M	1.60%	-13.87M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	24.73M	0.37%	-4.91M
Franklin resources	14.21M	0.54%	-3.48M
Nuveen asset management	13.80M	0.50%	-2.75M
Holocene advisors, lp	-	-	-2.49M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	33.81M	0.63%	33.81M	$4.19B
J. safra sarasin	868.93K	1.96%	868.93K	$107.53M
Actiam	813.84K	1.98%	813.84K	$100.75M
Corebridge financial	636.16K	0.43%	636.16K	$78.76M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	530.73K	0.74%	530.73K	$65.70M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Lgt financial advisors	-12.00
Tfo-tdc	-23.00
Hwg lp	-50.00
Vima	-90.00
Fairway wealth	-185.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Sep 30, 2023	3,252	-1.30%	1,876,253,970	-2.40%	73	1.29%	1,421	1.43%	1,388	-4.01%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	80.04M	3.16%	-284.13K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	67.18M	2.66%	788.13K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	31.11M	1.23%	-173.07K
Fidelity 500 Index	31.16M	1.23%	-43.18K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	28.61M	1.13%	88.50K
Vanguard Value Index Inv	21.51M	0.85%	65.79K
Vanguard Health Care Inv	19.27M	0.76%	1.51M
The Health Care Select Sector SPDR® ETF	18.51M	0.73%	-58.84K
Vanguard Institutional Index I	16.11M	0.64%	-6.78K
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF	13.71M	0.54%	30.56K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 14, 2024	Litchfield Caroline	EVP & CFO	Sell	$4.81M
Feb 14, 2024	Davis Robert M	Chairman, CEO & President	Sell	$10.66M
Feb 13, 2024	Davis Robert M	Chairman, CEO & President	Sell	$15.68M
Feb 13, 2024	Davis Robert M	Chairman, CEO & President	Sell	$3.20M
Feb 13, 2024	Romanelli Joseph	President, Human Health Int?l	Sell	$124.89K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2024 Q3	-	-
2024 Q2	-	-
2024 Q1	-	10
2023 Q4	-	2
2023 Q3	-	4

MRK Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Merck?

Merck shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 75.59%, followed by 0.06% insiders and 24.35% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Merck's industry, Drug Manufacturers - General Stocks, is 56.05%, which Merck exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Merck?

Merck’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (244.68M shares, 9.66%), Blackrock (207.3M shares, 8.18%), and State street (117.49M shares, 4.64%). Together, they hold 22.48% 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?

Radnor capital management is Merck’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 19.62% of its assets in 519.68K Merck shares, valued at 64.34M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Merck shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Merck shares, with 3.16% of its total shares outstanding invested in 80.04M Merck shares.

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