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 %
BTS
176
BB&T Securities
Virginia
$84.5M -$4.74M -65,039 -5%
Royal London Asset Management
177
Royal London Asset Management
United Kingdom
$84.4M +$4.57M +63,596 +6%
Parallax Volatility Advisers
178
Parallax Volatility Advisers
California
$83.7M +$83.7M +1,147,960 New
H
179
Hexavest
Quebec, Canada
$82.5M -$5.17M -70,889 -6%
Los Angeles Capital Management
180
Los Angeles Capital Management
California
$81.7M +$7.36M +100,976 +10%
Neuberger Berman Group
181
Neuberger Berman Group
New York
$81.6M -$3.64M -49,967 -4%
JPMPWA
182
J.P. Morgan Private Wealth Advisors
California
$80.2M -$9.85M -135,051 -11%
Mackenzie Financial
183
Mackenzie Financial
Ontario, Canada
$80M -$12.8M -175,743 -14%
FWCM
184
Ferguson Wellman Capital Management
Oregon
$79.5M +$951K +13,050 +1%
Janney Montgomery Scott
185
Janney Montgomery Scott
Pennsylvania
$78.8M +$1.4M +19,162 +2%
Comerica Bank
186
Comerica Bank
Texas
$78.6M -$3.03M -43,345 -4%
AIG
187
American International Group
New York
$77.5M -$569M -7,805,593 -88%
Commonwealth Equity Services
188
Commonwealth Equity Services
Massachusetts
$77.1M -$2.17M -29,747 -3%
CS
189
Candriam SCA
Luxembourg
$76.4M -$18.5M -253,420 -19%
SCM
190
Smead Capital Management
Arizona
$75.5M -$3.09M -42,338 -4%
KBC Group
191
KBC Group
Belgium
$74.8M -$15.7M -215,092 -17%
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
192
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Texas
$72.8M -$21.5M -294,566 -23%
CCM
193
Cullen Capital Management
New York
$72.5M -$7.41M -101,583 -9%
Handelsbanken Fonder
194
Handelsbanken Fonder
Sweden
$71.7M +$14.8M +202,839 +26%
TAM
195
Tyers Asset Management
Texas
$70.8M +$24.6M +337,016 +53%
BNP Paribas Asset Management
196
BNP Paribas Asset Management
France
$70.6M +$12.8M +178,128 +22%
Calamos Advisors
197
Calamos Advisors
Illinois
$70.4M +$4.87M +66,770 +7%
Natixis Advisors
198
Natixis Advisors
Massachusetts
$69.4M +$344K +4,724 +0.5%
GLA
199
Great Lakes Advisors
Illinois
$68.8M -$22.9M -314,633 -25%
SEI Investments
200
SEI Investments
Pennsylvania
$68.1M +$11.6M +166,309 +21%