HighTower Advisors’s Merck MRK Stock Holding History
Bought
Maintained
Sold
| Quarter | Market Value | Status | Shares |
Change in Stake | Trade Value | Portfolio Weight | Portfolio Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2026
Q1 | $437M | Sell |
3,635,404
-182,731
| -5% | -$21.1M | 0.46% | 33 |
|
|
2025
Q4 | $402M | Sell |
3,818,135
-50,990
| -1% | -$4.79M | 0.44% | 39 |
|
|
2025
Q3 | $325M | Buy |
3,869,125
+102,336
| +3% | +$8.43M | 0.37% | 50 |
|
|
2025
Q2 | $298M | Buy |
3,766,789
+67,829
| +2% | +$5.39M | 0.37% | 48 |
|
|
2025
Q1 | $332M | Buy |
3,698,960
+547,085
| +17% | +$51.1M | 0.45% | 40 |
|
|
2024
Q4 | $314M | Buy |
3,151,875
+282,865
| +10% | +$29.2M | 0.43% | 41 |
|
|
2024
Q3 | $326M | Buy |
2,869,010
+126,667
| +5% | +$15M | 0.47% | 38 |
|
|
2024
Q2 | $339M | Buy |
2,742,343
+38,198
| +1% | +$4.92M | 0.52% | 33 |
|
|
2024
Q1 | $357M | Sell |
2,704,145
-65,477
| -2% | -$8.07M | 0.58% | 25 |
|
|
2023
Q4 | $302M | Buy |
2,769,622
+1,494
| +0.1% | +$155K | 0.51% | 33 |
|
|
2023
Q3 | $285M | Buy |
2,768,128
+29,095
| +1% | +$3.14M | 0.54% | 32 |
|
|
2023
Q2 | $316M | Buy |
2,739,033
+43,493
| +2% | +$4.94M | 0.62% | 24 |
|
|
2023
Q1 | $287M | Sell |
2,695,540
-230,247
| -8% | -$24.9M | 0.63% | 20 |
|
|
2022
Q4 | $325M | Buy |
2,925,787
+80,118
| +3% | +$8.19M | 0.74% | 15 |
|
|
2022
Q3 | $245M | Sell |
2,845,669
-15,407
| -0.5% | -$1.38M | 0.66% | 18 |
|
|
2022
Q2 | $261M | Buy |
2,861,076
+24,313
| +0.9% | +$2.16M | 0.67% | 17 |
|
|
2022
Q1 | $233M | Buy |
2,836,763
+123,627
| +5% | +$9.75M | 0.52% | 27 |
|
|
2021
Q4 | $208M | Buy |
2,713,136
+293,535
| +12% | +$23.4M | 0.46% | 37 |
|
|
2021
Q3 | $182M | Buy |
2,419,601
+75,827
| +3% | +$5.77M | 0.49% | 34 |
|
|
2021
Q2 | $182M | Buy |
2,343,774
+137,319
| +6% | +$10.2M | 0.53% | 33 |
|
|
2021
Q1 | $162M | Buy |
2,206,455
+71,153
| +3% | +$5.25M | 0.51% | 33 |
|
|
2020
Q4 | $167M | Buy |
2,135,302
+103,818
| +5% | +$7.94M | 0.69% | 19 |
|
|
2020
Q3 | $161M | Buy |
2,031,484
+74,223
| +4% | +$5.81M | 0.78% | 17 |
|
|
2020
Q2 | $144M | Buy |
1,957,261
+112,088
| +6% | +$8.44M | 0.79% | 17 |
|
|
2020
Q1 | $135M | Sell |
1,845,173
-5,451
| -0.3% | -$428K | 0.88% | 14 |
|
|
2019
Q4 | $161M | Buy |
1,850,624
+58,780
| +3% | +$4.83M | 0.95% | 8 |
|
|
2019
Q3 | $144M | Buy |
1,791,844
+31,849
| +2% | +$2.55M | 0.78% | 15 |
|
|
2019
Q2 | $141M | Sell |
1,759,995
-66,802
| -4% | -$5.11M | 0.84% | 13 |
|
|
2019
Q1 | $145M | Sell |
1,826,797
-30,928
| -2% | -$2.31M | 0.97% | 10 |
|
|
2018
Q4 | $135M | Buy |
1,857,725
+14,175
| +0.8% | +$1M | 1.04% | 10 |
|
|
2018
Q3 | $125M | Sell |
1,843,550
-62,161
| -3% | -$3.96M | 0.9% | 12 |
|
|
2018
Q2 | $110M | Buy |
1,905,711
+20,899
| +1% | +$1.18M | 0.86% | 13 |
|
|
2018
Q1 | $97.9M | Buy |
1,884,812
+250,529
| +15% | +$13.5M | 0.82% | 12 |
|
|
2017
Q4 | $87.8M | Sell |
1,634,283
-72,258
| -4% | -$4.01M | 0.72% | 15 |
|
|
2017
Q3 | $104M | Buy |
1,706,541
+46,315
| +3% | +$2.81M | 0.89% | 11 |
|
|
2017
Q2 | $101M | Buy |
1,660,226
+23,279
| +1% | +$1.42M | 0.91% | 11 |
|
|
2017
Q1 | $99.2M | Sell |
1,636,947
-22,991
| -1% | -$1.39M | 0.95% | 13 |
|
|
2016
Q4 | $93.3M | Buy |
1,659,938
+7,861
| +0.5% | +$460K | 1.01% | 11 |
|
|
2016
Q3 | $98.3M | Buy |
1,652,077
+5,924
| +0.4% | +$346K | 1.14% | 7 |
|
|
2016
Q2 | $90.5M | Sell |
1,646,153
-101,419
| -6% | -$5.4M | 1.15% | 9 |
|
|
2016
Q1 | $88.2M | Buy |
1,747,572
+113,388
| +7% | +$5.55M | 0.29% | 17 |
|
|
2015
Q4 | $82.4M | Buy |
1,634,184
+82,141
| +5% | +$4.14M | 0.98% | 9 |
|
|
2015
Q3 | $73.1M | Buy |
1,552,043
+287,933
| +23% | +$15.3M | 0.97% | 11 |
|
|
2015
Q2 | $68.7M | Buy |
1,264,110
+171,838
| +16% | +$9.64M | 1.1% | 8 |
|
|
2015
Q1 | $59.9M | Buy |
1,092,272
+31,087
| +3% | +$1.76M | 0.89% | 11 |
|
|
2014
Q4 | $57.5M | Buy |
1,061,185
+96,190
| +10% | +$5.36M | 0.88% | 10 |
|
|
2014
Q3 | $54.6M | Buy |
964,995
+15,003
| +2% | +$842K | 0.92% | 11 |
|
|
2014
Q2 | $52.4M | Buy |
949,992
+65,145
| +7% | +$3.55M | 0.91% | 10 |
|
|
2014
Q1 | $47.9M | Buy |
884,847
+30,263
| +4% | +$1.57M | 0.93% | 10 |
|
|
2013
Q4 | $40.8M | Buy |
854,584
+86,851
| +11% | +$3.97M | 0.84% | 13 |
|
|
2013
Q3 | $34.9M | Buy |
767,733
+17,392
| +2% | +$794K | 0.87% | 14 |
|
|
2013
Q2 | $33.3M | Buy |
+750,341
| New | +$33.5M | 0.91% | 16 |
|
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HighTower Advisors's MRK Position: Q1 2026 in Review
HighTower Advisors reduced its Merck (MRK) stake by 4.8% in Q1 2026, selling an estimated $21.1M and leaving 3,635,404 shares worth $437M. The position accounts for 0.46% of the portfolio, ranked #33.
HighTower Advisors first reported a position in MRK in Q2 2013 and has held it in 52 quarters since. 3,777 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold MRK as of Q1 2026.
- HighTower Advisors held 3,635,404 shares of Merck worth $437M as of Q1 2026.
- HighTower Advisors sold 182,731 Merck shares in Q1 2026, an estimated $21.1M.
- Merck made up 0.46% of HighTower Advisors's portfolio in Q1 2026, its #33 holding.
- HighTower Advisors first reported a position in Merck in Q2 2013 and has held it in 52 quarters since.
- 3,777 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Merck as of Q1 2026.
Based on HighTower Advisors's 13F filing for Q1 2026, filed 5 May 2026.