MRK Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own MRK shares is 4353, representing 79.39% of the company's common stock.

CREDIT SUISSE AG/, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in MRK by -3.5% restricting it's holding to 6.29 million shares of worth nearly $829.65M. DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP also lessened -2.84% of the MRK shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 5.77 million shares of worth $761.46M. NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC also shunned MRK shares holding by -11.99% last quarter which brought its holding to 5.52 million shares worth $728.90M.

As per its latest 13F filing, increased its stake in MRK by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 5.49 million shares having worth more than $724.78M. DEKABANK DEUTSCHE GIROZENTRALE also added 0.42% more shares of MRK to its portfolio, raising its holding to 5.39 million shares of worth $716.22M. MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE also increased its MRK shares holding by 9.61% which brought its holding to 4.89 million shares worth $644.84M.

The insider with the most stakes in MRK is FRAZIER KENNETH C , Executive Chair at the company. Additionally, MRK stock is highly held by Chairman, CEO & President Davis Robert M and EVP&Pres, Merck Animal Heallth DeLuca Richard R. among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.06% percent of Merck & Co., Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which MRK insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include LITCHFIELD CAROLINE, DAVIS ROBERT M, and ROMANELLI JOSEPH.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Merck & Co., Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 0 Merck & Co., Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.06% of MRK stock.

MRK Executive Chair, FRAZIER KENNETH C holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. MRK shares owned by FRAZIER total nearly 700.65 thousand.

CREDIT SUISSE AG/ is the largest institutional owner in MRK which holds 6.29 million shares worth $829.65M or 0.25% of the total MRK shares outstanding followed by DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP with ownership of 5.77 million shares representing 0.23% of the MRK ownership. NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 5.52 million shares or 0.22% of the ownership worth more than $728.90M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the MRK is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of MRK shares short is 34.12M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 2.53B shares of MRK are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, MRK has 2.53B shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for MRK is 3.46.