3,273 hedge funds and large institutions have $159B invested in Merck in 2025 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 190 funds opening new positions, 1,338 increasing their positions, 1,410 reducing their positions, and 150 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 funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10:

more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $ → $

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 3,3023,273 (-29)

5% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,338 | Existing positions reduced: 1,410

2.19% less ownership

Funds ownership: 78.17%75.98% (-2.2%)

Holders
3,273
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
46
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$2.83B
Puts
$2.51B
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Sellers

1 -$863M
2 -$579M
3 -$452M
4
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
-$291M
5
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$283M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
HWAM
776
Hennion & Walsh Asset Management
New Jersey
$6.17M
WAL
777
W Advisors LLC
Tennessee
$6.17M
AAM
778
Augustine Asset Management
Florida
$6.13M
BJL
779
Brighton Jones LLC
Washington
$6.12M
HT
780
Heritage Trust
Oklahoma
$6.11M
PIMJS
781
PKO Investment Management Joint-Stock
Poland
$6.03M
JCM
782
Jacobi Capital Management
Pennsylvania
$6.01M
BKA
783
Brick & Kyle Associates
Pennsylvania
$6M
BFG
784
Bleakley Financial Group
New Jersey
$6M
SP
785
Stablepoint Partners
Massachusetts
$5.93M
SB
786
Simmons Bank
Arkansas
$5.92M
BCFD
787
Boit C.F. David
$5.9M
VFA
788
Valeo Financial Advisors
Indiana
$5.89M
ELI
789
Empire Life Investments
Ontario, Canada
$5.89M
XF
790
XML Financial
Maryland
$5.88M
VCM
791
Violich Capital Management
California
$5.87M
BE
792
Bonness Enterprises
District of Columbia
$5.83M
HDIM
793
Hanson & Doremus Investment Management
Vermont
$5.83M
AIP
794
Ameritas Investment Partners
Nebraska
$5.82M
FNFDCM
795
Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas Capital Management
District of Columbia
$5.82M
GFM
796
GF Fund Management
China
$5.81M
AMG
797
Advisors Management Group
Wisconsin
$5.8M
SFS
798
Sowell Financial Services
Arkansas
$5.79M
WI
799
Wahed Invest
New York
$5.79M
GI
800
GAMMA Investing
California
$5.78M