3,273 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, 1,410 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: 3,3023,273 (-29)

5% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,338 | Existing positions reduced: 1,410

2.19% less ownership

Funds ownership: 78.17%75.98% (-2.2%)

Holders
3,273
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
IRC
1976
Investors Research Corp
Georgia
$783K
RIP
1977
Reliant Investment Partners
North Carolina
$783K
ANC
1978
Ames National Corp
Iowa
$782K
FSC
1979
Full Sail Capital
Oklahoma
$781K
SPA
1980
Shore Point Advisors
New Jersey
$780K
SBF
1981
Sara-Bay Financial
Florida
$779K
MSR
1982
Main Street Research
Connecticut
$778K
SIC
1983
Sterling Investment Counsel
New York
$777K
GDP
1984
Great Diamond Partners
Maine
$777K
CSC
1985
Caldwell Sutter Capital
California
$777K
SFG
1986
SNS Financial Group
Minnesota
$776K
TCM
1987
Towercrest Capital Management
Pennsylvania
$772K
AWMG
1988
Alliance Wealth Management Group
New Jersey
$772K
CCA
1989
Cypress Capital Advisors
Tennessee
$770K
FCAS
1990
First Command Advisory Services
Texas
$768K
TBNY
1991
Trustco Bank (New York)
New York
$766K
AWP
1992
Abacus Wealth Partners
California
$766K
CCC
1993
Compass Capital Corp
Massachusetts
$766K
SFA
1994
Souders Financial Advisors
Ohio
$765K
RL
1995
Rogco LP
Oklahoma
$765K
CAI
1996
Capital Advisors Inc
Oklahoma
$765K
CWM
1997
Connecticut Wealth Management
Connecticut
$764K
LIA
1998
LBMC Investment Advisors
Tennessee
$760K
I
1999
InvesTrust
Oklahoma
$760K
LAI
2000
Legal Advantage Investments
California
$759K