Which hedge funds own MRK? MERCK & CO. INC, Q2 2026 13F holders
85 tracked hedge funds disclosed a position in MRK (MERCK & CO. INC) in their Q2 2026 13F filings, worth $4.4bn in total. The largest holder by portfolio weight is Smead Capital Management at 6.4% of its book. 17 opened a new position this quarter: PFM Health Sciences, LP, CTC Alternative Strategies, Ltd., Sender Co & Partners, Inc., Bayforest Capital Ltd. 21 exited: Pinnbrook Capital Management LP, Redwood Grove Capital, LLC, Gladius Capital Management LP.
- 85
- Holders Tracked managers whose filing for the quarter reports a long equity position in the security.
- 17
- New this quarter Holders whose previous filing (at most two quarters earlier) did not report the security.
- 21
- Exited this quarter Tracked managers whose previous filing reported the security and whose filing for the quarter does not.
- $177m
- Inflow, new holders Combined value of the positions the new holders reported for the quarter.
- $376m
- Outflow, exits Combined value the exiting managers reported for the security in their previous filing.
- $4.4bn
- Combined value Sum of the holders' reported positions in the security.
- 6.9%
- Share of managers holding Holders as a share of tracked managers filing for that quarter. Comparable across the 2024 coverage expansion, where the raw holder count is not.
Holders, Q2 2026
Exited since the previous filing
| Pinnbrook Capital Management LP | 4.5% | $5.5m |
| Redwood Grove Capital, LLC | 1.2% | $3.6m |
| Gladius Capital Management LP | 0.7% | $902k |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 0.6% | $2.8m |
| Machina Capital S.A.S. | 0.5% | $2.7m |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 0.4% | $334m |
| iSAM Funds (UK) Ltd | 0.3% | $584k |
| Fox Run Management, L.L.C. | 0.3% | $1.6m |
| Lecap Asset Management Ltd | 0.2% | $644k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | 0.2% | $17.4m |
| Game Creek Capital, LP | 0.2% | $421k |
| Boothbay Fund Management, LLC | 0.07% | $3.0m |
| Twinbeech Capital LP | 0.05% | $494k |
| Patton Fund Management, Inc. | 0.05% | $272k |
| TT International Asset Management LTD | 0.03% | $253k |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 0.02% | $389k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. | 0.01% | $383k |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC | 0.01% | $323k |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 0.01% | $224k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP | 0.01% | $466k |
| Elequin Capital, LP | 0.0% | $3.2k |
Ownership over time
Who discovered MRK first? Beta
| Smead Capital Management high conviction | Q2 2013 | +6.8 pts |
| Semper Augustus (Chris Bloomstran) high conviction | Q1 2010 | +3.5 pts |
| Samlyn Capital, LLC | Q2 2018 | +1.4 pts |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Q4 2013 | +0.3 pts |
| Cormorant Asset Management, LP | Q1 2014 | 0.0 pts |
| Discovery Capital Management, LLC | Q4 2011 | 0.0 pts |
| Tudor Investment Corp ET AL | Q2 2012 | 0.0 pts |
| Moore Capital Management, LP | Q4 2009 | −0.1 pts |
Split-adjusted quarter-end prices, excluding dividends. They describe the stock while each manager held it, not the return it earned.