1,669 hedge funds and large institutions have $107B invested in Merck in 2015 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 64 funds opening new positions, 746 increasing their positions, 632 reducing their positions, and 99 closing their positions.

Holders
1,669
Holders Change
-52
Holders Change %
-3.02%
% of All Funds
46.65%
Holding in Top 10
98
Holding in Top 10 Change
-38
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-27.94%
% of All Funds
2.74%
New
64
Increased
746
Reduced
632
Closed
99
Calls
$977M
Puts
$1.09B
Net Calls
-$109M
Net Calls Change
-$53.5M
Name Market Value Shares Shares
Change
Shares
Change %
Wellington Management Group
1
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$8.91B 180,355,213 +8,712,602 +5%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$8.16B 165,273,243 +1,347,738 +0.8%
Capital World Investors
3
Capital World Investors
California
$6.92B 140,124,283 -12,497,333 -8%
State Street
4
State Street
Massachusetts
$5.82B 117,772,470 -1,666,530 -1%
LTI
5
Laffer Tengler Investments
Tennessee
-74,255 Closed
BIT
6
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$3.65B 73,854,048 -805,905 -1%
Bank of New York Mellon
7
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$2.82B 57,121,533 +6,438,608 +13%
Franklin Resources
8
Franklin Resources
California
$2.48B 50,246,260 +4,161,509 +9%
BFA
9
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$2.04B 41,281,672 +2,975,328 +8%
Northern Trust
10
Northern Trust
Illinois
$1.96B 39,673,375 -1,254,262 -3%
Bank of America
11
Bank of America
North Carolina
$1.48B 29,971,850 +11,226,552 +60%
JPMorgan Chase & Co
12
JPMorgan Chase & Co
New York
$1.42B 28,727,019 -15,029,293 -34%
T. Rowe Price Associates
13
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$1.33B 26,831,712 -3,613,092 -12%
Norges Bank
14
Norges Bank
Norway
$1.32B 26,697,432 +1,189,477 +5%
BG
15
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$1.27B 25,765,605 +325,116 +1%
Invesco
16
Invesco
Georgia
$1.27B 25,672,173 -114,622 -0.4%
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss
17
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss
Texas
$1.24B 25,179,076 -462,046 -2%
Dodge & Cox
18
Dodge & Cox
California
$1.21B 24,585,258 -95,523 -0.4%
Massachusetts Financial Services
19
Massachusetts Financial Services
Massachusetts
$1.17B 23,663,976 +1,488,292 +7%
Geode Capital Management
20
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$1.16B 23,433,952 +161,537 +0.7%
Deutsche Bank
21
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$1B 20,347,235 -391,405 -2%
Ameriprise
22
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$923M 18,682,460 -921,408 -5%
Wells Fargo
23
Wells Fargo
California
$845M 17,111,931 +2,750,507 +19%
Boston Partners
24
Boston Partners
Massachusetts
$822M 16,650,509 +1,739,003 +12%
BA
25
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
$802M 16,237,198 +1,897,207 +13%