Merck KGaA

BRSE:MER Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 47.2b

Merck KGaA Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

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 MER?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
General Public62,205,88814.3%
Institutions66,994,02915.4%
Private Companies305,577,96170.3%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 82.28% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
70.3%
E. Merck KG
305,535,626CHF 33.2b0%no data
2.27%
BlackRock, Inc.
9,854,955CHF 1.1b3.42%0.02%
1.21%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
5,242,908CHF 569.6m4.55%0.16%
1.2%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
5,224,318CHF 567.5m1.24%0.01%
0.92%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
4,015,726CHF 436.2m0%0.11%
0.9%
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC
3,895,904CHF 423.2m322%0.68%
0.89%
FMR LLC
3,864,584CHF 419.8m-0.96%0.03%
0.88%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
3,806,894CHF 413.6m0%0.14%
0.51%
Norges Bank Investment Management
2,232,014CHF 242.5m0%0.02%
0.49%
Union Asset Management Holding AG
2,120,992CHF 230.4m0%0.23%
0.38%
Deka Investment GmbH
1,656,581CHF 180.0m0.52%0.2%
0.28%
UBS Asset Management AG
1,198,947CHF 130.2m0.05%0.01%
0.27%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1,183,420CHF 128.6m1.32%0.01%
0.26%
Walter Scott & Partners Limited
1,121,979CHF 121.9m0%0.36%
0.19%
Swedbank Robur Fonder AB
836,810CHF 90.9m0%0.08%
0.19%
Lazard Asset Management LLC
808,679CHF 87.9m-2%0.1%
0.18%
Fidelity International Ltd
783,586CHF 85.1m-33.5%0.04%
0.18%
Invesco Ltd.
777,750CHF 84.5m-0.03%0.03%
0.16%
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
712,363CHF 77.4m0%0.08%
0.14%
AXA Investment Managers S.A.
607,373CHF 66.0m0.08%0.16%
0.12%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
528,487CHF 57.4m3.08%no data
0.11%
Mackenzie Financial Corporation
488,014CHF 53.0m-0.04%0.07%
0.1%
DNCA Finance
456,513CHF 49.6m0%0.48%
0.092%
Strategic Advisers LLC
399,714CHF 43.4m-5.28%0.02%
0.091%
Close Asset Management Limited
395,243CHF 42.9m0%0.46%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/04/18 07:03
End of Day Share Price 2025/04/11 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Merck KGaA is covered by 60 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Martin SchneeAlphaValue
Gerhard SchwarzBaader Helvea Equity Research
Odile RundquistBaader Helvea Equity Research