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
1901
$726K
1902
$725K
1903
$725K
1904
$724K
1905
$722K
1906
$720K
1907
$720K
1908
$719K
1909
$717K
1910
$716K
1911
$713K
1912
$712K
1913
$711K
1914
$707K
1915
$707K
1916
$704K
1917
$702K
1918
$702K
1919
$700K
1920
$699K
1921
$696K
1922
$696K
1923
$691K
1924
$689K
1925
$685K