1,720 hedge funds and large institutions have $121B invested in Merck in 2014 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 180 funds opening new positions, 669 increasing their positions, 636 reducing their positions, and 61 closing their positions.

Holders
1,720
Holders Change
+104
Holders Change %
+6.44%
% of All Funds
45.9%
Holding in Top 10
111
Holding in Top 10 Change
-36
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-24.49%
% of All Funds
2.96%
New
180
Increased
669
Reduced
636
Closed
61
Calls
$808M
Puts
$1.28B
Net Calls
-$470M
Net Calls Change
-$471M
Name Market Value Shares Shares
Change
Shares
Change %
Capital World Investors
1
Capital World Investors
California
$9.7B 170,766,040 -4,141,000 -2%
Wellington Management Group
2
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$8.89B 156,621,508 +6,664,511 +4%
Vanguard Group
3
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$8.84B 155,705,154 +2,456,064 +2%
State Street
4
State Street
Massachusetts
$7.27B 128,002,668 +1,860,548 +1%
BIT
5
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$4.37B 76,997,512 +511,694 +0.7%
Franklin Resources
6
Franklin Resources
California
$3.21B 56,558,254 -9,203,491 -14%
Bank of New York Mellon
7
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$3.07B 54,107,558 -2,486,137 -4%
JPMorgan Chase & Co
8
JPMorgan Chase & Co
New York
$2.67B 46,956,307 +3,355,222 +8%
Northern Trust
9
Northern Trust
Illinois
$2.4B 42,346,534 -509,019 -1%
T. Rowe Price Associates
10
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$2.38B 41,978,825 -198,459 -0.5%
BFA
11
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$2.34B 41,223,889 +1,548,857 +4%
Dodge & Cox
12
Dodge & Cox
California
$1.91B 33,616,093 -1,441,575 -4%
BG
13
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$1.55B 27,370,951 +3,025,284 +12%
Ameriprise
14
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$1.39B 24,542,804 +499,789 +2%
Invesco
15
Invesco
Georgia
$1.39B 24,388,483 -588,332 -2%
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss
16
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss
Texas
$1.3B 22,856,934 +87,846 +0.4%
Massachusetts Financial Services
17
Massachusetts Financial Services
Massachusetts
$1.28B 22,490,251 +7,399,545 +49%
Geode Capital Management
18
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$1.28B 22,504,778 +704,911 +3%
Norges Bank
19
Norges Bank
Norway
$1.27B 22,392,108 +220,793 +1%
BA
20
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
$1.14B 20,147,194 +2,036,566 +11%
Fidelity Investments
21
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$1.09B 19,122,111 -14,759,935 -44%
Deutsche Bank
22
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$1.03B 18,161,368 -10,509,905 -37%
Capital International Investors
23
Capital International Investors
California
$955M 16,807,875 +3,237,515 +24%
Bank of America
24
Bank of America
North Carolina
$883M 15,552,254 -2,579,663 -14%
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
25
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Illinois
$860M 15,145,800