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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.

Institutional holdersQ1 2025: 184 institutions
Q1 2021: 90 institutionsQ2 2021: 90 institutionsQ3 2021: 94 institutionsQ4 2021: 100 institutionsQ1 2022: 110 institutionsQ2 2022: 112 institutionsQ3 2022: 112 institutionsQ4 2022: 115 institutionsQ1 2023: 121 institutionsQ2 2023: 126 institutionsQ3 2023: 126 institutionsQ4 2023: 129 institutionsQ1 2024: 121 institutionsQ2 2024: 137 institutionsQ3 2024: 148 institutionsQ4 2024: 162 institutionsQ1 2025: 184 institutionsQ2 2025: 206 institutionsQ3 2025: 221 institutionsQ4 2025: 257 institutionsQ1 2026: 292 institutionsQ2 2026: 269 institutions
Value heldQ1 2025: $738.9M
Q1 2021: $114.3MQ2 2021: $125.5MQ3 2021: $252.4MQ4 2021: $363.5MQ1 2022: $438.4MQ2 2022: $406.1MQ3 2022: $378.2MQ4 2022: $283.7MQ1 2023: $319.5MQ2 2023: $337.3MQ3 2023: $335.1MQ4 2023: $359.8MQ1 2024: $396.3MQ2 2024: $456.2MQ3 2024: $527.0MQ4 2024: $592.8MQ1 2025: $738.9MQ2 2025: $863.7MQ3 2025: $1.05BQ4 2025: $1.19BQ1 2026: $1.46BQ2 2026: $1.36B
Institutions holding OUNZ and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026269$1.36B
Q1 2026292$1.46B
Q4 2025257$1.19B
Q3 2025221$1.05B
Q2 2025206$863.7M
Q1 2025184$738.9M
Q4 2024162$592.8M
Q3 2024148$527.0M
Q2 2024137$456.2M
Q1 2024121$396.3M
Q4 2023129$359.8M
Q3 2023126$335.1M
Q2 2023126$337.3M
Q1 2023121$319.5M
Q4 2022115$283.7M
Q3 2022112$378.2M
Q2 2022112$406.1M
Q1 2022110$438.4M
Q4 2021100$363.5M
Q3 202194$252.4M
Q2 202190$125.5M
Q1 202190$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.

Institutions holding OUNZ in Q1 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
RDA Financial Network21,983$662.6K0.20%−2,033−8.5%Reduced
White Pine Capital LLC22,411$675.5K0.23%−1,335−5.6%Reduced
HB Wealth Management, LLC22,846$688.6K0.01%+22,846New
Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC24,125$727.1K0.03%+24,125New
Knightsbridge Asset Management, LLC26,838$808.9K0.21%+1,883+7.5%Added
Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC28,136$848.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Integrated Advisors Network LLC29,452$887.7K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC33,798$1.02M0.02%+1,695+5.3%Added
Mather Group, LLC.33,869$1.02M0.01%−90.0%Reduced
Mayflower Financial Advisors, LLC33,890$1.02M0.16%+335+1.0%Added
CWC Advisors, LLC.36,294$1.09M0.62%+36,294New
Baker Ellis Asset Management LLC37,000$1.12M0.16%00.0%Unchanged
Valmark Advisers, Inc.37,066$1.12M0.02%+17,432+88.8%Added
Morgan Stanley37,587$1.13M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Sloy Dahl & Holst, LLC37,860$1.14M0.20%+7,625+25.2%Added
HBW Advisory Services LLC39,740$1.20M0.17%+20,708+108.8%Added
Crawford Fund Management, LLC39,900$1.20M0.79%00.0%Unchanged
Comerica Bank40,639$1.22M0.01%+1,100+2.8%Added
Walkner Condon Financial Advisors LLC41,615$1.25M0.25%+70.0%Added
Resources Investment Advisors, LLC.41,893$1.26M0.01%−436−1.0%Reduced
Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLC42,750$1.29M0.10%00.0%Unchanged
WESPAC Advisors, LLC46,073$1.39M1.13%−500−1.1%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp48,385$1.46M0.00%+3,468+7.7%Added
Change Path, LLC49,616$1.50M0.04%+37,957+325.6%Added
Security National Bank50,309$1.52M0.29%00.0%Unchanged
Tower Wealth Partners, Inc.50,845$1.53M0.82%+57+0.1%Added
Warwick Investment Management, Inc.50,861$1.53M0.32%−3,575−6.6%Reduced
Sigma Planning Corp54,136$1.63M0.05%+10,632+24.4%Added
Meixler Investment Management, Ltd.54,757$1.65M1.14%+54,757New
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.55,153$1.66M0.00%+17,086+44.9%Added
Terra Nova Asset Management LLC55,695$1.68M1.32%00.0%Unchanged
Lyell Wealth Management, LP59,795$1.80M0.17%+10,130+20.4%Added
Creative Planning61,033$1.84M0.00%−1,844−2.9%Reduced
EP Wealth Advisors, LLC62,591$1.89M0.02%+291+0.5%Added
Umb Bank N A64,539$1.95M0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Farther Finance Advisors, LLC68,859$2.07M0.05%+2,281+3.4%Added
IHT Wealth Management, LLC71,416$2.15M0.07%−24,852−25.8%Reduced
Sheets Smith Wealth Management76,141$2.29M0.29%+28,100+58.5%Added
Plan Group Financial, LLC83,500$2.52M0.90%+83,500New
Castleview Partners, LLC85,034$2.56M1.73%+4,946+6.2%Added
Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC88,842$2.68M0.12%−20,774−19.0%Reduced
Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD.89,196$2.69M0.04%−3,596−3.9%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP89,530$2.70M0.00%+89,530New
SFG Wealth Management, LLC.96,764$2.92M1.42%+14,634+17.8%Added
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main104,462$3.15M0.00%+98,728+1,721.8%Added
Ambassador Advisors, LLC107,417$3.24M0.56%+12,393+13.0%Added
Oppenheimer & Co Inc127,598$3.85M0.06%+7,740+6.5%Added
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC131,793$3.97M0.01%−43,515−24.8%Reduced
Petra Financial Advisors Inc137,952$4.16M3.41%+5,288+4.0%Added
Guild Investment Management, Inc.141,550$4.27M4.48%+200.0%Added
Advisory Services Network, LLC142,635$4.30M0.08%+15,438+12.1%Added
Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC148,272$4.47M2.67%−982−0.7%Reduced
Sanctuary Advisors, LLC153,234$4.62M0.03%−6,280−3.9%Reduced
Forum Financial Management, LP160,123$4.83M0.08%00.0%Unchanged
PDS Planning, Inc167,778$5.06M0.43%00.0%Unchanged
Huntleigh Advisors, Inc.200,000$5.06M0.85%+200,000New
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.185,255$5.58M0.02%+5,684+3.2%Added
Dogwood Wealth Management LLC193,164$5.82M3.06%−6,345−3.2%Reduced
Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC195,160$5.88M2.39%−1,237−0.6%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co203,774$6.14M0.00%+65,138+47.0%Added
Smart Money Group LLC207,324$6.25M2.12%+54,308+35.5%Added
Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC246,239$6.30M0.25%−32,664−11.7%Reduced
Solstein Capital, LLC234,653$7.07M4.12%+2,045+0.9%Added
Money Concepts Capital Corp241,428$7.28M0.54%−992−0.4%Reduced
Lifeworks Advisors, LLC259,477$7.82M1.30%−479−0.2%Reduced
Accordant Advisory Group Inc275,798$8.31M8.13%+50,081+22.2%Added
Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.343,860$10.4M1.26%−8,365−2.4%Reduced
HighTower Advisors, LLC363,803$11.0M0.01%+13,072+3.7%Added
Kiker Wealth Management, LLC378,930$11.4M7.79%+6,563+1.8%Added
Silver Oak Securities, Inc386,559$11.5M1.08%+9,952+2.6%Added
MML Investors Services, LLC388,274$11.7M0.04%+4,732+1.2%Added
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.423,098$12.8M0.03%+172,390+68.8%Added
Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC451,274$13.7M2.48%+4,409+1.0%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC512,900$15.5M0.02%+321,000+167.3%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc571,970$17.2M0.01%+2,321+0.4%Added
Modern Wealth Management, LLC629,455$19.0M0.61%+1,154+0.2%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc680,527$20.5M0.01%+64,105+10.4%Added
Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC713,610$21.5M0.04%−42,074−5.6%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc821,991$24.8M0.01%−8,282−1.0%Reduced
Van Eck Associates Corp883,682$26.6M0.03%+12,988+1.5%Added
Pitcairn Co1,557,445$46.9M2.83%+14,886+1.0%Added
Cetera Investment Advisers1,656,064$49.9M0.10%+47,576+3.0%Added
LPL Financial LLC2,655,747$80.0M0.03%+886,741+50.1%Added
Morton Capital Management LLC4,163,696$125.5M24.24%−103,478−2.4%Reduced
Proequities, Inc.0$00.00%−195−100.0%Sold out
New Harbor Financial Group, LLC0$00.00%−459,645−100.0%Sold out
Fiduciary Family Office, LLC0$00.00%−459,645−100.0%Sold out
Jane Street Group, LLC0$00.00%−201,440−100.0%Sold out
Independent Advisor Alliance0$00.00%−68,809−100.0%Sold out
Flow Traders U.S. LLC0$00.00%−25,032−100.0%Sold out
WMS Partners, LLC0$00.00%−21,415−100.0%Sold out
Two Sigma Securities, LLC0$00.00%−11,462−100.0%Sold out
Brinker Capital Investments, LLC0$00.00%−8,552−100.0%Sold out
Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC0$00.00%−8,552−100.0%Sold out
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)0$00.00%−1,838−100.0%Sold out
Simplex Trading, LLC0$00.00%−1,086−100.0%Sold out
Group One Trading, L.P.0$00.00%−100−100.0%Sold out
UBS Group AG0$00.00%−91−100.0%Sold out
Private Portfolio Partners LLC––––Not filed
WR Wealth Planners, LLC––––Not filed