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
901
$4.18M
902
$4.15M
903
$4.13M
904
$4.12M
905
$4.12M
906
$4.1M
907
$4.09M
908
$4.08M
909
$4.06M
910
$4.06M
911
$4.06M
912
$4.05M
913
$4.04M
914
$4.04M
915
$4.03M
916
$4.03M
917
$4.02M
918
$4M
919
$3.99M
920
$3.97M
921
$3.97M
922
$3.96M
923
$3.94M
924
$3.94M
925
$3.94M