1,751 hedge funds and large institutions have $112B invested in Merck in 2015 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 165 funds opening new positions, 715 increasing their positions, 659 reducing their positions, and 59 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed
Holders
1,751
Holders Change
+82
Holders Change %
+4.91%
% of All Funds
45.98%
Holding in Top 10
104
Holding in Top 10 Change
+6
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+6.12%
% of All Funds
2.73%
New
165
Increased
715
Reduced
659
Closed
59
Calls
$944M
Puts
$909M
Net Calls
+$35.6M
Net Calls Change
+$144M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Shares
Change %
TRIM
1301
Thompson Rubinstein Investment Management
Oregon
$638K
VF
1302
Virtu Financial
New York
$637K +$637K +12,639 New
CL
1303
Choreo LLC
Illinois
$636K +$36.4K +717 +6%
WSC
1304
Wellington Shields & Co
New York
$635K
BBI
1305
Baxter Bros Inc
Connecticut
$626K +$16.1K +319 +3%
WP
1306
WealthPLAN Partners
Nebraska
$624K +$624K +38,661 New
WA
1307
Wheatland Advisors
Pennsylvania
$622K
BCM
1308
BlueCrest Capital Management
Jersey
$622K +$622K +12,350 New
CA
1309
Cornerstone Advisory
Maryland
$621K +$621K +12,322 New
AAM
1310
Azzad Asset Management
Virginia
$620K +$261K +5,176 +73%
BAAM
1311
Baker Avenue Asset Management
California
$620K -$113K -2,237 -15%
SFSG
1312
Stearns Financial Services Group
North Carolina
$619K -$3.83K -76 -0.6%
SCP
1313
Sandhill Capital Partners
New York
$615K +$4.48K +89 +0.7%
SPC
1314
Stewart & Patten Company
California
$614K -$84.5K -1,676 -12%
VNA
1315
VNBTrust National Association
Virginia
$613K -$1.06K -21 -0.2%
HJGA
1316
Hardman Johnston Global Advisors
Connecticut
$613K
SGAM
1317
Smith Group Asset Management
Texas
$613K +$612K +12,136 +43,343%
WA
1318
Wealth Architects
California
$609K
CCM
1319
Cribstone Capital Management
Maine
$608K +$608K +12,090 New
OIA
1320
Optimum Investment Advisors
Illinois
$605K -$64.8K -1,286 -10%
ST
1321
Sentinel Trust
Texas
$605K +$297K +5,906 +97%
OCM
1322
Osterweis Capital Management
California
$599K -$41.4K -821 -6%
WAM
1323
Weatherly Asset Management
California
$598K +$88.3K +1,755 +17%
SSG
1324
Summit Securities Group
New York
$597K +$571K +11,318 +2,160%
FMW
1325
Farr Miller & Washington
District of Columbia
$595K