VanEck Merk Gold ETF
OUNZ- Exchange
- NYSE
- Industry
- Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers
- SEC CIK
- 0001546652
No open-market purchases or sales by VanEck Merk Gold ETF insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 269 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $1.36B in total; no superinvestor holds it.
13F holders, Q4 2023
Institutional positions in VanEck Merk Gold ETF as of Dec 31, 2023. 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
- 129
- +5 vs. Q3 2023
- Shares held
- 18.0M
- −592.9K (−3.2%) vs. Q3 2023
- Total value
- $359.8M
- +$25.4M (+7.6%) vs. Q3 2023
- New holders
- 18
- 25 more added
- Sold out
- 13
- 41 more reduced
2 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 2023: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting OUNZ 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.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 269 | $1.36B |
| Q1 2026 | 292 | $1.46B |
| Q4 2025 | 257 | $1.19B |
| Q3 2025 | 221 | $1.05B |
| Q2 2025 | 206 | $863.7M |
| Q1 2025 | 184 | $738.9M |
| Q4 2024 | 162 | $592.8M |
| Q3 2024 | 148 | $527.0M |
| Q2 2024 | 137 | $456.2M |
| Q1 2024 | 121 | $396.3M |
| Q4 2023 | 129 | $359.8M |
| Q3 2023 | 126 | $335.1M |
| Q2 2023 | 126 | $337.3M |
| Q1 2023 | 121 | $319.5M |
| Q4 2022 | 115 | $283.7M |
| Q3 2022 | 112 | $378.2M |
| Q2 2022 | 112 | $406.1M |
| Q1 2022 | 110 | $438.4M |
| Q4 2021 | 100 | $363.5M |
| Q3 2021 | 94 | $252.4M |
| Q2 2021 | 90 | $125.5M |
| Q1 2021 | 90 | $114.3M |
Institutions, Q4 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding VanEck Merk Gold ETF; share changes are against Q3 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morton Capital Management LLC | 4,437,117 | $88.6M | 26.31% | +54,645+1.2% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 1,497,901 | $29.9M | 0.02% | −81,831−5.2% | Reduced |
| Pitcairn Co | 1,227,033 | $24.5M | 1.81% | −34,719−2.8% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 914,963 | $18.3M | 0.03% | −12,946−1.4% | Reduced |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 685,992 | $13.7M | 0.08% | +31,612+4.8% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 505,130 | $10.1M | 0.00% | −10,496−2.0% | Reduced |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 434,142 | $8.67M | 1.30% | −19,150−4.2% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 407,798 | $8.14M | 0.00% | −112,258−21.6% | Reduced |
| Starfox Financial Services, LLC | 403,729 | $8.06M | 7.45% | +26,485+7.0% | Added |
| Modern Wealth Management, LLC | 376,640 | $7.52M | 0.95% | +376,640 | New |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 362,575 | $7.24M | 0.01% | −652−0.2% | Reduced |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 346,772 | $7.00M | 1.49% | −11,101−3.1% | Reduced |
| Lifeworks Advisors, LLC | 335,107 | $6.69M | 2.31% | −4,965−1.5% | Reduced |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 297,197 | $5.93M | 0.02% | +297,197 | New |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 296,884 | $5.93M | 0.01% | +10,332+3.6% | Added |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 255,454 | $5.10M | 0.47% | +6,086+2.4% | Added |
| IHT Wealth Management, LLC | 253,840 | $5.07M | 0.23% | +18,992+8.1% | Added |
| MML Investors Services, LLC | 253,732 | $5.06M | 0.02% | −43,511−14.6% | Reduced |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 255,131 | $5.01M | 0.05% | +255,131 | New |
| Silver Oak Securities, Inc | 247,944 | $4.95M | 0.66% | +122,003+96.9% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 226,063 | $4.51M | 0.01% | +9,008+4.2% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 191,200 | $3.82M | 0.00% | −22,923−10.7% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 169,667 | $3.39M | 0.01% | −155,072−47.8% | Reduced |
| PDS Planning, Inc | 167,778 | $3.35M | 0.38% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Solstein Capital, LLC | 164,153 | $3.28M | 2.42% | +164,153 | New |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 160,607 | $3.21M | 0.01% | −14,061−8.1% | Reduced |
| Forum Financial Management, LP | 160,123 | $3.20M | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC | 152,556 | $3.05M | 1.54% | −38,063−20.0% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 152,000 | $3.03M | 0.00% | +152,000 | New |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 147,516 | $2.94M | 2.02% | +361+0.2% | Added |
| Dogwood Wealth Management LLC | 144,692 | $2.89M | 2.26% | +144,692 | New |
| ProVise Management Group, LLC | 128,639 | $2.57M | 0.22% | +2,306+1.8% | Added |
| Granite Bay Wealth Management, LLC | 124,976 | $2.39M | 0.02% | +2,000+1.6% | Added |
| Smart Money Group LLC | 105,411 | $2.10M | 0.92% | +1,220+1.2% | Added |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 92,012 | $1.84M | 0.03% | +406+0.4% | Added |
| SFG Wealth Management, LLC. | 87,968 | $1.76M | 1.17% | −3,919−4.3% | Reduced |
| Umb Bank N A | 69,969 | $1.40M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 68,764 | $1.37M | 0.03% | −13,766−16.7% | Reduced |
| EP Wealth Advisors, LLC | 62,300 | $1.24M | 0.02% | +42,000+206.9% | Added |
| ICA Group Wealth Management, LLC | 61,992 | $1.24M | 0.28% | +14,602+30.8% | Added |
| Comerica Bank | 60,916 | $1.22M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Creative Planning | 56,509 | $1.13M | 0.00% | −551−1.0% | Reduced |
| Terra Nova Asset Management LLC | 55,695 | $1.11M | 0.97% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLC | 53,835 | $1.07M | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Wealth Partners, Inc. | 53,509 | $1.07M | 0.75% | −2,298−4.1% | Reduced |
| Crawford Fund Management, LLC | 52,900 | $1.06M | 0.89% | +52,900 | New |
| WESPAC Advisors, LLC | 52,737 | $1.05M | 0.73% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mather Group, LLC. | 49,982 | $997.6K | 0.02% | −8,114−14.0% | Reduced |
| Wealthsource Partners, LLC | 49,797 | $993.9K | 0.06% | −71−0.1% | Reduced |
| Walkner Condon Financial Advisors LLC | 43,276 | $863.9K | 0.20% | −804−1.8% | Reduced |
| Baker Ellis Asset Management LLC | 42,000 | $838.3K | 0.13% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lincoln National Corp | 38,555 | $769.6K | 0.01% | +17,425+82.5% | Added |
| Knightsbridge Asset Management, LLC | 36,704 | $732.6K | 0.21% | −3,277−8.2% | Reduced |
| Integrated Advisors Network LLC | 35,406 | $706.7K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 34,435 | $687.3K | 0.00% | +238+0.7% | Added |
| Security National Bank | 33,318 | $665.0K | 0.15% | +18,678+127.6% | Added |
| Cetera Advisors LLC | 32,824 | $655.2K | 0.01% | −254−0.8% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 31,257 | $623.9K | 0.00% | +1,478+5.0% | Added |
| BancorpSouth Bank | 30,201 | $602.8K | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Private Portfolio Partners LLC | 28,990 | $578.6K | 0.13% | +2,026+7.5% | Added |
| Lyell Wealth Management, LP | 28,895 | $576.7K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| National Asset Management, Inc. | 26,934 | $537.6K | 0.01% | +26,934 | New |
| Mayflower Financial Advisors, LLC | 25,520 | $509.4K | 0.07% | +600+2.4% | Added |
| Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC | 24,540 | $480.8K | 0.03% | −104,358−81.0% | Reduced |
| Sloy Dahl & Holst, LLC | 23,090 | $460.9K | 0.09% | +760+3.4% | Added |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 22,721 | $443.7K | 0.00% | −64,423−73.9% | Reduced |
| White Pine Capital LLC | 21,977 | $438.7K | 0.17% | −250−1.1% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 21,887 | $436.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Shufro Rose & Co LLC | 23,291 | $416.7K | 0.04% | −348−1.5% | Reduced |
| James Investment Research Inc | 20,580 | $410.8K | 0.05% | +20,580 | New |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 20,000 | $399.2K | 0.63% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Baltimore-Washington Financial Advisors, Inc. | 19,708 | $393.4K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sprott Inc. | 19,488 | $389.0K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Whittier Trust Co | 19,035 | $379.7K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sigma Planning Corp | 17,631 | $351.9K | 0.03% | −36,844−67.6% | Reduced |
| WMS Partners, LLC | 17,316 | $345.6K | 0.03% | +2,671+18.2% | Added |
| Truist Financial Corp | 16,436 | $328.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Merk Investments LLC | 16,020 | $319.8K | 0.34% | −6,349−28.4% | Reduced |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 15,765 | $314.7K | 0.00% | −2,523−13.8% | Reduced |
| Brookstone Capital Management | 15,621 | $311.8K | 0.01% | +15,621 | New |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 15,225 | $304.0K | 0.00% | −355−2.3% | Reduced |
| Proficio Capital Partners LLC | 14,600 | $291.4K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Smith, Moore & Co. | 13,905 | $277.5K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory LLC | 13,635 | $272.2K | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wick Capital Partners, LLC | 13,411 | $267.7K | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Spectrum Planning & Advisory Services Inc. | 12,901 | $257.5K | 0.36% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Thompson Davis & Co., Inc. | 11,815 | $235.8K | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 11,754 | $234.6K | 0.00% | −203−1.7% | Reduced |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 11,400 | $227.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Whitaker-Myers Wealth Managers, LTD. | 11,149 | $222.5K | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Destiny Capital Corp | 11,060 | $220.8K | 0.15% | +11,060 | New |
| US Bancorp | 10,754 | $214.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 10,689 | $213.4K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Snider Financial Group | 10,532 | $210.2K | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cape Investment Advisory, Inc. | 10,529 | $210.2K | 0.10% | −1,574−13.0% | Reduced |
| NBC Securities, Inc. | 10,416 | $207.0K | 0.02% | −175−1.7% | Reduced |
| Perennial Investment Advisors, LLC | 10,275 | $205.1K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CWM, LLC | 10,156 | $203.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Principal Securities, Inc. | 10,000 | $199.6K | 0.01% | +10,000 | New |
| Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC | 10,233 | $199.1K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |