BlackRock Advisors’s Merck MRK Stock Holding History

BlackRock Advisors’s Portfolio MRK Stock Details MRK Fund Activity

Bought

Maintained

Sold

Quarter	Market Value	Status	Shares	Change in Stake	Trade Value	Portfolio Weight	Portfolio Position
2016 Q4	$821M	Sell	14,610,907 -2,325,939	-14%	-$136M	0.83%	15
2016 Q3	$1.01B	Sell	16,936,846 -1,152,320	-6%	-$67.4M	1.04%	13
2016 Q2	$994M	Sell	18,089,166 -1,549,670	-8%	-$82.5M	1.01%	16
2016 Q1	$991M	Buy	19,638,836 +1,023,970	+6%	+$50.2M	1.04%	13
2015 Q4	$938M	Buy	18,614,866 +1,598,282	+9%	+$80.6M	0.99%	14
2015 Q3	$802M	Buy	17,016,584 +1,988,273	+13%	+$106M	0.86%	19
2015 Q2	$816M	Sell	15,028,311 -2,072,218	-12%	-$116M	0.85%	18
2015 Q1	$938M	Sell	17,100,529 -4,013,730	-19%	-$227M	0.96%	12
2014 Q4	$1.14B	Buy	21,114,259 +2,134,321	+11%	+$119M	1.15%	7
2014 Q3	$1.07B	Sell	18,979,938 -1,690,940	-8%	-$95M	1.07%	11
2014 Q2	$1.14B	Sell	20,670,878 -350,466	-2%	-$19.1M	1.08%	8
2014 Q1	$1.14B	Buy	21,021,344 +580,626	+3%	+$30.1M	1.12%	8
2013 Q4	$976M	Sell	20,440,718 -6,658,878	-25%	-$304M	0.94%	10
2013 Q3	$1.23B	Buy	27,099,596 +2,862,102	+12%	+$131M	1.24%	7
2013 Q2	$1.07B	Buy	+24,237,494	New	+$1.08B	1.13%	11

Other funds holding MRK

Vanguard Group Malvern, Pennsylvania $6.9T AUM 27.45% 1-Year Est. Return

Capital World Investors Los Angeles, California $733B AUM 35.63% 1-Year Est. Return

State Street Boston, Massachusetts $2.9T AUM 29.55% 1-Year Est. Return

Wellington Management Group Boston, Massachusetts $535B AUM 26.23% 1-Year Est. Return

BIT

BlackRock Institutional Trust San Francisco, California $675B AUM 16.07% 1-Year Est. Return

BFA

BlackRock Fund Advisors San Francisco, California $542B AUM 18.13% 1-Year Est. Return

Bank of New York Mellon New York $544B AUM 28.31% 1-Year Est. Return

T. Rowe Price Associates Baltimore, Maryland $865B AUM 30.76% 1-Year Est. Return

Bank of America Charlotte, North Carolina $1.37T AUM 24.88% 1-Year Est. Return

JP Morgan Chase New York $1.56T AUM 27.86% 1-Year Est. Return

BlackRock Advisors's MRK Position: Q4 2016 in Review

BlackRock Advisors reduced its Merck (MRK) stake by 14% in Q4 2016, selling an estimated $136M and leaving 14,610,907 shares worth $821M. The position accounts for 0.83% of the portfolio, ranked #15.

BlackRock Advisors first reported a position in MRK in Q2 2013 and has held it in 15 quarters since. The position peaked at $1.23B in Q3 2013. 1,912 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold MRK as of Q4 2016.

BlackRock Advisors held 14,610,907 shares of Merck worth $821M as of Q4 2016.
BlackRock Advisors sold 2,325,939 Merck shares in Q4 2016, an estimated $136M.
Merck made up 0.83% of BlackRock Advisors's portfolio in Q4 2016, its #15 holding.
BlackRock Advisors first reported a position in Merck in Q2 2013 and has held it in 15 quarters since.
BlackRock Advisors's Merck position peaked at $1.23B in Q3 2013.
1,912 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Merck as of Q4 2016.

Based on BlackRock Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 10 Feb 2017.