$MRK stock has now fallen 3% today, according to our price data from Polygon. There has been approximately $877,780,592 of trading volume.
It has been the 103rd most-searched ticker on Quiver Quantitative over the last day, out of 11,407 total tickers searched.
Here is what we see in our data on $MRK (you can track the company live on Quiver's $MRK stock page):
$MRK Insider Trading Activity
$MRK insiders have traded $MRK stock on the open market 17 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 17 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MRK stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- JENNIFER ZACHARY (EVP, General Counsel) sold 80,315 shares for an estimated $10,718,494
- DAVID MICHAEL WILLIAMS (EVP,Chief Info&Digital Officer) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 52,847 shares for an estimated $6,805,145.
- RICHARD R. DELUCA (EVP&Pres, Merck Animal Heallth) has made 0 purchases and 8 sales selling 51,370 shares for an estimated $6,731,142.
- CHIRFI GUINDO (EVP, Access, Policy & Comms) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 25,000 shares for an estimated $3,315,000.
- DAVID R. MARALDO (EVP & Pres. MMD) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 18,706 shares for an estimated $2,407,797.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.
$MRK Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,802 institutional investors add shares of $MRK stock to their portfolio, and 1,740 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- SIXTH STREET PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. added 54,365,289 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $6,985,939,636
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 43,886,420 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $5,639,404,970
- CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS added 14,516,428 shares (+1668.1%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $1,865,360,998
- FISHER ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC added 12,079,979 shares (+45.7%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $1,552,277,301
- NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB removed 5,024,243 shares (-58.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $645,615,225
- CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC added 4,600,064 shares (+9.2%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $591,108,224
- PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ removed 4,524,046 shares (-19.6%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $581,339,911
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.
$MRK Government Contracts
We have seen $1,728,517 of award payments to $MRK over the last year.
Here are some of the awards which we have have seen pay out the most over the last year:
- E14 IMPERIAL PONDS PIT SCANNER ARRAY: $127,600
- EMERGENCY WINREVAIR: $105,209
- FISH MONITORING EQUIPMENT: $90,954
To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard. You can access data on government contracts through the Quiver Quantitative API government contracts endpoint.
$MRK Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $MRK stock 1 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MRK stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- SENATOR ALAN ARMSTRONG sold up to $50,000 on 03/27.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard. You can access data on congressional stock trades through the Quiver Quantitative API Congress trades endpoint.
$MRK Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $MRK recently. We have seen 10 analysts offer price targets for $MRK in the last 6 months, with a median target of $139.5.
Here are some recent targets:
- Terence Flynn from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $113.0 on 07/09/2026
- Mohit Bansal from Wells Fargo set a target price of $150.0 on 07/08/2026
- Trung Huynh from RBC Capital set a target price of $142.0 on 07/08/2026
- Carter Gould from Cantor Fitzgerald set a target price of $120.0 on 07/06/2026
- Louise Chen from Scotiabank set a target price of $155.0 on 06/30/2026
- Tim Anderson from B of A Securities set a target price of $141.0 on 06/30/2026
- An analyst from CICC set a target price of $138.0 on 06/24/2026
You can track data on $MRK on Quiver Quantitative.
This article is not financial advice. See Quiver Quantitative's disclaimers for more information. Note that there may be inaccuracies due to mistakes in ticker-mapping, and other anomalies.
