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, Q1 2025
Institutional positions in VanEck Merk Gold ETF as of Mar 31, 2025. 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
- 184
- +26 vs. Q4 2024
- Shares held
- 24.6M
- +1.21M (+5.2%) vs. Q4 2024
- Total value
- $738.9M
- +$147.1M (+24.9%) vs. Q4 2024
- New holders
- 40
- 61 more added
- Sold out
- 14
- 36 more reduced
4 institutions that held it in Q4 2024 haven't filed for Q1 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 2024: 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, Q1 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding VanEck Merk Gold ETF; share changes are against Q4 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDA Financial Network | 21,983 | $662.6K | 0.20% | −2,033−8.5% | Reduced |
| White Pine Capital LLC | 22,411 | $675.5K | 0.23% | −1,335−5.6% | Reduced |
| HB Wealth Management, LLC | 22,846 | $688.6K | 0.01% | +22,846 | New |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 24,125 | $727.1K | 0.03% | +24,125 | New |
| Knightsbridge Asset Management, LLC | 26,838 | $808.9K | 0.21% | +1,883+7.5% | Added |
| Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC | 28,136 | $848.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Integrated Advisors Network LLC | 29,452 | $887.7K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC | 33,798 | $1.02M | 0.02% | +1,695+5.3% | Added |
| Mather Group, LLC. | 33,869 | $1.02M | 0.01% | −90.0% | Reduced |
| Mayflower Financial Advisors, LLC | 33,890 | $1.02M | 0.16% | +335+1.0% | Added |
| CWC Advisors, LLC. | 36,294 | $1.09M | 0.62% | +36,294 | New |
| Baker Ellis Asset Management LLC | 37,000 | $1.12M | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Valmark Advisers, Inc. | 37,066 | $1.12M | 0.02% | +17,432+88.8% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 37,587 | $1.13M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sloy Dahl & Holst, LLC | 37,860 | $1.14M | 0.20% | +7,625+25.2% | Added |
| HBW Advisory Services LLC | 39,740 | $1.20M | 0.17% | +20,708+108.8% | Added |
| Crawford Fund Management, LLC | 39,900 | $1.20M | 0.79% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Comerica Bank | 40,639 | $1.22M | 0.01% | +1,100+2.8% | Added |
| Walkner Condon Financial Advisors LLC | 41,615 | $1.25M | 0.25% | +70.0% | Added |
| Resources Investment Advisors, LLC. | 41,893 | $1.26M | 0.01% | −436−1.0% | Reduced |
| Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLC | 42,750 | $1.29M | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| WESPAC Advisors, LLC | 46,073 | $1.39M | 1.13% | −500−1.1% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 48,385 | $1.46M | 0.00% | +3,468+7.7% | Added |
| Change Path, LLC | 49,616 | $1.50M | 0.04% | +37,957+325.6% | Added |
| Security National Bank | 50,309 | $1.52M | 0.29% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Wealth Partners, Inc. | 50,845 | $1.53M | 0.82% | +57+0.1% | Added |
| Warwick Investment Management, Inc. | 50,861 | $1.53M | 0.32% | −3,575−6.6% | Reduced |
| Sigma Planning Corp | 54,136 | $1.63M | 0.05% | +10,632+24.4% | Added |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 54,757 | $1.65M | 1.14% | +54,757 | New |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 55,153 | $1.66M | 0.00% | +17,086+44.9% | Added |
| Terra Nova Asset Management LLC | 55,695 | $1.68M | 1.32% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lyell Wealth Management, LP | 59,795 | $1.80M | 0.17% | +10,130+20.4% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 61,033 | $1.84M | 0.00% | −1,844−2.9% | Reduced |
| EP Wealth Advisors, LLC | 62,591 | $1.89M | 0.02% | +291+0.5% | Added |
| Umb Bank N A | 64,539 | $1.95M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 68,859 | $2.07M | 0.05% | +2,281+3.4% | Added |
| IHT Wealth Management, LLC | 71,416 | $2.15M | 0.07% | −24,852−25.8% | Reduced |
| Sheets Smith Wealth Management | 76,141 | $2.29M | 0.29% | +28,100+58.5% | Added |
| Plan Group Financial, LLC | 83,500 | $2.52M | 0.90% | +83,500 | New |
| Castleview Partners, LLC | 85,034 | $2.56M | 1.73% | +4,946+6.2% | Added |
| Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC | 88,842 | $2.68M | 0.12% | −20,774−19.0% | Reduced |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 89,196 | $2.69M | 0.04% | −3,596−3.9% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 89,530 | $2.70M | 0.00% | +89,530 | New |
| SFG Wealth Management, LLC. | 96,764 | $2.92M | 1.42% | +14,634+17.8% | Added |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 104,462 | $3.15M | 0.00% | +98,728+1,721.8% | Added |
| Ambassador Advisors, LLC | 107,417 | $3.24M | 0.56% | +12,393+13.0% | Added |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 127,598 | $3.85M | 0.06% | +7,740+6.5% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 131,793 | $3.97M | 0.01% | −43,515−24.8% | Reduced |
| Petra Financial Advisors Inc | 137,952 | $4.16M | 3.41% | +5,288+4.0% | Added |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 141,550 | $4.27M | 4.48% | +200.0% | Added |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 142,635 | $4.30M | 0.08% | +15,438+12.1% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 148,272 | $4.47M | 2.67% | −982−0.7% | Reduced |
| Sanctuary Advisors, LLC | 153,234 | $4.62M | 0.03% | −6,280−3.9% | Reduced |
| Forum Financial Management, LP | 160,123 | $4.83M | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| PDS Planning, Inc | 167,778 | $5.06M | 0.43% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Huntleigh Advisors, Inc. | 200,000 | $5.06M | 0.85% | +200,000 | New |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 185,255 | $5.58M | 0.02% | +5,684+3.2% | Added |
| Dogwood Wealth Management LLC | 193,164 | $5.82M | 3.06% | −6,345−3.2% | Reduced |
| Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC | 195,160 | $5.88M | 2.39% | −1,237−0.6% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 203,774 | $6.14M | 0.00% | +65,138+47.0% | Added |
| Smart Money Group LLC | 207,324 | $6.25M | 2.12% | +54,308+35.5% | Added |
| Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC | 246,239 | $6.30M | 0.25% | −32,664−11.7% | Reduced |
| Solstein Capital, LLC | 234,653 | $7.07M | 4.12% | +2,045+0.9% | Added |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 241,428 | $7.28M | 0.54% | −992−0.4% | Reduced |
| Lifeworks Advisors, LLC | 259,477 | $7.82M | 1.30% | −479−0.2% | Reduced |
| Accordant Advisory Group Inc | 275,798 | $8.31M | 8.13% | +50,081+22.2% | Added |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 343,860 | $10.4M | 1.26% | −8,365−2.4% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 363,803 | $11.0M | 0.01% | +13,072+3.7% | Added |
| Kiker Wealth Management, LLC | 378,930 | $11.4M | 7.79% | +6,563+1.8% | Added |
| Silver Oak Securities, Inc | 386,559 | $11.5M | 1.08% | +9,952+2.6% | Added |
| MML Investors Services, LLC | 388,274 | $11.7M | 0.04% | +4,732+1.2% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 423,098 | $12.8M | 0.03% | +172,390+68.8% | Added |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 451,274 | $13.7M | 2.48% | +4,409+1.0% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 512,900 | $15.5M | 0.02% | +321,000+167.3% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 571,970 | $17.2M | 0.01% | +2,321+0.4% | Added |
| Modern Wealth Management, LLC | 629,455 | $19.0M | 0.61% | +1,154+0.2% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 680,527 | $20.5M | 0.01% | +64,105+10.4% | Added |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 713,610 | $21.5M | 0.04% | −42,074−5.6% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 821,991 | $24.8M | 0.01% | −8,282−1.0% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 883,682 | $26.6M | 0.03% | +12,988+1.5% | Added |
| Pitcairn Co | 1,557,445 | $46.9M | 2.83% | +14,886+1.0% | Added |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 1,656,064 | $49.9M | 0.10% | +47,576+3.0% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 2,655,747 | $80.0M | 0.03% | +886,741+50.1% | Added |
| Morton Capital Management LLC | 4,163,696 | $125.5M | 24.24% | −103,478−2.4% | Reduced |
| Proequities, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −195−100.0% | Sold out |
| New Harbor Financial Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −459,645−100.0% | Sold out |
| Fiduciary Family Office, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −459,645−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −201,440−100.0% | Sold out |
| Independent Advisor Alliance | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −68,809−100.0% | Sold out |
| Flow Traders U.S. LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −25,032−100.0% | Sold out |
| WMS Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −21,415−100.0% | Sold out |
| Two Sigma Securities, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,462−100.0% | Sold out |
| Brinker Capital Investments, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,552−100.0% | Sold out |
| Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,552−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,838−100.0% | Sold out |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,086−100.0% | Sold out |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −100−100.0% | Sold out |
| UBS Group AG | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −91−100.0% | Sold out |
| Private Portfolio Partners LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| WR Wealth Planners, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |