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
09 Nov 23	SellUS$213,061	Johannes Oosthuizen	Individual	2,081	US$102.38
08 Nov 23	SellUS$4,602,668	Richard DeLuca	Individual	43,823	US$105.03

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
Individual Insiders	1,721,685	0.0679%
State or Government	2,746,711	0.108%
General Public	538,562,721	21.2%
Institutions	1,991,778,195	78.6%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 44.59% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
9.65%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	244,677,214	US$28.8b	0.58%	0.45%
8.18%	BlackRock, Inc.	207,295,317	US$24.4b	0.14%	0.41%
4.64%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	117,489,938	US$13.8b	0.05%	0.54%
2.86%	Wellington Management Group LLP	72,481,979	US$8.5b	-16.1%	1.3%
2.25%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	57,020,708	US$6.7b	1.08%	0.51%
1.83%	FMR LLC	46,380,098	US$5.5b	-3.83%	0.34%
1.33%	Norges Bank Investment Management	33,806,976	US$4.0b	18.6%	0.32%
1.26%	UBS Asset Management AG	31,949,093	US$3.8b	22.5%	0.42%
1.06%	Northern Trust Global Investments	26,820,276	US$3.2b	-1.03%	0.49%
0.98%	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	24,725,061	US$2.9b	-16.6%	0.27%
0.95%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	24,130,297	US$2.8b	-0.06%	0.35%
0.94%	Capital Research and Management Company	23,791,543	US$2.8b	7.35%	0.14%
0.92%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	23,426,167	US$2.8b	0.21%	0.52%
0.77%	Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management	19,624,983	US$2.3b	-2.93%	0.71%
0.74%	BNY Asset Management	18,712,165	US$2.2b	-2.62%	0.41%
0.72%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	18,307,165	US$2.2b	3.63%	0.36%
0.7%	Eaton Vance Management	17,638,985	US$2.1b	4.89%	0.51%
0.67%	Bank of America Corporation, Asset Management Arm	17,060,791	US$2.0b	20.5%	0.68%
0.66%	JP Morgan Asset Management	16,700,751	US$2.0b	5.4%	0.23%
0.66%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	16,625,085	US$2.0b	-2.04%	0.45%
0.61%	Union Asset Management Holding AG	15,472,768	US$1.8b	8.02%	1.35%
0.58%	Managed Account Advisors LLC	14,753,579	US$1.7b	0.03%	0.34%
0.56%	Fisher Asset Management, LLC	14,266,015	US$1.7b	2.85%	0.74%
0.54%	State Farm Insurance Companies, Asset Management Arm	13,794,969	US$1.6b	0%	1.45%
0.53%	Amundi Asset Management SAS	13,330,988	US$1.6b	3.34%	0.32%