1,617 hedge funds and large institutions have $126B invested in Merck in 2014 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 65 funds opening new positions, 601 increasing their positions, 698 reducing their positions, and 53 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: | Existing positions closed:

more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10:

more call options, than puts

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

less funds holding

Funds holding:

1% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $127B → $126B (-$978M)

1.04% less ownership

Funds ownership: 78.25%77.21% (-1%)

14% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 601 | Existing positions reduced: 698

Holders
1,617
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
147
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$950M
Puts
$950M
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Buyers

1 +$434M
2 +$265M
3 +$229M
4
Ameriprise
Ameriprise
Minnesota
+$159M
5
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$154M

Top Sellers

1 -$1.3B
2 -$869M
3 -$491M
4
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$465M
5
CS
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
-$431M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
526
$8.33M
527
$8.29M
528
$8.26M
529
$8.22M
530
$8.22M
531
$8.1M
532
$8.09M
533
$8.05M
534
$8.04M
535
$7.97M
536
$7.87M
537
$7.86M
538
$7.86M
539
$7.84M
540
$7.82M
541
$7.77M
542
$7.76M
543
$7.71M
544
$7.71M
545
$7.7M
546
$7.65M
547
$7.64M
548
$7.54M
549
$7.53M
550
$7.51M