2,892 hedge funds and large institutions have $142B invested in Merck in 2021 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 386 funds opening new positions, 1,250 increasing their positions, 959 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 (+$3.32B)

0.53% more ownership

Funds ownership: 72.76%73.3% (+0.53%)

27% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8361 (-22)

Holders
2,892
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
61
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
601
$9.27M
602
$9.21M
603
$9.2M
604
$9.2M
605
$9.19M
606
$9.15M
607
$9.12M
608
$9.09M
609
$9.08M
610
$8.98M
611
$8.98M
612
$8.94M
613
$8.85M
614
$8.8M
615
$8.8M
616
$8.73M
617
$8.7M
618
$8.69M
619
$8.69M
620
$8.65M
621
$8.62M
622
$8.59M
623
$8.58M
624
$8.58M
625
$8.48M