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Merck & Co Short Interest Report

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Short interest in Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 27.63M to 31.94M. This put 1.43% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 18.02M shares traded per day, it would take 1.77 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.

Short Interest

31.94M

Short Interest %

1.43%

Days to Cover

1.77

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MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	11/28/2025	12/09/2025	1.43%	2,227,546,916	31,943,311	18,022,575	1.77	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	11/14/2025	11/25/2025	1.24%	2,227,546,916	27,626,151	12,867,044	2.15	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	10/31/2025	11/11/2025	1.16%	2,227,546,916	25,815,354	10,250,522	2.52	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	10/15/2025	10/24/2025	1.19%	2,243,307,591	26,700,419	12,669,726	2.11	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	09/30/2025	10/09/2025	1.12%	2,243,307,591	25,174,694	14,294,134	1.76	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	09/15/2025	09/24/2025	1.24%	2,243,307,591	27,709,865	11,593,137	2.39	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	08/29/2025	09/10/2025	1.06%	2,243,307,591	23,829,923	11,677,912	2.04	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	08/15/2025	08/26/2025	1.14%	2,243,307,591	25,529,478	10,347,050	2.47	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	07/31/2025	08/11/2025	1.15%	2,243,307,591	25,879,122	13,142,729	1.97	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	07/15/2025	07/24/2025	1.28%	2,256,555,633	28,773,023	13,815,461	2.08	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	06/30/2025	07/10/2025	1.56%	2,256,555,633	35,092,687	21,953,694	1.6	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	06/13/2025	06/25/2025	1.59%	2,256,555,633	35,799,415	13,736,295	2.61	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	05/30/2025	06/10/2025	1.53%	2,256,555,633	34,564,617	13,015,493	2.66	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	05/15/2025	05/27/2025	1.83%	2,256,555,633	41,266,612	15,862,063	2.6	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	04/30/2025	05/09/2025	1.65%	2,256,555,633	37,137,335	17,355,015	2.14	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	04/15/2025	04/25/2025	1.66%	2,525,112,123	41,933,919	17,976,827	2.33	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	03/31/2025	04/09/2025	1.50%	2,525,112,123	37,936,527	18,672,621	2.03	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	03/14/2025	03/25/2025	1.47%	2,525,112,123	37,125,881	16,100,690	2.31	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	02/28/2025	03/11/2025	1.62%	2,525,112,123	40,943,400	16,829,624	2.43	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	02/14/2025	02/26/2025	1.28%	2,525,112,123	32,207,979	22,531,042	1.43	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	01/31/2025	02/11/2025	1.17%	2,528,711,528	29,603,048	12,570,208	2.36	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	01/15/2025	01/27/2025	1.35%	2,528,711,528	34,124,663	9,053,022	3.77	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	12/31/2024	01/10/2025	1.22%	2,528,711,528	30,926,600	10,511,424	2.94	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	12/13/2024	12/24/2024	1.27%	2,528,711,528	32,027,522	13,075,455	2.45	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	11/29/2024	12/10/2024	1.30%	2,528,711,528	32,788,187	14,326,465	2.29	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	11/15/2024	11/26/2024	1.04%	2,528,711,528	26,322,944	9,994,292	2.63	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	10/31/2024	11/11/2024	1.04%	2,528,711,528	26,228,480	10,298,616	2.55	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	10/15/2024	10/24/2024	1.03%	2,533,885,195	26,041,803	8,609,042	3.02	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	09/30/2024	10/09/2024	1.08%	2,533,885,195	27,261,544	10,588,285	2.57	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	09/13/2024	09/24/2024	0.98%	2,533,885,195	24,814,031	9,601,406	2.58	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	08/30/2024	09/11/2024	1.02%	2,533,885,195	25,914,739	7,262,655	3.57	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	07/31/2024	08/09/2024	1.05%	2,533,885,195	26,717,858	10,695,372	2.5	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	07/15/2024	07/24/2024	0.97%	2,531,882,190	24,568,947	6,563,150	3.74	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	06/28/2024	07/10/2024	0.92%	2,531,882,190	23,350,136	15,041,684	1.55	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	06/14/2024	06/26/2024	0.77%	2,531,882,190	19,473,077	6,783,824	2.87	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	05/31/2024	06/11/2024	0.81%	2,531,882,190	20,407,404	8,371,146	2.44	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	05/15/2024	05/24/2024	0.80%	2,531,882,190	20,265,716	6,806,765	2.98	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	04/30/2024	05/09/2024	0.74%	2,531,882,190	18,754,018	7,551,651	2.48	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	04/15/2024	04/24/2024	0.81%	2,532,104,072	20,429,972	6,246,795	3.27	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	03/28/2024	04/09/2024	0.77%	2,532,104,072	19,592,222	9,744,704	2.01	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	03/15/2024	03/26/2024	0.91%	2,531,108,493	23,155,920	12,659,181	1.83	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	02/29/2024	03/11/2024	0.66%	2,531,108,493	16,604,734	6,293,967	2.64	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	02/15/2024	02/27/2024	0.66%	2,531,108,493	16,818,374	7,441,783	2.26	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	01/31/2024	02/09/2024	0.67%	2,532,487,705	17,017,794	7,839,892	2.17	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	01/12/2024	01/24/2024	0.82%	2,532,487,705	20,814,150	8,635,333	2.41	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	12/29/2023	01/10/2024	0.71%	2,532,487,705	17,866,683	6,974,790	2.56	Get Alert
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	12/15/2023	12/27/2023	0.53%	2,532,487,705	13,467,306	10,762,231	1.25	Get Alert