3,221 hedge funds and large institutions have $216B invested in Merck in 2022 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 392 funds opening new positions, 1,185 increasing their positions, 1,320 reducing their positions, and 94 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: | Existing positions closed:

more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10:

more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $ → $

more funds holding

Funds holding:

4% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.63B | Put options by funds: $2.53B

0.48% more ownership

Funds ownership: 74.94%75.41% (+0.48%)

10% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,185 | Existing positions reduced: 1,320

Holders
3,221
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
340
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$2.63B
Puts
$2.53B
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Buyers

1 +$2.43B
2 +$1.23B
3 +$472M
4
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
+$444M
5
Barclays
Barclays
United Kingdom
+$434M

Top Sellers

1 -$1.55B
2 -$473M
3 -$350M
4
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
-$320M
5
N
Natixis
France
-$246M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
1
$25.2B
2
$23.8B
3
$13.2B
4
$6.88B
5
$5.35B
6
$4.88B
7
$4.64B
8
$4.46B
9
$3.37B
10
$3.35B
11
$3.33B
12
$3.05B
13
$2.92B
14
$2.74B
15
$2.65B
16
$2.64B
17
$2.31B
18
$2.13B
19
$2.1B
20
$2.03B
21
$1.99B
22
$1.81B
23
$1.73B
24
$1.58B
25
$1.49B