1,987 hedge funds and large institutions have $109B invested in Merck in 2018 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 108 funds opening new positions, 832 increasing their positions, 824 reducing their positions, and 101 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed
Holders
1,987
Holders Change
-16
Holders Change %
-0.8%
% of All Funds
45.6%
Holding in Top 10
83
Holding in Top 10 Change
+13
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+18.57%
% of All Funds
1.9%
New
108
Increased
832
Reduced
824
Closed
101
Calls
$1.37B
Puts
$1.14B
Net Calls
+$227M
Net Calls Change
+$346M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Shares
Change %
MSTVIM
1976
Messner & Smith Theme Value Investment Management
California
$6K +$6K +111 New
Aristotle Capital Management
1977
Aristotle Capital Management
California
$6K +$6K +118 New
IDBONY
1978
Israel Discount Bank of New York
New York
$5K
HA
1979
Hamel Associates
New Jersey
$4.36K -$4 -86 -0.1%
FGC
1980
Financial Gravity Companies
Texas
$4K +$1.81K +33 +83%
BCMIO
1981
Beacon Capital Management Inc (Ohio)
Ohio
$4K +$3.12K +53 +353%
FGAM
1982
Financial Gravity Asset Management
Texas
$4K +$4K +73 New
LFG
1983
LifePlan Financial Group
Ohio
$4K +$4K +83 New
HWP
1984
Hefty Wealth Partners
Indiana
$3K -$21.9K -445 -88%
MPPLM
1985
Midwest Professional Planners Ltd (MPPL)
Wisconsin
$3K -$1.56K -27 -34%
PS
1986
Portfolio Solutions
Michigan
$3K +$3K +66 New
ACM
1987
Aviance Capital Management
Florida
$2K +$2K +37 New
CG
1988
Cutler Group
California
$1K -$353K -8,128 -100%
CIA
1989
Covington Investment Advisors
Pennsylvania
$626 +$6 +121 +1%
AFNAS
1990
American Financial Network Advisory Services
California
$246 -$253K -14,370 -100%
Alyeska Investment Group
1991
Alyeska Investment Group
Illinois
-$98.5M -1,834,974 Closed
RSCM
1992
Rock Springs Capital Management
Maryland
-$47.9M -891,534 Closed
HI
1993
Honeywell International
North Carolina
-$39.1M -727,417 Closed
TCP
1994
Tourbillon Capital Partners
New York
-$23.9M -445,400 Closed
AC
1995
Ascend Capital
California
-$20.8M -387,370 Closed
NC
1996
Nexthera Capital
New York
-$19.5M -362,915 Closed
HI
1997
HBK Investments
Texas
-$13.8M -257,286 Closed
UIC
1998
Uniplan Investment Counsel
Wisconsin
-$11.8M -218,943 Closed
WRF
1999
Waddell & Reed Financial
Kansas
-$9.17M -170,709 Closed
ACPU
2000
Arrowgrass Capital Partners (US)
Delaware
-$8.57M -159,612 Closed