Short interest in Merck KGaA (OTC:MKKGY) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 46.98K to 53.50K. This put -% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Short interest in Merck Corp (OOTC:MKKGY) decreased during the last reporting period, falling from 280.30M to 275.20M. This put 1.17% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 248.91K shares traded per day, it would take 1 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.