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
MWA
2301
Midland Wealth Advisors
Illinois
$500K
CCA
2302
Cottonwood Capital Advisors
Utah
$500K
EWS
2303
Eagle Wealth Strategies
New Jersey
$499K
MWM
2304
Mattern Wealth Management
Kansas
$498K
GAMC
2305
Garner Asset Management Corp
Texas
$498K
1WM
2306
1900 Wealth Management
Texas
$498K
KA
2307
KDT Advisors
New York
$497K
IFS
2308
Ifrah Financial Services
Arkansas
$497K
ACM
2309
Aljian Capital Management
Nevada
$497K
NFG
2310
Nadler Financial Group
Illinois
$496K
CH
2311
Canton Hathaway
Rhode Island
$495K
CFG
2312
Cooper Financial Group
California
$494K
SQA
2313
Simon Quick Advisors
New Jersey
$493K
TWP
2314
Tower Wealth Partners
Pennsylvania
$493K
SAMT
2315
Select Asset Management & Trust
Pennsylvania
$493K
IP
2316
Ignite Planners
California
$493K
SCA
2317
St. Clair Advisors
Ohio
$493K
PAM
2318
PCG Asset Management
New Jersey
$491K
DFG
2319
Demars Financial Group
Washington
$490K
PS
2320
Planned Solutions
California
$490K
RA
2321
Riversedge Advisors
Delaware
$490K
TAM
2322
Townsend Asset Management
North Carolina
$490K
PWA
2323
Phoenix Wealth Advisors
North Carolina
$488K
TCA
2324
Trifecta Capital Advisors
Illinois
$488K
LIM
2325
Lathrop Investment Management
Arkansas
$488K