2,890 hedge funds and large institutions have $141B invested in Merck in 2021 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 385 funds opening new positions, 1,250 increasing their positions, 958 reducing their positions, and 91 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 repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: | Existing positions reduced:

more funds holding

Funds holding:

2% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $138B → $141B (+$3.33B)

0.54% more ownership

Funds ownership: 72.74%73.27% (+0.54%)

27% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8361 (-22)

Holders
2,890
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
61
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$3.26B
Puts
$2.06B
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Sellers

1 -$463M
2 -$399M
3 -$374M
4
D.E. Shaw & Co
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
-$220M
5
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$213M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
2101
$532K
2102
$532K
2103
$529K
2104
$529K
2105
$528K
2106
$528K
2107
$527K
2108
$526K
2109
$522K
2110
$522K
2111
$520K
2112
$519K
2113
$518K
2114
$518K
2115
$515K
2116
$514K
2117
$514K
2118
$512K
2119
$512K
2120
$512K
2121
$512K
2122
$511K
2123
$510K
2124
$509K
2125
$507K