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
2301
$387K
2302
$387K
2303
$386K
2304
$385K
2305
$385K
2306
$383K
2307
$383K
2308
$382K
2309
$382K
2310
$382K
2311
$378K
2312
$378K
2313
$378K
2314
$377K
2315
$376K
2316
$376K
2317
$376K
2318
$376K
2319
$375K
2320
$375K
2321
$374K
2322
$374K
2323
$374K
2324
$374K
2325
$372K