Merck & Co., Inc.

NYSE:MRK Stock Report

Market Cap: US$270.1b

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
10 Nov 25SellUS$616,395Cristal DowningIndividual7,085US$87.00
03 Nov 25SellUS$720,040David WilliamsIndividual8,614US$83.59
19 Feb 25SellUS$714,745Johannes OosthuizenIndividual8,500US$84.09
13 Feb 25SellUS$512,057David WilliamsIndividual6,000US$85.34
06 Feb 25BuyUS$250,000Inge ThulinIndividual2,832.86US$88.25
06 Feb 25SellUS$209,551Cristal DowningIndividual2,361US$88.76
05 Feb 25BuyUS$1,327,500Douglas BakerIndividual15,000US$88.50

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
Individual Insiders1,270,5780.0512%
State or Government2,738,6750.11%
General Public523,459,90021.1%
Institutions1,954,553,38378.7%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 46.87% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
10.2%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
252,136,910US$27.4b-0.31%0.32%
8.65%
BlackRock, Inc.
214,673,923US$23.4b-1.59%0.3%
4.76%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
118,180,178US$12.9b-0.26%0.39%
3.03%
Wellington Management Group LLP
75,279,104US$8.2b-2.05%1.21%
2.41%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
59,798,874US$6.5b1.44%0.34%
2.16%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
53,708,074US$5.8b0%0.77%
1.48%
UBS Asset Management AG
36,655,873US$4.0b-12.8%0.29%
1.45%
Norges Bank Investment Management
36,111,289US$3.9b0%0.25%
1.13%
Northern Trust Global Investments
27,933,141US$3.0b-2.83%0.36%
1.1%
Morgan Stanley
27,251,239US$3.0b-1.01%0.27%
0.97%
Fisher Asset Management, LLC
24,068,126US$2.6b-3.78%0.87%
0.91%
FMR LLC
22,535,957US$2.5b3.87%0.12%
0.88%
JP Morgan Asset Management
21,887,948US$2.4b18%0.21%
0.83%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
20,659,157US$2.2b5.93%0.41%
0.83%
BNY Asset Management
20,531,515US$2.2b-2.46%0.38%
0.75%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership
18,708,703US$2.0b-3.84%1.22%
0.68%
Eaton Vance Management
16,921,168US$1.8b4.26%0.34%
0.64%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
15,948,052US$1.7b-3.54%0.29%
0.64%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
15,933,909US$1.7b20.7%0.34%
0.64%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
15,930,572US$1.7b-1.16%0.37%
0.57%
Franklin Resources, Inc.
14,164,382US$1.5b-31.7%0.45%
0.56%
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
13,794,969US$1.5b0%1.1%
0.55%
Bank of America Corporation
13,762,163US$1.5b4.73%0.36%
0.55%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
13,601,321US$1.5b26%0.12%
0.53%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
13,032,598US$1.4b6.99%0.27%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/20 07:29
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/16 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
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 & Co., Inc. is covered by 49 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David ToungArgus Research Company
Charles ButlerBarclays
Luisa HectorBerenberg