1,564 hedge funds and large institutions have $109B invested in Merck in 2013 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 187 funds opening new positions, 580 increasing their positions, 627 reducing their positions, and 70 closing their positions.

Holders
1,564
Holders Change
+96
Holders Change %
+6.54%
% of All Funds
45.43%
Holding in Top 10
113
Holding in Top 10 Change
-4
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-3.42%
% of All Funds
3.28%
New
187
Increased
580
Reduced
627
Closed
70
Calls
$1.39B
Puts
$953M
Net Calls
+$434M
Net Calls Change
+$103M
Name Market Value Shares Shares
Change
Shares
Change %
Capital World Investors
1
Capital World Investors
California
$8.46B 168,955,704 +11,701,500 +7%
Wellington Management Group
2
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$7.71B 154,016,283 +9,539,821 +7%
Vanguard Group
3
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$7.18B 143,405,844 +2,041,593 +1%
State Street
4
State Street
Massachusetts
$6.61B 132,101,295 +2,182,322 +2%
Franklin Resources
5
Franklin Resources
California
$4.09B 81,706,991 -5,918,712 -7%
BIT
6
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$3.86B 77,112,513 -527,989 -0.7%
Fidelity Investments
7
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$2.67B 53,271,836 -8,049,232 -13%
Bank of New York Mellon
8
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$2.66B 53,119,929 +1,316,314 +3%
Dodge & Cox
9
Dodge & Cox
California
$2.44B 48,798,496 -1,339,100 -3%
Northern Trust
10
Northern Trust
Illinois
$2.21B 44,073,747 +176,988 +0.4%
T. Rowe Price Associates
11
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$2.16B 43,098,738 -2,167,533 -5%
BFA
12
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$1.89B 37,737,759 +1,909,793 +5%
JPMorgan Chase & Co
13
JPMorgan Chase & Co
New York
$1.67B 33,327,133 -1,668,906 -5%
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss
14
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss
Texas
$1.47B 29,423,811 -217,782 -0.7%
Invesco
15
Invesco
Georgia
$1.45B 28,950,505 +1,671,791 +6%
Deutsche Bank
16
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$1.27B 25,451,756 +4,497,685 +21%
BG
17
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$1.25B 25,059,346 -3,318,957 -12%
Goldman Sachs
18
Goldman Sachs
New York
$1.16B 23,166,411 -1,302,771 -5%
Norges Bank
19
Norges Bank
Norway
$1.11B 22,257,853 -1,930,375 -8%
Geode Capital Management
20
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$1.11B 22,141,531 +1,242,162 +6%
BA
21
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
$976M 19,504,502 -6,353,891 -25%
Bank of America
22
Bank of America
North Carolina
$904M 18,066,405 -6,149,802 -25%
Ameriprise
23
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$884M 17,649,006 +2,847,750 +19%
TCIM
24
TIAA CREF Investment Management
New York
$801M 15,997,072 -1,968,166 -11%
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
25
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Illinois
$758M 15,145,800 -408,900 -3%