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iShares Gold Trust

IAU
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers
SEC CIK
0001278680

No open-market purchases or sales by iShares Gold Trust insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 1,916 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $29.1B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

13F holders, Q4 2024

Institutional positions in iShares Gold Trust as of Dec 31, 2024. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
1,418
+217 vs. Q3 2024
Shares held
375.6M
+26.9M (+7.7%) vs. Q3 2024
Total value
$18.6B
+$1.25B (+7.2%) vs. Q3 2024
New holders
263
504 more added
Sold out
46
381 more reduced

29 institutions that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2024: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting IAU on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ4 2024: 1,418 institutions
Q1 2021: 956 institutionsQ2 2021: 878 institutionsQ3 2021: 883 institutionsQ4 2021: 986 institutionsQ1 2022: 966 institutionsQ2 2022: 1,011 institutionsQ3 2022: 962 institutionsQ4 2022: 1,013 institutionsQ1 2023: 1,041 institutionsQ2 2023: 1,068 institutionsQ3 2023: 1,041 institutionsQ4 2023: 1,153 institutionsQ1 2024: 1,149 institutionsQ2 2024: 1,178 institutionsQ3 2024: 1,231 institutionsQ4 2024: 1,418 institutionsQ1 2025: 1,555 institutionsQ2 2025: 1,599 institutionsQ3 2025: 1,713 institutionsQ4 2025: 1,937 institutionsQ1 2026: 1,984 institutionsQ2 2026: 1,916 institutions
Value heldQ4 2024: $18.6B
Q1 2021: $15.0BQ2 2021: $15.8BQ3 2021: $16.0BQ4 2021: $16.3BQ1 2022: $16.8BQ2 2022: $17.1BQ3 2022: $15.2BQ4 2022: $14.8BQ1 2023: $15.9BQ2 2023: $15.9BQ3 2023: $13.7BQ4 2023: $15.5BQ1 2024: $15.7BQ2 2024: $16.5BQ3 2024: $17.7BQ4 2024: $18.6BQ1 2025: $24.0BQ2 2025: $25.5BQ3 2025: $31.5BQ4 2025: $35.6BQ1 2026: $34.8BQ2 2026: $29.1B
Institutions holding IAU and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 20261,916$29.1B
Q1 20261,984$34.8B
Q4 20251,937$35.6B
Q3 20251,713$31.5B
Q2 20251,599$25.5B
Q1 20251,555$24.0B
Q4 20241,418$18.6B
Q3 20241,231$17.7B
Q2 20241,178$16.5B
Q1 20241,149$15.7B
Q4 20231,153$15.5B
Q3 20231,041$13.7B
Q2 20231,068$15.9B
Q1 20231,041$15.9B
Q4 20221,013$14.8B
Q3 2022962$15.2B
Q2 20221,011$17.1B
Q1 2022966$16.8B
Q4 2021986$16.3B
Q3 2021883$16.0B
Q2 2021878$15.8B
Q1 2021956$15.0B

Institutions, Q4 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding iShares Gold Trust; share changes are against Q3 2024.

Institutions holding IAU in Q4 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
HighTower Advisors, LLC3,608,675$178.7M0.24%−161,147−4.3%Reduced
Truist Financial Corp4,160,293$206.0M0.32%+1,507,442+56.8%Added
BlackRock, Inc.4,287,296$212.3M0.00%+331,279+8.4%Added
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co4,303,852$213.1M0.18%+160,250+3.9%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc5,063,190$250.7M0.09%+5,063,190New
Ameriprise Financial Inc5,851,040$289.7M0.07%+500,498+9.4%Added
WealthNavi Inc.5,924,001$293.3M3.41%+141,211+2.4%Added
UBS Group AG8,188,827$405.4M0.09%+352,035+4.5%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.8,450,919$418.4M0.14%−290,880−3.3%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC8,630,437$427.3M0.17%+2,253,090+35.3%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co8,788,184$435.1M0.03%−2,429,074−21.7%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc10,778,652$533.7M0.17%+7,194,721+200.7%Added
Wells Fargo & Company12,288,826$608.4M0.15%+1,183,962+10.7%Added
Empower Advisory Group, LLC13,893,012$687.8M2.32%−1,028,719−6.9%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.17,600,803$871.4M0.59%−551,732−3.0%Reduced
FMR LLC22,617,136$1.12B0.07%−447,956−1.9%Reduced
Morgan Stanley23,490,025$1.16B0.08%+1,831,919+8.5%Added
Bank of America Corp30,980,315$1.53B0.14%−1,007,346−3.1%Reduced
Quadrature Capital Ltd0$00.00%−1,927,978−100.0%Sold out
Twin Tree Management, LP0$00.00%−491,495−100.0%Sold out
Innova Wealth Partners0$00.00%−258,550−100.0%Sold out
Summit Trail Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−183,389−100.0%Sold out
IMC-Chicago, LLC0$00.00%−60,514−100.0%Sold out
Toroso Investments, LLC0$00.00%−51,277−100.0%Sold out
Heck Capital Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−49,156−100.0%Sold out
AlphaStar Capital Management, LLC0$00.00%−30,825−100.0%Sold out
Simplify Asset Management Inc.0$00.00%−22,085−100.0%Sold out
Interactive Financial Advisors0$00.00%−21,237−100.0%Sold out
Norris Perne & French LLP0$00.00%−18,302−100.0%Sold out
GTS Securities LLC0$00.00%−17,426−100.0%Sold out
Southland Equity Partners LLC0$00.00%−13,930−100.0%Sold out
Encompass Wealth Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−13,825−100.0%Sold out
Ayrshire Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−13,801−100.0%Sold out
First Hawaiian Bank0$00.00%−8,630−100.0%Sold out
Balboa Wealth Partners0$00.00%−7,594−100.0%Sold out
DLK Investment Management, LLC0$00.00%−6,641−100.0%Sold out
Wealthcare Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−6,171−100.0%Sold out
Madison Wealth Partners, Inc0$00.00%−5,593−100.0%Sold out
BluePointe Capital Management, LLC0$00.00%−5,340−100.0%Sold out
Money Concepts Capital Corp0$00.00%−5,300−100.0%Sold out
Fiduciary Family Office, LLC0$00.00%−5,249−100.0%Sold out
Founders Financial Alliance, LLC0$00.00%−5,246−100.0%Sold out
Trilogy Capital Inc.0$00.00%−4,314−100.0%Sold out
Wiser Wealth Management, Inc0$00.00%−4,080−100.0%Sold out
TruWealth Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−4,067−100.0%Sold out
Walker Asset Management, LLC0$00.00%−4,034−100.0%Sold out
Castleview Partners, LLC0$00.00%−3,541−100.0%Sold out
VisionPoint Advisory Group, LLC0$00.00%−3,397−100.0%Sold out
Voisard Asset Management Group, Inc.0$00.00%−2,120−100.0%Sold out
Albion Financial Group0$00.00%−1,815−100.0%Sold out
Bull Oak Capital, LLC0$00.00%−1,592−100.0%Sold out
Planned Solutions, Inc.0$00.00%−1,591−100.0%Sold out
Flaharty Asset Management, LLC0$00.00%−697−100.0%Sold out
Householder Group Estate & Retirement Specialist, LLC0$00.00%−680−100.0%Sold out
Clear Point Advisors Inc.0$00.00%−582−100.0%Sold out
Carolina Wealth Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−400−100.0%Sold out
Dynamic Wealth Strategies, LLC0$00.00%−384−100.0%Sold out
Northwest Financial Advisors0$00.00%−336−100.0%Sold out
Legacy Investment Solutions, LLC0$00.00%−335−100.0%Sold out
Legacy Wealth Managment, LLC0$00.00%−335−100.0%Sold out
Financial Network Wealth Advisors LLC0$00.00%−252−100.0%Sold out
West Oak Capital, LLC0$00.00%−207−100.0%Sold out
ZRC Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−175−100.0%Sold out
Valley National Advisers Inc0$00.00%−105−100.0%Sold out
Raymond James & Associates––––Not filed
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.––––Not filed
New Potomac Partners, LLC––––Not filed
Gateway Advisory, LLC––––Not filed
GYL Financial Synergies, LLC––––Not filed
Sinecera Capital, LLC––––Not filed
Kure Advisory, LLC––––Not filed
Axiom Advisory, LLC––––Not filed
Sage Investment Advisers LLC––––Not filed
Inscription Capital, LLC––––Not filed
FinTrust Capital Advisors, LLC––––Not filed
Raymond James Trust N.A.––––Not filed
Vima LLC––––Not filed
Wealthgate Family Office, LLC––––Not filed
Rakuten Investment Management, Inc.––––Not filed
Divergent Wealth Advisors, LLC––––Not filed
Crosspoint Financial, LLC––––Not filed
Waypoint Capital Advisors, LLC––––Not filed
Kingfisher Capital LLC––––Not filed
Guardian Capital Advisors LP––––Not filed
Lesa Sroufe & Co––––Not filed
SpiderRock Advisors, LLC––––Not filed
Banque Cantonale Vaudoise––––Not filed
Alpine Bank Wealth Management––––Not filed
Carmichael Hill & Associates, Inc.––––Not filed
M&R Capital Management Inc––––Not filed
BBJS Financial Advisors, LLC––––Not filed
WFA of San Diego, LLC––––Not filed
Northwest Investment Counselors, LLC––––Not filed