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Douglas M Baker Jr bought $1.3M of MRK

director at Merck & Co., Inc.. 15,000 shares at an average of $88.50, traded Feb 5, 2025, filed Feb 7, 2025.

Conviction score
50
Value
$1.3M
15,000 shares
Holdings after
16,000
+1500% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $1.3M at market
    +25
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 1500%
    +10
  • Price context
    No price history yet
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

MRKOct 9, 2026 · close 145.60
Since filing Feb 7, 2025: +76.7%SPY +32.1% · excess +44.5%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001127602-25-003547, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 5, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+15,000$88.50$1.3M16,000Feb 7, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Merck & Co., Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
25Weak
MRKsell
Merck & Co., Inc.
Dalton E. Smart III
SVP Fin. - Global Controller
$353k
4,262 shares
-35%
32Weak
MRKsell
Merck & Co., Inc.
Cristal N Downing
Chief Comm. & Public Afrs Ofcr
$210k
2,361 shares
-25%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Douglas M Baker Jr bought $1.3M of MRK | InsiderTell