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Merck & Co., Inc. (6MK.F)

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-0.80

(-0.67%)

As of 08:09AM CEST. Market open.

Major holders

Currency in EUR

0.05%	% of shares held by all insiders
78.60%	% of shares held by institutions
78.64%	% of float held by institutions
4,308	Number of institutions holding shares

Holder	Shares	Date reported	% out	Value
Vanguard Group Inc	244,776,747	31 Dec 2023	9.66%	29,128,432,893
Blackrock Inc.	201,836,434	31 Dec 2023	7.97%	24,018,535,646
State Street Corporation	116,865,977	31 Dec 2023	4.61%	13,907,051,263
Wellington Management Group, LLP	85,595,999	31 Dec 2023	3.38%	10,185,923,881
Geode Capital Management, LLC	55,428,245	31 Dec 2023	2.19%	6,595,961,155
FMR, LLC	42,800,017	31 Dec 2023	1.69%	5,093,202,023
Morgan Stanley	40,129,825	31 Dec 2023	1.58%	4,775,449,175
Bank of America Corporation	37,994,581	31 Dec 2023	1.50%	4,521,355,139
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	36,682,866	31 Dec 2023	1.45%	4,365,261,054
Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc	30,087,217	31 Dec 2023	1.19%	3,580,378,823

Holder	Shares	Date reported	% out	Value
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund	79,566,322	31 Dec 2023	3.14%	9,468,392,318
Vanguard 500 Index Fund	61,900,944	31 Dec 2023	2.44%	7,366,212,336
Fidelity 500 Index Fund	30,391,670	29 Feb 2024	1.20%	3,616,608,730
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	29,724,228	29 Feb 2024	1.17%	3,537,183,132
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	26,363,303	29 Feb 2024	1.04%	3,137,233,057
Vanguard Index-Value Index Fund	21,118,855	31 Dec 2023	0.83%	2,513,143,745
Vanguard Specialized-Health Care Fund	20,479,587	31 Jan 2024	0.81%	2,437,070,853
Select Sector SPDR Fund-Health Care	19,187,708	29 Feb 2024	0.76%	2,283,337,252
Schwab Strategic Tr-Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF	18,575,983	30 Nov 2023	0.73%	2,210,541,977
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund-Institutional Index Fund	16,777,561	31 Dec 2023	0.66%	1,996,529,759