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
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
13 Feb 24SellUS$124,888Joseph RomanelliIndividual1,000US$124.89
07 Feb 24SellUS$185,108David WilliamsIndividual1,451US$127.57
02 Feb 24SellUS$3,819,445Jennifer ZacharyIndividual30,082US$126.97
02 Feb 24SellUS$2,241,689Steven MizellIndividual17,700US$126.65
09 Nov 23SellUS$213,061Johannes OosthuizenIndividual2,081US$102.38
08 Nov 23SellUS$4,602,668Richard DeLucaIndividual43,823US$105.03
14 Aug 23SellUS$463,293Steven MizellIndividual4,250US$109.01
03 Aug 23SellUS$474,701Steven MizellIndividual4,500US$105.49
02 Aug 23SellUS$9,556Joseph RomanelliIndividual89US$107.37
04 May 23SellUS$2,250,834Jennifer ZacharyIndividual19,141US$117.59
03 May 23SellUS$166,614Steven MizellIndividual1,400US$119.01
02 May 23SellUS$172,197David WilliamsIndividual1,474US$116.82
26 Apr 23BuyUS$44,336Joseph RomanelliIndividual409US$113.68

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: MRK insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.


Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of MRK?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies376,2240.0149%
Individual Insiders1,682,7510.0664%
State or Government2,763,1380.109%
General Public547,237,82921.6%
Institutions1,980,583,93078.2%

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


Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 44.54% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
9.66%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
244,776,747US$30.7b0.51%0.5%
7.97%
BlackRock, Inc.
201,836,434US$25.3b-0.54%0.44%
4.61%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
116,865,977US$14.7b1.03%0.59%
3.38%
Wellington Management Group LLP
85,595,999US$10.7b3.82%1.61%
2.19%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
55,428,245US$7.0b2.5%0.57%
1.55%
FMR LLC
39,180,447US$4.9b13%0.32%
1.45%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
36,700,089US$4.6b14.8%0.8%
1.19%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
30,087,217US$3.8b2.76%0.34%
1.13%
Norges Bank Investment Management
28,511,888US$3.6b15.6%0.3%
1.12%
Northern Trust Global Investments
28,491,644US$3.6b-4.58%0.56%
1%
UBS Asset Management AG
25,328,523US$3.2b1.85%0.44%
0.93%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
23,491,666US$2.9b16.6%0.59%
0.92%
Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments
23,406,300US$2.9b6.67%0.38%
0.81%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
20,548,330US$2.6b13%1.27%
0.81%
BNY Mellon Asset Management
20,409,303US$2.6b-16.1%0.46%
0.65%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
16,413,300US$2.1b-1.13%0.48%
0.64%
Eaton Vance Management
16,188,145US$2.0b0.26%0.53%
0.64%
Bank of America Corporation, Asset Management Arm
16,131,368US$2.0b17.2%0.9%
0.63%
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund
16,049,145US$2.0b-1.68%0.52%
0.59%
Managed Account Advisors LLC
14,888,202US$1.9b-1.98%0.38%
0.55%
JP Morgan Asset Management
13,997,820US$1.8b-4.58%0.21%
0.54%
State Farm Insurance Companies, Asset Management Arm
13,794,969US$1.7b-3.07%1.49%
0.54%
Fisher Asset Management, LLC
13,551,242US$1.7b1.6%0.78%
0.52%
Invesco Ltd.
13,288,595US$1.7b5.46%0.45%
0.51%
California Public Employees' Retirement System
12,988,942US$1.6b8.2%1.08%
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