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, Q2 2025
Institutional positions in VanEck Merk Gold ETF as of Jun 30, 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
- 206
- +24 vs. Q1 2025
- Shares held
- 27.1M
- +2.50M (+10.2%) vs. Q1 2025
- Total value
- $863.7M
- +$125.0M (+16.9%) vs. Q1 2025
- New holders
- 34
- 69 more added
- Sold out
- 10
- 52 more reduced
2 institutions that held it in Q1 2025 haven't filed for Q2 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2025: 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, Q2 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding VanEck Merk Gold ETF; share changes are against Q1 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 15,225 | $486.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Whittier Trust Co | 15,285 | $487.3K | 0.01% | −250−1.6% | Reduced |
| IHT Wealth Management, LLC | 15,778 | $503.2K | 0.01% | −55,638−77.9% | Reduced |
| Integrated Advisors Network LLC | 17,649 | $562.8K | 0.03% | −11,803−40.1% | Reduced |
| Merk Investments LLC | 19,249 | $613.9K | 0.25% | +6,455+50.5% | Added |
| Mariner, LLC | 19,488 | $621.5K | 0.00% | +6,945+55.4% | Added |
| Spectrum Planning & Advisory Services Inc. | 19,504 | $622.0K | 0.40% | +77+0.4% | Added |
| ORG Partners LLC | 20,205 | $649.8K | 0.14% | +7,405+57.9% | Added |
| Procyon Private Wealth Partners, LLC | 21,929 | $699.3K | 0.07% | +21,929 | New |
| White Pine Capital LLC | 22,311 | $711.5K | 0.23% | −100−0.4% | Reduced |
| Benjamin Edwards Inc | 22,438 | $715.5K | 0.01% | +15,199+210.0% | Added |
| Knightsbridge Asset Management, LLC | 23,586 | $752.2K | 0.17% | −3,252−12.1% | Reduced |
| HB Wealth Management, LLC | 24,417 | $778.7K | 0.01% | +1,571+6.9% | Added |
| Comerica Bank | 24,748 | $789.2K | 0.00% | −15,891−39.1% | Reduced |
| DiNuzzo Private Wealth, Inc. | 25,480 | $812.6K | 0.10% | +14,556+133.2% | Added |
| Accurate Wealth Management, LLC | 25,845 | $827.8K | 0.13% | +13,895+116.3% | Added |
| Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC | 28,136 | $897.3K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SRS Capital Advisors, Inc. | 31,162 | $993.8K | 0.05% | +31,162 | New |
| Colony Group, LLC | 32,843 | $1.05M | 0.00% | +11,171+51.5% | Added |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 33,003 | $1.05M | 0.04% | +8,878+36.8% | Added |
| Mather Group, LLC. | 33,420 | $1.07M | 0.01% | −449−1.3% | Reduced |
| Financial Advisory Service, Inc. | 34,739 | $1.11M | 0.08% | +34,739 | New |
| Evoke Wealth, LLC | 36,299 | $1.16M | 0.03% | +36,299 | New |
| CWC Advisors, LLC. | 36,540 | $1.17M | 0.60% | +246+0.7% | Added |
| Baker Ellis Asset Management LLC | 37,000 | $1.18M | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mayflower Financial Advisors, LLC | 37,090 | $1.18M | 0.16% | +3,200+9.4% | Added |
| Sloy Dahl & Holst, LLC | 37,860 | $1.21M | 0.17% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC | 38,046 | $1.21M | 0.02% | +4,248+12.6% | Added |
| Valmark Advisers, Inc. | 40,195 | $1.28M | 0.02% | +3,129+8.4% | Added |
| Main Street Financial Solutions, LLC | 40,436 | $1.29M | 0.09% | +40,436 | New |
| Resources Investment Advisors, LLC. | 41,473 | $1.32M | 0.01% | −420−1.0% | Reduced |
| Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLC | 41,750 | $1.33M | 0.10% | −1,000−2.3% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 42,373 | $1.35M | 0.00% | −6,012−12.4% | Reduced |
| Walkner Condon Financial Advisors LLC | 43,664 | $1.39M | 0.26% | +2,049+4.9% | Added |
| Sprott Inc. | 43,798 | $1.40M | 0.07% | +23,875+119.8% | Added |
| WESPAC Advisors, LLC | 46,073 | $1.47M | 1.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HBW Advisory Services LLC | 47,478 | $1.51M | 0.19% | +7,738+19.5% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 47,535 | $1.52M | 0.00% | +9,948+26.5% | Added |
| Tower Wealth Partners, Inc. | 48,114 | $1.53M | 0.91% | −2,731−5.4% | Reduced |
| Change Path, LLC | 49,536 | $1.58M | 0.04% | −80−0.2% | Reduced |
| Warwick Investment Management, Inc. | 53,661 | $1.71M | 0.33% | +2,800+5.5% | Added |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 55,153 | $1.76M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Terra Nova Asset Management LLC | 55,695 | $1.78M | 1.24% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lyell Wealth Management, LP | 59,795 | $1.91M | 0.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| RDA Financial Network | 61,237 | $1.95M | 0.53% | +39,254+178.6% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 61,692 | $1.97M | 0.00% | +659+1.1% | Added |
| EP Wealth Advisors, LLC | 63,579 | $2.03M | 0.01% | +988+1.6% | Added |
| Umb Bank N A | 64,539 | $2.06M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Castleview Partners, LLC | 65,156 | $2.08M | 1.34% | −19,878−23.4% | Reduced |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 67,977 | $2.17M | 1.49% | +13,220+24.1% | Added |
| Sigma Planning Corp | 68,401 | $2.18M | 0.07% | +14,265+26.4% | Added |
| USAdvisors Wealth Management, LLC | 72,922 | $2.33M | 0.87% | +72,922 | New |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 74,503 | $2.38M | 0.02% | +58,744+372.8% | Added |
| Sheets Smith Wealth Management | 85,009 | $2.71M | 0.32% | +8,868+11.6% | Added |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 87,539 | $2.79M | 0.00% | −16,923−16.2% | Reduced |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 87,625 | $2.79M | 0.04% | −1,571−1.8% | Reduced |
| Perennial Investment Advisors, LLC | 88,807 | $2.83M | 0.27% | +80,332+947.9% | Added |
| Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC | 92,418 | $2.95M | 0.12% | +3,576+4.0% | Added |
| Virtu Financial LLC | 93,188 | $2.97M | 0.15% | +93,188 | New |
| Plan Group Financial, LLC | 93,250 | $2.97M | 0.98% | +9,750+11.7% | Added |
| Atria Investments LLC | 95,434 | $3.04M | 0.04% | +95,434 | New |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 98,300 | $3.13M | 0.00% | −414,600−80.8% | Reduced |
| Centaurus Financial, Inc. | 98,578 | $3.14M | 0.18% | +98,578 | New |
| SFG Wealth Management, LLC. | 100,516 | $3.21M | 1.94% | +3,752+3.9% | Added |
| Three Cord True Wealth Management, LLC | 117,661 | $3.75M | 2.80% | +117,661 | New |
| Ambassador Advisors, LLC | 120,636 | $3.85M | 0.60% | +13,219+12.3% | Added |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 132,165 | $4.21M | 0.06% | +4,567+3.6% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 135,446 | $4.32M | 0.01% | +3,653+2.8% | Added |
| Petra Financial Advisors Inc | 140,130 | $4.47M | 2.84% | +2,178+1.6% | Added |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 142,420 | $4.54M | 3.95% | +870+0.6% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 147,887 | $4.72M | 2.54% | −385−0.3% | Reduced |
| Forum Financial Management, LP | 160,123 | $5.11M | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 166,729 | $5.29M | 0.09% | +24,094+16.9% | Added |
| PDS Planning, Inc | 167,778 | $5.35M | 0.40% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC | 169,439 | $5.40M | 2.07% | −25,721−13.2% | Reduced |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 186,906 | $5.96M | 0.12% | +118,047+171.4% | Added |
| Lifeworks Advisors, LLC | 204,533 | $6.52M | 0.97% | −54,944−21.2% | Reduced |
| Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC | 207,547 | $6.62M | 0.35% | −38,692−15.7% | Reduced |
| Smart Money Group LLC | 213,434 | $6.81M | 2.13% | +6,110+2.9% | Added |
| Dogwood Wealth Management LLC | 216,953 | $6.91M | 3.37% | +23,789+12.3% | Added |
| Security National Bank | 225,509 | $7.19M | 1.24% | +175,200+348.2% | Added |
| Solstein Capital, LLC | 240,374 | $7.67M | 3.93% | +5,721+2.4% | Added |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 243,152 | $7.75M | 0.52% | +1,724+0.7% | Added |
| Accordant Advisory Group Inc | 288,706 | $9.21M | 6.86% | +12,908+4.7% | Added |
| Winnow Wealth LLC | 288,706 | $9.21M | 6.86% | +288,706 | New |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 308,445 | $9.84M | 0.00% | +104,671+51.4% | Added |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 336,360 | $10.7M | 1.22% | −7,500−2.2% | Reduced |
| MML Investors Services, LLC | 348,034 | $11.1M | 0.03% | −40,240−10.4% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 348,580 | $11.1M | 0.01% | −15,223−4.2% | Reduced |
| Kiker Wealth Management, LLC | 364,970 | $11.6M | 6.56% | −13,960−3.7% | Reduced |
| Silver Oak Securities, Inc | 377,149 | $12.0M | 1.00% | −9,410−2.4% | Reduced |
| Drake & Associates, LLC | 400,465 | $12.8M | 3.13% | +400,465 | New |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 436,407 | $13.9M | 0.02% | +13,309+3.1% | Added |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 455,611 | $14.6M | 2.35% | +4,337+1.0% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 523,443 | $16.7M | 0.05% | +338,188+182.6% | Added |
| Modern Wealth Management, LLC | 602,481 | $19.2M | 0.47% | −26,974−4.3% | Reduced |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 636,339 | $20.3M | 0.35% | +636,339 | New |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 703,054 | $22.6M | 0.04% | −10,556−1.5% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 770,869 | $24.9M | 0.01% | +90,342+13.3% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 791,392 | $25.2M | 0.01% | +219,422+38.4% | Added |