1,600 hedge funds and large institutions have $125B invested in Merck in 2014 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 115 funds opening new positions, 595 increasing their positions, 702 reducing their positions, and 63 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 funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10:

more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $ → $

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,5641,600 (+36)

0.05% less ownership

Funds ownership: 77.95%77.9% (-0.05%)

15% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 595 | Existing positions reduced: 702

Holders
1,600
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
$1.01B
Puts
$731M
Net Calls
Net Calls Change
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
126
$124M
127
$124M
128
$123M
129
$120M
130
$120M
131
$118M
132
$118M
133
$115M
134
$115M
135
$114M
136
$114M
137
$114M
138
$113M
139
$111M
140
$109M
141
$109M
142
$108M
143
$105M
144
$102M
145
$101M
146
$101M
147
$99.9M
148
$99.9M
149
$98.7M
150
$98.5M