1,936 hedge funds and large institutions have $130B invested in Merck in 2017 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 122 funds opening new positions, 757 increasing their positions, 814 reducing their positions, and 77 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed
Holders
1,936
Holders Change
+29
Holders Change %
+1.52%
% of All Funds
48.27%
Holding in Top 10
136
Holding in Top 10 Change
+17
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+14.29%
% of All Funds
3.39%
New
122
Increased
757
Reduced
814
Closed
77
Calls
$1.86B
Puts
$1.08B
Net Calls
+$782M
Net Calls Change
+$997M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Shares
Change %
ACA
1326
Anchor Capital Advisors
Massachusetts
$902K
VFPI
1327
Vantage Financial Partners (Illinois)
Illinois
$901K +$901K +27,798 New
AWM
1328
Altavista Wealth Management
North Carolina
$896K
RC
1329
Randolph Company
Ohio
$895K -$88K -1,452 -9%
RA
1330
RFG Advisory
Alabama
$894K +$373K +6,147 +72%
NERM
1331
New England Research & Management
Illinois
$887K -$2.85K -47 -0.3%
BWM
1332
BerganKDV Wealth Management
Minnesota
$886K +$26.8K +442 +3%
MMPW
1333
Mitchell McLeod Pugh & Williams
Alabama
$885K -$51.2K -844 -5%
SCG
1334
Sonata Capital Group
Washington
$884K -$63.5K -1,047 -7%
OAM
1335
Occidental Asset Management
California
$881K +$50.8K +838 +6%
ADBIC
1336
A.D. Beadell Investment Counsel
Wisconsin
$880K
OIA
1337
Optimum Investment Advisors
Illinois
$879K +$31.8K +524 +4%
HIIFS
1338
Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services
Israel
$878K +$362K +6,046 +70%
BDF
1339
Balasa Dinverno & Foltz
$874K +$15.6K +258 +2%
FCMT
1340
Founders Capital Management (Texas)
Texas
$871K +$871K +14,372 New
AWA
1341
Arete Wealth Advisors
Illinois
$869K +$23.2K +383 +3%
PFC
1342
Poplar Forest Capital
California
$858K -$25.4K -419 -3%
NAM
1343
Needelman Asset Management
California
$858K -$5.09K -84 -0.6%
BCM
1344
Buckhead Capital Management
Georgia
$858K +$159K +2,630 +23%
CAW
1345
Cornerstone Advisors (Washington)
Washington
$850K
LRPA
1346
L. Roy Papp & Associates
Arizona
$843K -$12.6K -208 -1%
CAM
1347
Cubic Asset Management
Massachusetts
$842K +$19K +314 +2%
LNC
1348
Lincoln National Corp
Pennsylvania
$839K +$225K +3,707 +37%
TFF
1349
The Family Firm
Maryland
$837K +$4.91K +81 +0.6%
HJGA
1350
Hardman Johnston Global Advisors
Connecticut
$836K -$6.37K -105 -0.8%