Merck KGaA

BRSE:MER Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 57.3b

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 Public64,474,96014.8%
Institutions64,724,95714.9%
Private Companies305,577,96170.3%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 81.63% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
70.3%
E. Merck KG
305,535,626CHF 40.2b0%no data
2.27%
BlackRock, Inc.
9,854,955CHF 1.3b3.42%0.02%
1.19%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
5,158,405CHF 679.5m1.05%0.01%
1.16%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
5,034,709CHF 663.2m3.11%0.15%
0.92%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
4,015,726CHF 529.0m0%0.12%
0.89%
FMR LLC
3,864,584CHF 509.1m-0.96%0.03%
0.88%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
3,806,894CHF 501.5m0%0.15%
0.51%
Norges Bank Investment Management
2,232,014CHF 294.0m0%0.03%
0.46%
Union Asset Management Holding AG
2,013,442CHF 265.2m-2.63%0.2%
0.38%
Deka Investment GmbH
1,652,872CHF 217.7m0.91%0.21%
0.28%
UBS Asset Management AG
1,200,151CHF 158.1m6.46%0.02%
0.26%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1,147,642CHF 151.2m3.87%0.01%
0.26%
Walter Scott & Partners Limited
1,121,979CHF 147.8m1.59%0.36%
0.24%
Lazard Asset Management LLC
1,045,176CHF 137.7m-2.36%0.13%
0.23%
Invesco Ltd.
1,013,730CHF 133.5m0.19%0.04%
0.21%
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC
921,100CHF 121.3m-0.46%0.17%
0.19%
Swedbank Robur Fonder AB
836,810CHF 110.2m0%0.08%
0.19%
Fidelity International Ltd
812,513CHF 107.0m-31%0.05%
0.16%
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
712,363CHF 93.8m0%0.08%
0.14%
AXA Investment Managers S.A.
607,900CHF 80.1m0%0.16%
0.12%
Strategic Advisers LLC
538,754CHF 71.0m-12.2%0.03%
0.12%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
504,423CHF 66.4m0.45%no data
0.11%
Mackenzie Financial Corporation
475,604CHF 62.6m-2.53%0.07%
0.093%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
406,269CHF 53.5m5.04%0.01%
0.093%
BNPP Asset Management Holding
403,354CHF 53.1m0.45%0.09%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/07 21:57
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/07 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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