Merck Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:MRK Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
13 Feb 24	SellUS$124,888	Joseph Romanelli	Individual	1,000	US$124.89
07 Feb 24	SellUS$185,108	David Williams	Individual	1,451	US$127.57
02 Feb 24	SellUS$3,819,445	Jennifer Zachary	Individual	30,082	US$126.97
02 Feb 24	SellUS$2,241,689	Steven Mizell	Individual	17,700	US$126.65
09 Nov 23	SellUS$213,061	Johannes Oosthuizen	Individual	2,081	US$102.38
08 Nov 23	SellUS$4,602,668	Richard DeLuca	Individual	43,823	US$105.03
14 Aug 23	SellUS$463,293	Steven Mizell	Individual	4,250	US$109.01
03 Aug 23	SellUS$474,701	Steven Mizell	Individual	4,500	US$105.49
02 Aug 23	SellUS$9,556	Joseph Romanelli	Individual	89	US$107.37

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of MRK?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Private Companies	56,119	0.00222%
Individual Insiders	1,702,069	0.0672%
State or Government	2,740,731	0.108%
General Public	540,382,278	21.3%
Institutions	1,987,925,110	78.5%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 44.74% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
9.6%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	243,269,899	US$31.0b	-0.62%	0.5%
8.17%	BlackRock, Inc.	207,015,477	US$26.4b	2.57%	0.46%
4.64%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	117,425,530	US$15.0b	0.48%	0.61%
3.41%	Wellington Management Group LLP	86,348,259	US$11.0b	0.88%	1.73%
2.23%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	56,411,229	US$7.2b	1.77%	0.58%
1.9%	FMR LLC	48,228,567	US$6.1b	23.1%	0.39%
1.17%	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	29,639,517	US$3.8b	-1.49%	0.35%
1.13%	Norges Bank Investment Management	28,511,888	US$3.6b	0%	0.31%
1.07%	Northern Trust Global Investments	27,099,626	US$3.5b	-4.89%	0.56%
1.03%	UBS Asset Management AG	26,084,470	US$3.3b	2.98%	0.41%
0.95%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	24,143,598	US$3.1b	3.15%	0.4%
0.92%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	23,376,132	US$3.0b	-0.49%	0.59%
0.88%	Capital Research and Management Company	22,163,038	US$2.8b	109%	0.14%
0.8%	Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management	20,216,726	US$2.6b	-1.61%	1.25%
0.76%	BNY Asset Management	19,215,079	US$2.4b	-5.85%	0.46%
0.7%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	17,665,078	US$2.3b	-51.9%	0.39%
0.67%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	16,971,232	US$2.2b	3.4%	0.51%
0.66%	Eaton Vance Management	16,816,236	US$2.1b	3.88%	0.56%
0.63%	Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund	15,905,878	US$2.0b	-0.89%	0.53%
0.63%	JP Morgan Asset Management	15,844,455	US$2.0b	13.2%	0.25%
0.58%	Managed Account Advisors LLC	14,749,166	US$1.9b	-0.93%	0.42%
0.57%	Union Asset Management Holding AG	14,324,161	US$1.8b	27.5%	1.37%
0.56%	Bank of America Corporation, Asset Management Arm	14,155,963	US$1.8b	-12.3%	0.64%
0.55%	Fisher Asset Management, LLC	13,870,443	US$1.8b	2.36%	0.8%
0.54%	State Farm Insurance Companies, Asset Management Arm	13,794,969	US$1.8b	0%	1.6%