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

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	102,458	0.00405%
Individual Insiders	1,721,685	0.0681%
State or Government	2,692,786	0.106%
General Public	527,303,587	20.8%
Institutions	1,997,815,129	79%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 45.17% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
9.88%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	249,803,915	US$24.1b	2.1%	0.35%
8.19%	BlackRock, Inc.	207,295,317	US$20.0b	0%	0.32%
4.71%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	119,026,412	US$11.5b	1.31%	0.42%
3%	Wellington Management Group LLP	75,809,383	US$7.3b	4.59%	1.13%
2.34%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	59,155,004	US$5.7b	3.74%	0.4%
1.79%	FMR LLC	45,228,903	US$4.4b	-2.48%	0.26%
1.34%	Norges Bank Investment Management	33,806,976	US$3.3b	0%	0.26%
1.31%	UBS Asset Management AG	33,062,363	US$3.2b	3.48%	0.31%
1.07%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	26,973,546	US$2.6b	11.8%	0.3%
1.06%	Northern Trust Global Investments	26,865,365	US$2.6b	0.17%	0.39%
0.94%	Capital Research and Management Company	23,828,511	US$2.3b	0.16%	0.11%
0.93%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	23,554,443	US$2.3b	0.55%	0.4%
0.89%	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	22,472,076	US$2.2b	-9.11%	0.19%
0.74%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	18,817,929	US$1.8b	2.79%	0.29%
0.74%	Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management	18,631,635	US$1.8b	-5.06%	0.51%
0.72%	BNY Asset Management	18,207,088	US$1.8b	-2.7%	0.34%
0.68%	Bank of America Corporation, Asset Management Arm	17,238,862	US$1.7b	1.04%	0.48%
0.68%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	17,165,185	US$1.7b	3.25%	0.37%
0.67%	Eaton Vance Management	16,906,429	US$1.6b	-4.15%	0.37%
0.64%	Amundi Asset Management SAS	16,256,040	US$1.6b	21.9%	0.32%
0.63%	JP Morgan Asset Management	15,955,678	US$1.5b	-4.46%	0.17%
0.58%	Fisher Asset Management, LLC	14,653,435	US$1.4b	2.72%	0.57%
0.57%	Managed Account Advisors LLC	14,404,871	US$1.4b	-2.36%	0.28%
0.55%	State Farm Insurance Companies, Asset Management Arm	13,794,969	US$1.3b	0%	1.16%
0.54%	Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund	13,661,623	US$1.3b	3.74%	0.3%