Merck & Co.MRK

13F holders, Q1 2025 (March 31)
3,448holders −154
136new positions
275sold out
15famous investors
$89.76avg. 13F price*

At the end of Q1 2025, 3,448 institutions reported holding Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) in their 13F filings, down 154 from Q4 2024. 136 opened new positions and 275 sold out. The largest holders were Vanguard Group Inc. ($22.7B), BlackRock, Inc. ($20.2B) and State Street Corp. ($10.9B). 15 famous investors held it, including Jeremy Grantham (1.9% of GMO's portfolio), Bill Nygren (1.1% of Harris Associates (Oakmark Funds)'s portfolio) and David E. Shaw (1.1% of D. E. Shaw & Co.'s portfolio).

Company
Merck & Co. Inc.
Sector
Health Care
CUSIP
58933Y105
Latest filing quarter
Q2 2026

History

Number of 13F holders

01,0002,0003,0004,000 Q1 2024: 3,533Q1 2024Q2 2024: 3,540Q2 2024Q3 2024: 3,486Q3 2024Q4 2024: 3,602Q4 2024Q1 2025: 3,448Q1 2025Q2 2025: 3,326Q2 2025Q3 2025: 3,311Q3 2025Q4 2025: 3,667Q4 2025Q1 2026: 3,805Q1 2026Q2 2026: 3,844Q2 2026

Total Exit/New Position Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

InstitutionsTotal Value
New Positions136$525.6M
Exits275$2.3B

All 13F filers, Q4 2024 → Q1 2025: 135,853,415 shares bought and 129,109,593 shares sold, net +6,743,822 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.

Ownership 3,448 holders

Vanguard Group Inc. 0.41% Add +0.6% 252,513,381 $22.7B
BlackRock, Inc. 0.43% Add +1.5% 225,398,231 $20.2B
State Street Corp. 0.45% Reduce -0.3% 120,529,640 $10.9B
Wellington Management Group LLP 1.41% Add +1.1% 81,669,651 $7.3B
Geode Capital Management, LLC 0.42% Reduce -2.5% 59,657,270 $5.3B
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. 0.83% Add +144.6% 49,229,283 $4.4B
Morgan Stanley 0.28% Reduce -2.4% 43,114,452 $3.9B
Norges Bank 0.48% Add +9.3% 38,227,690 $3.4B
FMR LLC 0.18% Reduce -14.9% 31,808,043 $2.9B
Bank of America Corp. 0.25% Reduce -14.7% 31,084,245 $2.8B
Northern Trust Corp. 0.41% Reduce -3.1% 30,390,864 $2.7B
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.20% Add +5.2% 28,508,222 $2.6B
Fisher Asset Management 0.95% Add +51.7% 24,445,797 $2.2B
Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.41% Reduce -4.5% 23,130,857 $2.1B
Franklin Resources Inc. 0.58% Add +10.2% 21,896,853 $2.0B
UBS Group AG 0.42% Add +21.9% 21,061,269 $1.9B
UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.48% Reduce -3.8% 20,737,477 $1.9B
Legal & General Group Plc 0.48% Add +1.4% 19,755,308 $1.8B
Deutsche Bank AG 0.68% Reduce -0.4% 19,172,446 $1.7B
Raymond James Financial Inc. 0.53% Reduce -0.3% 15,640,892 $1.4B
Invesco Ltd. 0.26% Reduce -1.0% 15,298,134 $1.4B
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 0.24% Reduce -16.0% 14,367,432 $1.3B
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership 1.05% Add +121.9% 14,362,008 $1.3B
Royal Bank of Canada 0.28% Reduce -22.8% 14,178,149 $1.3B
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. 1.14% No change 13,794,969 $1.2B
Ameriprise Financial Inc. 0.31% Reduce -7.6% 12,898,889 $1.2B
Amundi 0.41% Add +37.1% 13,077,716 $1.1B
Wells Fargo & Company 0.26% Reduce -20.0% 11,899,152 $1.1B
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. 0.13% Reduce -6.0% 11,765,832 $1.1B
Nuveen, LLC 0.30% — 11,046,718 $991.6M
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 0.24% Reduce -5.7% 10,914,227 $979.6M
Alliancebernstein L.P. 0.33% Reduce -7.9% 10,236,395 $918.8M
Nordea Investment Management AB 0.89% Add +0.2% 9,416,070 $839.3M
D. E. Shaw & Co. 1.07% Add +46.1% 9,311,726 $835.8M
Aristotle Capital Management, LLC 1.51% Reduce -2.6% 8,463,749 $759.7M
California Public Employees Retirement System 0.52% Reduce -2.2% 8,292,792 $744.4M
BNP Paribas Financial Markets 0.57% Add +43.2% 8,205,488 $736.5M
HSBC Holdings PLC 0.48% Reduce -5.3% 8,006,266 $717.4M
Swedbank AB 0.95% Add +4.3% 7,987,977 $717.0M
Massachusetts Financial Services Co. 0.24% Reduce -2.6% 7,983,193 $716.6M
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.37% Reduce -3.2% 7,844,171 $704.1M
Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC 2.54% Add +23.9% 7,791,098 $699.3M
AQR Capital Management 0.71% Add +44.3% 7,757,818 $691.1M
Harris Associates (Oakmark Funds) 1.13% Add +19.6% 7,469,360 $670.4M
Stifel Financial Corp. 0.71% Add +1.1% 7,445,038 $668.3M
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.46% Add +1.0% 7,285,677 $654.0M
Swiss National Bank 0.45% Reduce -0.4% 7,134,851 $640.4M
GMO 1.89% Add +8.5% 6,686,596 $600.2M
Citigroup Inc. 0.43% Add +31.5% 6,232,594 $559.4M
Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.47% Add +2.0% 5,929,684 $532.2M
Barclays PLC 0.24% Reduce -9.4% 5,856,852 $525.7M
Principal Financial Group Inc. 0.28% Reduce -13.4% 5,629,432 $505.3M
LSV Asset Management 1.18% Reduce -4.9% 5,465,430 $490.6M
Bank of Montreal 0.26% Reduce -12.6% 5,392,583 $484.0M
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.94% Reduce -0.7% 5,390,606 $481.0M
Pacer Advisors, Inc. 1.23% Add +2240.9% 5,286,801 $474.5M
National Pension Service 0.46% Add +6.3% 5,273,483 $473.3M
Envestnet Asset Management Inc. 0.15% Reduce -21.9% 5,044,840 $452.8M
Lazard Asset Management LLC 0.76% Add +47.2% 5,018,629 $450.5M
Capital International Investors 0.09% Reduce -23.4% 4,813,805 $432.0M
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.39% Add +11.4% 4,680,105 $420.0M
Rhumbline Advisers 0.38% Add +0.7% 4,492,983 $403.3M
Aberdeen Group plc 0.79% Add +6.2% 4,513,993 $403.1M
Victory Capital Management Inc. 0.42% Add +33.5% 4,467,000 $401.0M
Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. 2.29% Add +9.5% 4,425,097 $397.2M
Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.81% Add +3.6% 4,315,410 $387.4M
California State Teachers Retirement System 0.45% Reduce -0.8% 4,044,610 $363.0M
Macquarie Group Ltd. 0.45% Add +3.5% 4,019,626 $360.8M
Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.85% Add +110.8% 3,875,934 $347.9M
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board 0.33% Reduce -34.3% 3,822,309 $343.1M
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The 0.33% Reduce -24.9% 3,812,525 $342.2M
Bahl & Gaynor LLC 1.71% Reduce -13.4% 3,740,595 $335.8M
Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.46% Add +21.1% 3,730,069 $334.3M
HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.45% Add +17.4% 3,698,960 $332.0M
New York State Common Retirement Fund 0.47% Add +1.1% 3,558,596 $319.4M
Millennium Management 0.32% Reduce -1.6% 3,524,602 $316.4M
Royal London Asset Management Ltd. 0.73% Add +173.7% 3,451,556 $309.8M
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.48% Reduce -21.4% 3,433,412 $308.2M
Prudential Financial Inc. 0.43% Add +26.7% 3,351,418 $300.8M
Smead Capital Management, Inc. 5.13% Add +1.0% 3,334,566 $299.3M
Two Sigma Advisers, LP 0.66% Reduce -32.7% 3,288,600 $295.2M
National Bank of Canada 0.34% Reduce -29.3% 3,249,992 $291.7M
LPL Financial LLC 0.11% Add +1.1% 3,237,518 $290.6M
Capital Research Global Investors 0.06% Reduce -29.6% 3,150,734 $282.8M
CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.49% Add +0.6% 3,121,289 $280.4M
Van Eck Associates Corp. 0.36% Reduce -1.8% 3,091,846 $277.5M
Thornburg Investment Management Inc. 3.88% Add +64.5% 3,086,806 $277.1M
American Century Companies Inc. 0.17% Add +65.7% 3,050,615 $273.8M
Fayez Sarofim & Co 0.65% Reduce -9.0% 2,917,391 $261.9M
Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich 0.83% Add +158.0% 2,865,204 $256.8M
First Trust Advisors LP 0.23% Add +212.8% 2,838,173 $254.8M
Janus Henderson Group PLC 0.14% Reduce -52.9% 2,765,366 $246.8M
Mariner, LLC 0.41% Add +52.5% 2,738,173 $245.8M
Bank of Nova Scotia 0.55% Add +37.5% 2,693,721 $241.8M
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC 1.06% Add +95.3% 2,674,845 $240.1M
Corient Private Wealth LP 0.39% Reduce -14.6% 2,660,860 $238.9M
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.45% Reduce -2.1% 2,615,365 $234.8M
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.45% Reduce -1.9% 2,606,526 $234.0M
Acadian Asset Management LLC 0.66% Add +357.8% 2,594,693 $232.9M
Aviva PLC 0.55% Add +15.7% 2,546,627 $228.6M

"% of holder's portfolio" is MRK's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Merck & Co. Inc. the manager owns.

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