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 %
PNC
301
Park National Corp
Ohio
$31.6M -$279K -3,831 -0.9%
TRSOTSOK
302
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky
Kentucky
$31.1M +$1.84M +25,290 +6%
CLOS
303
Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA
Switzerland
$31M -$1.21M -16,567 -4%
HNB
304
Huntington National Bank
Ohio
$30.9M -$1.72M -23,533 -5%
WB
305
WesBanco Bank
West Virginia
$30.5M -$577K -7,910 -2%
MHC
306
Meyer Handelman Company
New York
$30.4M -$779K -10,690 -3%
BGC
307
Beutel, Goodman & Co
Ontario, Canada
$30.4M +$80.2K +1,501 +0.3%
DRZID
308
DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ)
Florida
$30.4M -$14.2M -194,774 -32%
NMIMC
309
Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company
Wisconsin
$30.1M -$5.44M -74,611 -15%
SF
310
Synovus Financial
Georgia
$29.7M -$4.19M -57,422 -12%
PP
311
Paloma Partners
Connecticut
$29.6M +$10.7M +147,274 +57%
WI
312
Wafra Inc
New York
$29.5M
SCI
313
S&CO Inc
Massachusetts
$29.4M -$140K -1,924 -0.5%
Creative Planning
314
Creative Planning
Kansas
$29.4M +$2.1M +28,862 +8%
ST
315
Sabal Trust
Florida
$29.3M -$1.6M -21,981 -5%
MLICM
316
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife)
New York
$29M -$1.13M -15,461 -4%
CA
317
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Germany
$29M +$1.03M +14,082 +4%
GG
318
Gofen & Glossberg
Illinois
$28.4M -$126K -1,732 -0.4%
MC
319
Martin Currie
United Kingdom
$28.3M +$4.92M +67,459 +21%
OAM
320
Oppenheimer Asset Management
New York
$28.3M +$1.3M +17,884 +5%
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management
321
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management
Japan
$28.2M -$7.32M -103,559 -21%
MSA
322
Mason Street Advisors
Wisconsin
$28M -$555K -7,606 -2%
SC
323
Samlyn Capital
New York
$27.9M -$60M -822,700 -68%
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
324
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
Wisconsin
$27.8M +$4.8M +65,773 +21%
DILIC
325
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company
Japan
$27.7M +$1.48M +20,296 +6%