1,616 hedge funds and large institutions have $126B invested in Merck in 2014 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 65 funds opening new positions, 601 increasing their positions, 697 reducing their positions, and 53 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: | Existing positions closed:

more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10:

more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $ | Put options by funds: $

less funds holding

Funds holding:

1% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $127B → $126B (-$978M)

1.04% less ownership

Funds ownership: 78.19%77.15% (-1%)

14% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 601 | Existing positions reduced: 697

Holders
1,616
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
147
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$950M
Puts
$950M
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Buyers

1 +$437M
2 +$267M
3 +$230M
4
Ameriprise
Ameriprise
Minnesota
+$160M
5
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$155M

Top Sellers

1 -$1.31B
2 -$875M
3 -$495M
4
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$468M
5
CS
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
-$431M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
76
$262M
77
$257M
78
$257M
79
$256M
80
$254M
81
$252M
82
$251M
83
$250M
84
$239M
85
$233M
86
$227M
87
$226M
88
$223M
89
$219M
90
$210M
91
$207M
92
$206M
93
$203M
94
$203M
95
$201M
96
$198M
97
$195M
98
$169M
99
$168M
100
$166M