2,896 hedge funds and large institutions have $142B invested in Merck in 2021 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 387 funds opening new positions, 1,251 increasing their positions, 960 reducing their positions, and 91 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: | Existing positions closed:

more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $ | Put options by funds: $

more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: | Existing positions reduced:

more funds holding

Funds holding:

2% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $138B → $142B (+$3.31B)

0.53% more ownership

Funds ownership: 72.87%73.39% (+0.53%)

26% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8462 (-22)

Holders
2,896
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
62
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$3.26B
Puts
$2.06B
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Sellers

1 -$481M
2 -$414M
3 -$389M
4
D.E. Shaw & Co
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
-$229M
5
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$221M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
2776
$77K
2777
$77K
2778
$77K
2779
$76.6K
2780
$76K
2781
$75K
2782
$71K
2783
$67K
2784
$66K
2785
$65K
2786
$64K
2787
$63K
2788
$62K
2789
$61K
2790
$60K
2791
$59K
2792
$56K
2793
$55.7K
2794
$54K
2795
$54K
2796
$53K
2797
$52K
2798
$52K
2799
$52K
2800
$51K