2,245 hedge funds and large institutions have $150B invested in Merck in 2018 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 281 funds opening new positions, 740 increasing their positions, 960 reducing their positions, and 66 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed
Holders
2,245
Holders Change
+194
Holders Change %
+9.46%
% of All Funds
50.1%
Holding in Top 10
251
Holding in Top 10 Change
+109
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+76.76%
% of All Funds
5.6%
New
281
Increased
740
Reduced
960
Closed
66
Calls
$1.91B
Puts
$1.85B
Net Calls
+$56.3M
Net Calls Change
-$228M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Shares
Change %
WFMPM
251
Woodley Farra Manion Portfolio Management
Indiana
$43.4M -$2.3M -31,478 -5%
NLI
252
Nippon Life Insurance
Japan
$43.4M
PWLP
253
Prio Wealth Limited Partnership
Massachusetts
$43.3M +$231K +3,173 +0.5%
SW
254
SVB Wealth
Massachusetts
$43.3M -$1.23M -16,840 -3%
PGFC
255
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp
New Jersey
$42.7M +$11.7M +160,407 +38%
CBT
256
Capital Bank & Trust
California
$42.4M +$247K +3,393 +0.6%
VRS
257
Virginia Retirement Systems
Virginia
$42.2M -$138K -1,886 -0.3%
PFC
258
Poplar Forest Capital
California
$40.9M +$8.22M +112,721 +25%
WorldQuant Millennium Advisors
259
WorldQuant Millennium Advisors
New York
$40.7M +$9.65M +132,325 +31%
MCIM
260
Meadow Creek Investment Management
Georgia
$40.4M +$14M +192,580 +53%
ELC
261
Edgar Lomax Company
Virginia
$40M -$600K -8,227 -1%
TPSF
262
Texas Permanent School Fund
Texas
$40M -$5.65M -77,552 -12%
Mariner
263
Mariner
Kansas
$39.9M +$32.8M +450,618 +466%
Truist Financial
264
Truist Financial
North Carolina
$39.7M +$281K +3,857 +0.7%
HTC
265
Haverford Trust Company
Pennsylvania
$39.3M -$545K -7,478 -1%
CT
266
Cambridge Trust
Massachusetts
$39.1M -$285K -3,911 -0.7%
ERSOT
267
Employees Retirement System of Texas
Texas
$38.9M +$7.33M +100,503 +23%
DLA
268
Douglas Lane & Associates
New York
$38.8M -$969K -13,294 -2%
GKIM
269
GW&K Investment Management
Massachusetts
$38.6M -$1.05M -14,396 -3%
URS
270
Utah Retirement Systems
Utah
$37.7M -$107K -1,467 -0.3%
OI
271
Oakbrook Investments
Illinois
$37.2M -$5.83M -79,914 -14%
PR
272
Payden & Rygel
California
$37.2M +$833K +11,423 +2%
WF
273
Welch & Forbes
Massachusetts
$36.6M -$913K -12,528 -2%
XK
274
Xact Kapitalforvaltning
Sweden
$36.5M +$66.9K +917 +0.2%
ZIC
275
ZWJ Investment Counsel
Georgia
$36.3M -$962K -13,188 -3%