BlackRock Group’s Merck MRK Stock Holding History

BlackRock Group’s Portfolio MRK Stock Details MRK Fund Activity

Bought

Maintained

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Quarter	Market Value	Status	Shares	Change in Stake	Trade Value	Portfolio Weight	Portfolio Position
2016 Q4	$1.58B	Buy	28,063,015 +657,551	+2%	+$38.5M	0.75%	23
2016 Q3	$1.63B	Sell	27,405,464 -647,980	-2%	-$37.9M	0.82%	19
2016 Q2	$1.54B	Sell	28,053,444 -314,604	-1%	-$16.7M	0.8%	18
2016 Q1	$1.43B	Buy	28,368,048 +550,431	+2%	+$27M	0.77%	20
2015 Q4	$1.4B	Buy	27,817,617 +815,263	+3%	+$41.1M	0.77%	20
2015 Q3	$1.27B	Buy	27,002,354 +340,722	+1%	+$18.1M	0.75%	22
2015 Q2	$1.45B	Sell	26,661,632 -542,786	-2%	-$30.4M	0.79%	15
2015 Q1	$1.49B	Sell	27,204,418 -1,480,339	-5%	-$83.8M	0.8%	13
2014 Q4	$1.55B	Buy	28,684,757 +3,170,498	+12%	+$177M	0.83%	14
2014 Q3	$1.44B	Sell	25,514,259 -1,561,156	-6%	-$87.7M	0.84%	13
2014 Q2	$1.49B	Sell	27,075,415 -71,474	-0.3%	-$3.9M	0.86%	13
2014 Q1	$1.47B	Buy	27,146,889 +884,694	+3%	+$45.8M	0.92%	13
2013 Q4	$1.25B	Sell	26,262,195 -3,478,267	-12%	-$159M	0.81%	17
2013 Q3	$1.35B	Buy	29,740,462 +1,459,432	+5%	+$66.6M	0.91%	14
2013 Q2	$1.25B	Buy	+28,281,030	New	+$1.26B	0.95%	14

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 Group's MRK Position: Q4 2016 in Review

BlackRock Group increased its Merck (MRK) stake by 2.4% in Q4 2016, buying an estimated $38.5M and bringing the position to 28,063,015 shares worth $1.58B. The position accounts for 0.75% of the portfolio, ranked #23.

BlackRock Group first reported a position in MRK in Q2 2013 and has held it in 15 quarters since. The position peaked at $1.63B in Q3 2016. 1,912 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold MRK as of Q4 2016.

BlackRock Group held 28,063,015 shares of Merck worth $1.58B as of Q4 2016.
BlackRock Group bought 657,551 Merck shares in Q4 2016, an estimated $38.5M.
Merck made up 0.75% of BlackRock Group's portfolio in Q4 2016, its #23 holding.
BlackRock Group first reported a position in Merck in Q2 2013 and has held it in 15 quarters since.
BlackRock Group's Merck position peaked at $1.63B in Q3 2016.
1,912 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Merck as of Q4 2016.

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