BlackRock Fund Advisors’s Merck MRK Stock Holding History

BlackRock Fund Advisors’s Portfolio MRK Stock Details MRK Fund Activity

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Quarter	Market Value	Status	Shares	Change in Stake	Trade Value	Portfolio Weight	Portfolio Position
2016 Q4	$2.83B	Buy	50,430,321 +2,669,912	+6%	+$156M	0.52%	21
2016 Q3	$2.84B	Buy	47,760,409 +880,644	+2%	+$51.5M	0.58%	19
2016 Q2	$2.58B	Buy	46,879,765 +1,783,193	+4%	+$94.9M	0.57%	22
2016 Q1	$2.28B	Buy	45,096,572 +606,364	+1%	+$29.7M	0.53%	23
2015 Q4	$2.24B	Buy	44,490,208 +1,227,016	+3%	+$61.9M	0.52%	25
2015 Q3	$2.04B	Buy	43,263,192 +3,118,143	+8%	+$166M	0.53%	20
2015 Q2	$2.18B	Sell	40,145,049 -354,536	-0.9%	-$19.9M	0.52%	17
2015 Q1	$2.22B	Sell	40,499,585 -2,703,051	-6%	-$153M	0.53%	16
2014 Q4	$2.34B	Buy	43,202,636 +1,623,202	+4%	+$90.4M	0.58%	16
2014 Q3	$2.35B	Buy	41,579,434 +1,045,761	+3%	+$58.7M	0.66%	14
2014 Q2	$2.24B	Sell	40,533,673 -110,544	-0.3%	-$6.03M	0.63%	12
2014 Q1	$2.2B	Buy	40,644,217 +1,095,046	+3%	+$56.7M	0.65%	12
2013 Q4	$1.89B	Buy	39,549,171 +2,001,463	+5%	+$91.5M	0.57%	15
2013 Q3	$1.71B	Sell	37,547,708 -103,220	-0.3%	-$4.71M	0.58%	15
2013 Q2	$1.67B	Buy	+37,650,928	New	+$1.68B	0.61%	16

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

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

Northern Trust Chicago, Illinois $757B AUM 28.64% 1-Year Est. Return

BlackRock Fund Advisors's MRK Position: Q4 2016 in Review

BlackRock Fund Advisors increased its Merck (MRK) stake by 5.6% in Q4 2016, buying an estimated $156M and bringing the position to 50,430,321 shares worth $2.83B. The position accounts for 0.52% of the portfolio, ranked #21.

BlackRock Fund Advisors first reported a position in MRK in Q2 2013 and has held it in 15 quarters since. The position peaked at $2.84B in Q3 2016. 1,912 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold MRK as of Q4 2016.

BlackRock Fund Advisors held 50,430,321 shares of Merck worth $2.83B as of Q4 2016.
BlackRock Fund Advisors bought 2,669,912 Merck shares in Q4 2016, an estimated $156M.
Merck made up 0.52% of BlackRock Fund Advisors's portfolio in Q4 2016, its #21 holding.
BlackRock Fund Advisors first reported a position in Merck in Q2 2013 and has held it in 15 quarters since.
BlackRock Fund Advisors's Merck position peaked at $2.84B in Q3 2016.
1,912 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Merck as of Q4 2016.

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