3,240 hedge funds and large institutions have $223B invested in Merck in 2023 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 186 funds opening new positions, 1,224 increasing their positions, 1,455 reducing their positions, and 87 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 capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $ → $

more funds holding

Funds holding:

1% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 260258 (-2)

2.28% less ownership

Funds ownership: 78.46%76.17% (-2.3%)

16% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,224 | Existing positions reduced: 1,455

Holders
3,240
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
258
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$2.02B
Puts
$1.78B
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Sellers

1 -$6.63B
2 -$647M
3 -$471M
4
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
-$398M
5
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
-$308M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
126
$194M
127
$193M
128
$188M
129
$187M
130
$186M
131
$185M
132
$179M
133
$177M
134
$177M
135
$177M
136
$176M
137
$175M
138
$174M
139
$173M
140
$172M
141
$172M
142
$169M
143
$169M
144
$167M
145
$167M
146
$165M
147
$165M
148
$160M
149
$160M
150
$159M