3,274 hedge funds and large institutions have $159B invested in Merck in 2025 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 190 funds opening new positions, 1,338 increasing their positions, 1,411 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: 3,3023,274 (-28)

5% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,338 | Existing positions reduced: 1,411

2.14% less ownership

Funds ownership: 78.17%76.03% (-2.1%)

Holders
3,274
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 -$863M
2 -$579M
3 -$452M
4
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
-$291M
5
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$283M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
BWA
1976
Blodgett Wealth Advisors
California
$783K
IRC
1977
Investors Research Corp
Georgia
$783K
RIP
1978
Reliant Investment Partners
North Carolina
$783K
ANC
1979
Ames National Corp
Iowa
$782K
FSC
1980
Full Sail Capital
Oklahoma
$781K
SPA
1981
Shore Point Advisors
New Jersey
$780K
SBF
1982
Sara-Bay Financial
Florida
$779K
MSR
1983
Main Street Research
Connecticut
$778K
SIC
1984
Sterling Investment Counsel
New York
$777K
GDP
1985
Great Diamond Partners
Maine
$777K
CSC
1986
Caldwell Sutter Capital
California
$777K
SFG
1987
SNS Financial Group
Minnesota
$776K
TCM
1988
Towercrest Capital Management
Pennsylvania
$772K
AWMG
1989
Alliance Wealth Management Group
New Jersey
$772K
CCA
1990
Cypress Capital Advisors
Tennessee
$770K
FCAS
1991
First Command Advisory Services
Texas
$768K
TBNY
1992
Trustco Bank (New York)
New York
$766K
AWP
1993
Abacus Wealth Partners
California
$766K
CCC
1994
Compass Capital Corp
Massachusetts
$766K
SFA
1995
Souders Financial Advisors
Ohio
$765K
RL
1996
Rogco LP
Oklahoma
$765K
CAI
1997
Capital Advisors Inc
Oklahoma
$765K
CWM
1998
Connecticut Wealth Management
Connecticut
$764K
LIA
1999
LBMC Investment Advisors
Tennessee
$760K
I
2000
InvesTrust
Oklahoma
$760K