THORNBURG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC has added 1,642,835 shares of $MRK to their portfolio, per a new SEC 13F filing. This disclosure reflects the funds' holdings for the 06-30-2025 report period. You can see the fund's full portfolio on Quiver Quantitative, and also track the largest institutional owners of $MRK.
MERCK Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,402 institutional investors add shares of MERCK stock to their portfolio, and 1,956 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- FISHER ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC added 8,334,193 shares (+51.7%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $748,077,163
- CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS removed 7,906,912 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $709,724,421
- ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added 7,888,914 shares (+121.9%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $708,108,920
- BLACKROCK, INC. removed 7,057,399 shares (-3.1%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $558,663,704
- ALPHINITY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PTY LTD removed 6,967,370 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $625,391,131
- FMR LLC removed 5,552,529 shares (-14.9%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $498,395,003
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ removed 5,360,697 shares (-14.7%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $481,176,162
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
MERCK Insider Trading Activity
MERCK insiders have traded $MRK stock on the open market 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 insiders over the last 6 months:
- DAVID MICHAEL WILLIAMS (EVP,Chief Info&Digital Officer) sold 6,000 shares for an estimated $512,056
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
MERCK Government Contracts
We have seen $158,838,160 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:
- ERVEBO PROCUREMENT: $155,843,515
- WA COLUMBIA RIV FPO PIT TAGS URGENT: $499,552
- WELIREG: $262,530
- WELIREG BULK: $259,543
- EMERGENCY WINREVAIR: $241,958
To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard.
MERCK Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $MRK stock 16 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 8 have been purchases and 8 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MRK stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT FRANKLIN sold up to $15,000 on 06/16.
- REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON purchased up to $15,000 on 06/13.
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 4 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $65,000 on 04/29, 02/26 and 2 sales worth up to $65,000 on 05/30, 03/31.
- REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT BRESNAHAN has traded it 3 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $50,000 on 04/08 and 2 sales worth up to $100,000 on 05/15, 02/25.
- REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 05/05, 04/09 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE BRUCE WESTERMAN has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 03/03 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 04/21.
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $50,000 on 02/24 and 1 sale worth up to $50,000 on 04/17.
- REPRESENTATIVE KELLY MORRISON sold up to $15,000 on 03/20.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
MERCK Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $MRK in the last several months. We have seen 1 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Guggenheim issued a "Buy" rating on 04/17/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for MERCK, check out Quiver Quantitative's $MRK forecast page.
MERCK Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $MRK recently. We have seen 6 analysts offer price targets for $MRK in the last 6 months, with a median target of $94.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Mohit Bansal from Wells Fargo set a target price of $90.0 on 07/30/2025
- Terence Flynn from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $98.0 on 07/10/2025
- Andrew Baum from Citigroup set a target price of $84.0 on 05/14/2025
- Carter Gould from Cantor Fitzgerald set a target price of $85.0 on 04/22/2025
- Vamil Divan from Guggenheim set a target price of $115.0 on 04/17/2025
- James Shin from Deutsche Bank set a target price of $105.0 on 02/18/2025
Note that there may be inaccuracies in these estimates due to filing errors by the funds, parsing errors by us, or other anomalies.
Check out Quiver Quantitative's $MRK ticker page for more data.
