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
AP
2126
Appleton Partners
Massachusetts
$630K
MAM
2127
Meeder Asset Management
Ohio
$628K
SFO
2128
Stokes Family Office
Louisiana
$628K
MFG
2129
Mosaic Financial Group
Illinois
$626K
LGA
2130
Lebenthal Global Advisors
New York
$624K
TL
2131
Tradewinds LLC
North Carolina
$624K
WSCM
2132
Wellington Shields Capital Management
New York
$624K
CIC
2133
Chase Investment Counsel
Virginia
$624K
NFA
2134
Northern Financial Advisors
Michigan
$623K
TPWA
2135
TRUE Private Wealth Advisors
Oregon
$623K
WPA
2136
Wealth Preservation Advisors
Tennessee
$622K
FWM
2137
Focused Wealth Management
New York
$622K
CSI
2138
Cross Staff Investments
New York
$621K
TA
2139
Townsend & Associates
Colorado
$620K
UAML
2140
US Asset Management LLC
Pennsylvania
$620K
MF
2141
Magnetar Financial
Illinois
$618K
LA
2142
Legacy Advisors
Pennsylvania
$618K
YIM
2143
Yoffe Investment Management
Pennsylvania
$616K
DWAM
2144
Duncan Williams Asset Management
Tennessee
$614K
CB
2145
Centennial Bank
Arkansas
$614K
OFS
2146
OneAscent Financial Services
Alabama
$613K
SFM
2147
Systematic Financial Management
New Jersey
$613K
AOI
2148
Auto-Owners Insurance
Michigan
$613K
SM
2149
Sweeney & Michel
California
$611K
GWI
2150
Grace & White Inc
New York
$610K