1,720 hedge funds and large institutions have $121B invested in Merck in 2014 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 180 funds opening new positions, 669 increasing their positions, 636 reducing their positions, and 61 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed
Holders
1,720
Holders Change
+104
Holders Change %
+6.44%
% of All Funds
45.9%
Holding in Top 10
111
Holding in Top 10 Change
-36
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-24.49%
% of All Funds
2.96%
New
180
Increased
669
Reduced
636
Closed
61
Calls
$808M
Puts
$1.28B
Net Calls
-$470M
Net Calls Change
-$471M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Shares
Change %
HI
401
HBK Investments
Texas
$14.7M +$13.3M +246,070 +970%
ANI
402
American National Insurance
Texas
$14.7M
SAM
403
Securian Asset Management
Minnesota
$14.7M +$120K +2,213 +0.8%
PAM
404
Private Asset Management
California
$14.5M +$265K +4,885 +2%
CPSAC
405
Chas P. Smith & Associates (CPS)
Florida
$14.5M +$607K +11,208 +4%
DC
406
Deere & Company
Illinois
$14.3M -$158K -2,915 -1%
CBOA
407
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Australia
$14.3M -$2.47M -45,658 -15%
WPC
408
Waters Parkerson & Co
Louisiana
$14.2M +$310K +5,720 +2%
AIP
409
ARS Investment Partners
New York
$14.2M -$365K -6,727 -3%
CNB
410
City National Bank
California
$14.1M -$345K -6,372 -2%
ISL
411
Ingalls & Snyder LLC
New York
$14.1M +$1.22M +22,477 +9%
B
412
Barings
North Carolina
$14.1M -$664K -12,262 -5%
CIP
413
Chartwell Investment Partners
Pennsylvania
$14.1M +$672K +12,408 +5%
FWIA
414
Fort Washington Investment Advisors
Ohio
$14M +$43.2K +797 +0.3%
SDIC
415
South Dakota Investment Council
South Dakota
$14M -$1.75M -32,278 -11%
CFB
416
Cullen/Frost Bankers
Texas
$14M -$1.16M -21,419 -8%
CCMD
417
Cypress Capital Management (Delaware)
Delaware
$13.7M -$148K -2,740 -1%
BAMF
418
BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab
Denmark
$13.6M -$1.47M -27,039 -10%
EWM
419
Edge Wealth Management
New York
$13.6M +$34K +625 +0.3%
HIMC
420
Heritage Investors Management Corp
Maryland
$13.6M -$93.4K -1,723 -0.7%
ACM
421
Azimuth Capital Management
Michigan
$13.6M -$135K -2,498 -1%
LTFS
422
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$13.5M +$2.64M +48,753 +24%
DADC
423
D.A. Davidson & Co
Montana
$13.3M -$2.71M -50,098 -17%
Creative Planning
424
Creative Planning
Kansas
$13.1M +$1.14M +21,090 +10%
HCM
425
Hutchinson Capital Management
California
$13M -$204K -3,769 -2%