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
876
$4.44M
877
$4.44M
878
$4.43M
879
$4.4M
880
$4.4M
881
$4.38M
882
$4.37M
883
$4.36M
884
$4.36M
885
$4.36M
886
$4.36M
887
$4.36M
888
$4.34M
889
$4.31M
890
$4.29M
891
$4.28M
892
$4.28M
893
$4.26M
894
$4.25M
895
$4.25M
896
$4.23M
897
$4.23M
898
$4.22M
899
$4.21M
900
$4.18M