2,890 hedge funds and large institutions have $141B invested in Merck in 2021 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 385 funds opening new positions, 1,250 increasing their positions, 958 reducing their positions, and 91 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 repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: | Existing positions reduced:

more funds holding

Funds holding:

2% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $138B → $141B (+$3.33B)

0.54% more ownership

Funds ownership: 72.74%73.27% (+0.54%)

27% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8361 (-22)

Holders
2,890
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
61
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$3.26B
Puts
$2.06B
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Sellers

1 -$463M
2 -$399M
3 -$374M
4
D.E. Shaw & Co
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
-$220M
5
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$213M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
1476
$1.48M
1477
$1.47M
1478
$1.47M
1479
$1.47M
1480
$1.47M
1481
$1.46M
1482
$1.46M
1483
$1.46M
1484
$1.46M
1485
$1.45M
1486
$1.45M
1487
$1.45M
1488
$1.45M
1489
$1.44M
1490
$1.44M
1491
$1.44M
1492
$1.44M
1493
$1.43M
1494
$1.43M
1495
$1.43M
1496
$1.43M
1497
$1.42M
1498
$1.42M
1499
$1.42M
1500
$1.42M