Merck & Co., Inc.
Hedge Funds Holdings
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Merck & Co., Inc.‘s stocks are currently a part of 2839 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 71.44% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 1.81B shares of Merck & Co., Inc.. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -1.61% or -29.73M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 48.01% (1363) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 34.55% (981) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 3.77% (107) closed the holdings completely. 172 hedge funds are new holders of Merck & Co., Inc. stock in Q1 2022, it is 6.06% of total holders.
Hedge funds holding Merck & Co. (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)
| Q2 2017 | 1,912 |
|---|---|
| Q3 2017 | 1,907 |
| Q4 2017 | 1,991 |
| Q1 2018 | 1,974 |
| Q2 2018 | 2,001 |
| Q3 2018 | 2,042 |
| Q4 2018 | 2,232 |
| Q1 2019 | 2,268 |
| Q2 2019 | 2,273 |
| Q3 2019 | 2,280 |
| Q4 2019 | 2,504 |
| Q1 2020 | 2,440 |
| Q2 2020 | 2,457 |
| Q3 2020 | 2,517 |
| Q4 2020 | 2,655 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,630 |
| Q2 2021 | 2,619 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,591 |
| Q4 2021 | 2,820 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,839 |
Hedge funds changes in Merck & Co. positions (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)
| Q2 2017 | 102 | 781 | 771 | 88 | 170 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2017 | 89 | 781 | 792 | 80 | 165 |
| Q4 2017 | 245 | 743 | 802 | 145 | 56 |
| Q1 2018 | 116 | 820 | 818 | 107 | 113 |
| Q2 2018 | 126 | 778 | 853 | 84 | 160 |
| Q3 2018 | 123 | 748 | 891 | 67 | 213 |
| Q4 2018 | 275 | 745 | 949 | 75 | 188 |
| Q1 2019 | 148 | 838 | 1,012 | 86 | 184 |
| Q2 2019 | 128 | 941 | 924 | 96 | 184 |
| Q3 2019 | 104 | 943 | 924 | 87 | 222 |
| Q4 2019 | 326 | 996 | 917 | 73 | 192 |
| Q1 2020 | 142 | 1,093 | 959 | 176 | 70 |
| Q2 2020 | 145 | 1,144 | 876 | 109 | 183 |
| Q3 2020 | 158 | 1,120 | 937 | 80 | 222 |
| Q4 2020 | 290 | 1,200 | 880 | 124 | 161 |
| Q1 2021 | 139 | 1,234 | 995 | 139 | 123 |
| Q2 2021 | 129 | 709 | 1,782 | 120 | -121 |
| Q3 2021 | 110 | 1,214 | 958 | 110 | 199 |
| Q4 2021 | 347 | 1,245 | 935 | 95 | 198 |
| Q1 2022 | 172 | 1,363 | 981 | 107 | 216 |
Hedge funds changes in Merck & Co. stock options (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)
| Q2 2017 | 1,604,734,449 | 984,979,628 |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2017 | 1,237,148,309 | 843,943,050 |
| Q4 2017 | 1,037,239,867 | 1,089,811,376 |
| Q1 2018 | 1,371,343,232 | 1,069,235,598 |
| Q2 2018 | 25,074,098,950 | 9,986,547,121 |
| Q3 2018 | 358,249,846,818 | 70,010,949,736 |
| Q4 2018 | 19,745,465,120 | 40,497,958,851 |
| Q1 2019 | 5,590,632,750 | 26,419,541,206 |
| Q2 2019 | 1,259,832,635 | 1,192,917,560 |
| Q3 2019 | 1,444,533,892 | 1,486,052,148 |
| Q4 2019 | 67,618,054,890 | 62,789,958,465 |
| Q1 2020 | 162,282,787,810 | 240,173,820,934 |
| Q2 2020 | 169,215,866,062 | 313,907,687,372 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,090,712,677,715 | 567,226,853,120 |
| Q4 2020 | 40,513,655,760 | 165,222,690,340 |
| Q1 2021 | 389,483,720,107 | 165,126,338,294 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,539,932,157 | 1,130,426,357 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,929,390,365 | 88,266,009,451 |
| Q4 2021 | 4,146,569,760 | 3,586,376,504 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,411,642,650 | 1,377,902,585 |