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Dean Y Li sold $1.8M of MRK

Executive VP & President, MRL at Merck & Co., Inc.. 14,702 shares at an average of $125.50, traded Feb 9, 2024, filed Feb 12, 2024.

Warning score
45
Value
$1.8M
14,702 shares
Holdings after
46,242
-24% from before
From 52-week low
+26%
low $91.42, close $115.31
From 52-week high
-2%
high $117.17, as of Feb 9, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $1.8M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 24% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    8 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

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.

This signal so far: 1m -2.5%, 3m +3.8%, 6m -8.3%.

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 13, 2026 · close 141.98
Since filing Feb 12, 2024: +23.2%SPY +60.4% · excess -37.1%

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 0001127602-24-004438, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 9, 2024MOption exercise
Common Stock
+14,702$62.07$913k60,944Feb 12, 2024
Feb 9, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-14,702$125.50$1.8M46,242Feb 12, 2024
Feb 9, 2024MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative
-14,702$0.00$00Feb 12, 2024

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
60Notable
MRKsell 5
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Chirfi Guindo
EVP, Access, Policy & Comms
$1.4M
10,000 shares
-21%
60Notable
MRKsell 5
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Jennifer Zachary
EVP, General Counsel
$11M
80,315 shares
-64%
65Notable
MRKsell 5
Merck & Co., Inc.
Richard R. DeLuca
EVP&Pres, Merck Animal Heallth
$5.9M
45,320 shares
-29%
52Moderate
MRKsell 5
Merck & Co., Inc.
Richard R. DeLuca
EVP&Pres, Merck Animal Heallth
$789k
6,050 shares
-4%
60Notable
MRKsell 5
Merck & Co., Inc.
Chirfi Guindo
EVP, Access, Policy & Comms
$2.0M
15,000 shares
-24%
60Notable
MRKsell 5
Merck & Co., Inc.
David R. Maraldo
EVP & Pres. MMD
$2.4M
18,706 shares
-76%
60Notable
MRKsell 5
Merck & Co., Inc.
David Michael Williams
EVP,Chief Info&Digital Officer
$6.8M
52,847 shares
-146%
60Notable
MRKsell 9
Merck & Co., Inc.
Chirfi Guindo
Chief Marketing Officer
$1.2M
10,000 shares
-14%
60Notable
MRKsell 9
Merck & Co., Inc.
Dean Y Li
Executive VP & President, MRL
$1.2M
10,235 shares
-10%
60Notable
MRKsell 9
Merck & Co., Inc.
Chirfi Guindo
Chief Marketing Officer
$1.2M
10,000 shares
-12%

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.

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