3,240 hedge funds and large institutions have $223B invested in Merck in 2023 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 186 funds opening new positions, 1,224 increasing their positions, 1,455 reducing their positions, and 87 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 capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $ → $

more funds holding

Funds holding:

1% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 260258 (-2)

2.28% less ownership

Funds ownership: 78.46%76.17% (-2.3%)

16% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,224 | Existing positions reduced: 1,455

Holders
3,240
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
258
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$2.02B
Puts
$1.78B
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Sellers

1 -$6.63B
2 -$647M
3 -$471M
4
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
-$398M
5
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
-$308M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
26
$1.47B
27
$1.46B
28
$1.46B
29
$1.45B
30
$1.41B
31
$1.4B
32
$1.27B
33
$1.24B
34
$1.17B
35
$1.11B
36
$1.1B
37
$1.08B
38
$1.06B
39
$1.04B
40
$980M
41
$959M
42
$952M
43
$857M
44
$856M
45
$856M
46
$837M
47
$825M
48
$808M
49
$801M
50
$798M