3,289 hedge funds and large institutions have $159B invested in Merck in 2025 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 189 funds opening new positions, 1,344 increasing their positions, 1,420 reducing their positions, and 150 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 funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10:

more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $ → $

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 3,3103,289 (-21)

5% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,344 | Existing positions reduced: 1,420

2.22% less ownership

Funds ownership: 78.27%76.04% (-2.2%)

Holders
3,289
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
46
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$2.83B
Puts
$2.51B
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Sellers

1 -$847M
2 -$568M
3 -$443M
4
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
-$285M
5
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$278M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
TWA
1976
TCI Wealth Advisors
Arizona
$796K
DE
1977
Diversified Enterprises
Delaware
$795K
CA
1978
Crumly & Associates
Illinois
$792K
BFS
1979
BridgePort Financial Solutions
Iowa
$792K
QWP
1980
Quotient Wealth Partners
Texas
$792K
KAS
1981
KPP Advisory Services
Kentucky
$785K
BWA
1982
Blodgett Wealth Advisors
California
$783K
IRC
1983
Investors Research Corp
Georgia
$783K
RIP
1984
Reliant Investment Partners
North Carolina
$783K
ANC
1985
Ames National Corp
Iowa
$782K
FSC
1986
Full Sail Capital
Oklahoma
$781K
SPA
1987
Shore Point Advisors
New Jersey
$780K
SBF
1988
Sara-Bay Financial
Florida
$779K
MSR
1989
Main Street Research
Connecticut
$778K
SIC
1990
Sterling Investment Counsel
New York
$777K
GDP
1991
Great Diamond Partners
Maine
$777K
CSC
1992
Caldwell Sutter Capital
California
$777K
SFG
1993
SNS Financial Group
Minnesota
$776K
AWMG
1994
Alliance Wealth Management Group
New Jersey
$772K
TCM
1995
Towercrest Capital Management
Pennsylvania
$772K
CCA
1996
Cypress Capital Advisors
Tennessee
$770K
FCAS
1997
First Command Advisory Services
Texas
$768K
TBNY
1998
Trustco Bank (New York)
New York
$766K
AWP
1999
Abacus Wealth Partners
California
$766K
CCC
2000
Compass Capital Corp
Massachusetts
$766K