3,240 hedge funds and large institutions have $223B invested in Merck in 2023 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 186 funds opening new positions, 1,224 increasing their positions, 1,455 reducing their positions, and 87 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 capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $ → $

more funds holding

Funds holding:

1% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 260258 (-2)

2.28% less ownership

Funds ownership: 78.46%76.17% (-2.3%)

16% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,224 | Existing positions reduced: 1,455

Holders
3,240
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
258
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$2.02B
Puts
$1.78B
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Sellers

1 -$6.63B
2 -$647M
3 -$471M
4
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
-$398M
5
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
-$308M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
2001
$1.08M
2002
$1.08M
2003
$1.08M
2004
$1.08M
2005
$1.08M
2006
$1.07M
2007
$1.07M
2008
$1.07M
2009
$1.07M
2010
$1.06M
2011
$1.06M
2012
$1.06M
2013
$1.06M
2014
$1.05M
2015
$1.05M
2016
$1.05M
2017
$1.05M
2018
$1.05M
2019
$1.05M
2020
$1.05M
2021
$1.04M
2022
$1.04M
2023
$1.04M
2024
$1.04M
2025
$1.04M