3,224 hedge funds and large institutions have $216B invested in Merck in 2022 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 392 funds opening new positions, 1,186 increasing their positions, 1,322 reducing their positions, and 94 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: | Existing positions closed:

more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10:

more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $ → $

more funds holding

Funds holding:

4% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.63B | Put options by funds: $2.53B

0.45% more ownership

Funds ownership: 75.01%75.45% (+0.45%)

10% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,186 | Existing positions reduced: 1,322

Holders
3,224
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
341
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$2.63B
Puts
$2.53B
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Buyers

1 +$2.23B
2 +$1.13B
3 +$435M
4
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
+$409M
5
Barclays
Barclays
United Kingdom
+$400M

Top Sellers

1 -$1.43B
2 -$436M
3 -$323M
4
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
-$295M
5
N
Natixis
France
-$227M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
2051
$981K
2052
$981K
2053
$980K
2054
$977K
2055
$977K
2056
$975K
2057
$972K
2058
$971K
2059
$970K
2060
$970K
2061
$970K
2062
$969K
2063
$967K
2064
$967K
2065
$966K
2066
$964K
2067
$961K
2068
$960K
2069
$958K
2070
$956K
2071
$955K
2072
$955K
2073
$955K
2074
$954K
2075
$953K