2,245 hedge funds and large institutions have $150B invested in Merck in 2018 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 281 funds opening new positions, 740 increasing their positions, 960 reducing their positions, and 66 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed
Holders
2,245
Holders Change
+194
Holders Change %
+9.46%
% of All Funds
50.1%
Holding in Top 10
251
Holding in Top 10 Change
+109
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+76.76%
% of All Funds
5.6%
New
281
Increased
740
Reduced
960
Closed
66
Calls
$1.91B
Puts
$1.85B
Net Calls
+$56.3M
Net Calls Change
-$228M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Shares
Change %
SWA
1951
SFMG Wealth Advisors
Texas
$294K
BIM
1952
Bridgecreek Investment Management
Oklahoma
$294K
FBA
1953
Front Barnett Associates
Illinois
$294K
SG
1954
Somerset Group
Minnesota
$293K
CNC
1955
Citizens & Northern Corp
Pennsylvania
$293K
FPCP
1956
Fort Point Capital Partners
California
$293K +$13.8K +189 +5%
AIM
1957
Allen Investment Management
New York
$293K +$29.8K +409 +11%
WC
1958
Weil Company
California
$292K -$8.9K -122 -3%
PHAM
1959
Palisades Hudson Asset Management
Florida
$292K
AC
1960
Addison Capital
Pennsylvania
$292K
UBG
1961
United Bank (Georgia)
Georgia
$291K -$33.4K -459 -10%
PP
1962
PDS Planning
Ohio
$291K +$15.3K +210 +6%
CCP
1963
Cardan Capital Partners
Colorado
$287K
FC
1964
Ferris Capital
Massachusetts
$286K +$655 +9 +0.2%
BWP
1965
BSW Wealth Partners
Colorado
$285K -$414K -5,692 -59%
HFA
1966
High Falls Advisors
New York
$283K +$73 +1 +0%
FTI
1967
Fiduciary Trust International
Massachusetts
$283K +$41.2K +565 +17%
AFNAS
1968
American Financial Network Advisory Services
California
$282K -$12.3K -168 -4%
GWM
1969
Greenwich Wealth Management
Connecticut
$281K +$4.37K +60 +2%
TCPWM
1970
Traverso Chambers Private Wealth Management
California
$281K +$281K +3,853 New
HCM
1971
HM Capital Management
Missouri
$280K +$949 +13 +0.3%
FFG
1972
Frisch Financial Group
New York
$279K +$279K +3,831 New
TCCM
1973
Timber Creek Capital Management
Massachusetts
$278K -$70.2K -966 -20%
DDPIC
1974
Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel
Michigan
$278K
NBG
1975
Nancy B. Gardiner
$277K -$12.8K -176 -4%