2,889 hedge funds and large institutions have $141B invested in Merck in 2021 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 384 funds opening new positions, 1,250 increasing their positions, 958 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 → $141B (+$3.33B)

0.54% more ownership

Funds ownership: 72.74%73.27% (+0.54%)

27% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8361 (-22)

Holders
2,889
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 -$463M
2 -$399M
3 -$374M
4
D.E. Shaw & Co
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
-$220M
5
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$213M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
701
$6.92M
702
$6.91M
703
$6.89M
704
$6.89M
705
$6.87M
706
$6.82M
707
$6.81M
708
$6.8M
709
$6.79M
710
$6.79M
711
$6.77M
712
$6.77M
713
$6.76M
714
$6.76M
715
$6.75M
716
$6.74M
717
$6.72M
718
$6.7M
719
$6.7M
720
$6.68M
721
$6.66M
722
$6.65M
723
$6.62M
724
$6.62M
725
$6.62M