1,720 hedge funds and large institutions have $121B invested in Merck in 2014 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 180 funds opening new positions, 669 increasing their positions, 636 reducing their positions, and 61 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed
Holders
1,720
Holders Change
+104
Holders Change %
+6.44%
% of All Funds
45.9%
Holding in Top 10
111
Holding in Top 10 Change
-36
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-24.49%
% of All Funds
2.96%
New
180
Increased
669
Reduced
636
Closed
61
Calls
$808M
Puts
$1.28B
Net Calls
-$470M
Net Calls Change
-$471M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Shares
Change %
WG
1151
Welch Group
Alabama
$1.03M
POA
1152
Pergamon Offshore Advisors
New York
$1.03M +$1.03M +18,982 New
CAL
1153
Capital Analysts LLC
Pennsylvania
$1.03M +$83.8K +1,546 +9%
NCM
1154
Noesis Capital Mangement
Florida
$1.03M -$25.4K -469 -2%
PCMI
1155
Paradigm Capital Management Inc
New York
$1.02M
NAMP
1156
NorthStar Asset Management (Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania
$1.02M -$4.39K -81 -0.4%
WIM
1157
Waverton Investment Management
United Kingdom
$1.01M
LMAM
1158
Legg Mason Asset Management
Japan
$1.01M +$1.01M +18,550 New
IH
1159
IFC Holdings
Florida
$1.01M +$17.7K +319 +2%
K
1160
Kemper
Illinois
$1M -$985K -18,183 -50%
EGM
1161
Engineers Gate Manager
New York
$997K +$997K +18,406 New
CCMW
1162
Cypress Capital Management (Wyoming)
Wyoming
$997K +$997K +18,398 New
Westfield Capital Management
1163
Westfield Capital Management
Massachusetts
$994K
GHAM
1164
Gilman Hill Asset Management
Connecticut
$993K
WC
1165
Whitnell & Co
Illinois
$987K
GF
1166
Gerstein Fisher
New York
$985K -$82.8K -1,528 -8%
TBNY
1167
Trustco Bank (New York)
New York
$974K -$11.4K -210 -1%
BSWMG
1168
Barrington Strategic Wealth Management Group
Illinois
$971K +$39.3K +725 +4%
BW
1169
Bison Wealth
Georgia
$968K +$968K +17,872 New
MDCM
1170
Morgan Dempsey Capital Management
Wisconsin
$964K +$37.3K +689 +4%
NPIT
1171
National Penn Investors Trust
Pennsylvania
$959K +$12.6K +232 +1%
CCM
1172
Compton Capital Management
Rhode Island
$958K -$8.57K -158 -0.9%
EFSCE
1173
Enterprise Financial Services Corp (EFSC)
Missouri
$954K -$17K -314 -2%
PAG
1174
Pinnacle Advisory Group
Maryland
$952K +$559 +9 +0.1%
SSWM
1175
Smith Salley Wealth Management
North Carolina
$951K -$68.1K -1,257 -7%