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, Q3 2025
Institutional positions in VanEck Merk Gold ETF as of Sep 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
- 221
- +17 vs. Q2 2025
- Shares held
- 28.2M
- +1.22M (+4.5%) vs. Q2 2025
- Total value
- $1.05B
- +$188.7M (+21.9%) vs. Q2 2025
- New holders
- 35
- 89 more added
- Sold out
- 18
- 41 more reduced
2 institutions that held it in Q2 2025 haven't filed for Q3 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 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, Q3 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding VanEck Merk Gold ETF; share changes are against Q2 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 14,047 | $522.4K | 0.00% | +3,478+32.9% | Added |
| JT Stratford LLC | 14,289 | $531.4K | 0.07% | +14,289 | New |
| Whittier Trust Co | 14,364 | $537.5K | 0.01% | −921−6.0% | Reduced |
| Whitaker-Myers Wealth Managers, LTD. | 14,489 | $538.8K | 0.12% | −385−2.6% | Reduced |
| Proficio Capital Partners LLC | 14,600 | $543.0K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Continuum Advisory, LLC | 14,761 | $549.0K | 0.06% | +729+5.2% | Added |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 14,924 | $555.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wealth Quarterback LLC | 15,583 | $579.5K | 0.22% | +3,578+29.8% | Added |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 15,895 | $591.1K | 0.00% | +15,895 | New |
| VestGen Advisors, LLC | 16,174 | $601.5K | 0.02% | +3,335+26.0% | Added |
| IHT Wealth Management, LLC | 16,548 | $615.4K | 0.02% | +770+4.9% | Added |
| Integrated Advisors Network LLC | 17,307 | $643.6K | 0.03% | −342−1.9% | Reduced |
| Financial & Tax Architects, LLC | 19,157 | $712.4K | 0.16% | +5,931+44.8% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 19,512 | $726.0K | 0.00% | +4,287+28.2% | Added |
| Spectrum Planning & Advisory Services Inc. | 20,048 | $745.6K | 0.42% | +544+2.8% | Added |
| White Pine Capital LLC | 22,311 | $829.7K | 0.24% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| DiNuzzo Private Wealth, Inc. | 25,390 | $844.7K | 0.10% | −90−0.4% | Reduced |
| ORG Partners LLC | 23,184 | $862.2K | 0.16% | +2,979+14.7% | Added |
| Knightsbridge Asset Management, LLC | 23,331 | $867.7K | 0.15% | −255−1.1% | Reduced |
| Comerica Bank | 24,748 | $920.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BancorpSouth Bank | 25,402 | $944.7K | 0.06% | +14,983+143.8% | Added |
| HB Wealth Management, LLC | 25,597 | $952.0K | 0.01% | +1,180+4.8% | Added |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 26,025 | $967.9K | 0.03% | −6,978−21.1% | Reduced |
| Merk Investments LLC | 26,604 | $989.4K | 0.30% | +7,355+38.2% | Added |
| Benjamin Edwards Inc | 26,816 | $997.3K | 0.01% | +4,378+19.5% | Added |
| Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC | 29,736 | $1.11M | 0.01% | +1,600+5.7% | Added |
| SRS Capital Advisors, Inc. | 31,162 | $1.16M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Colony Group, LLC | 32,843 | $1.22M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CWC Advisors, LLC. | 33,075 | $1.23M | 0.60% | −3,465−9.5% | Reduced |
| Procyon Private Wealth Partners, LLC | 33,181 | $1.23M | 0.07% | +11,252+51.3% | Added |
| Mather Group, LLC. | 33,420 | $1.24M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Baker Ellis Asset Management LLC | 37,000 | $1.38M | 0.17% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mayflower Financial Advisors, LLC | 37,425 | $1.39M | 0.17% | +335+0.9% | Added |
| Accurate Wealth Management, LLC | 35,094 | $1.40M | 0.19% | +9,249+35.8% | Added |
| Sloy Dahl & Holst, LLC | 38,595 | $1.44M | 0.15% | +735+1.9% | Added |
| Peck Wealth Management, LLC | 39,630 | $1.47M | 1.41% | +39,630 | New |
| Resources Investment Advisors, LLC. | 40,054 | $1.49M | 0.02% | −1,419−3.4% | Reduced |
| Valmark Advisers, Inc. | 40,195 | $1.49M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLC | 41,750 | $1.55M | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Evoke Wealth, LLC | 41,799 | $1.55M | 0.03% | +5,500+15.2% | Added |
| Washington Trust Advisors, Inc. | 42,994 | $1.60M | 0.12% | +42,994 | New |
| Sprott Inc. | 43,363 | $1.61M | 0.06% | −435−1.0% | Reduced |
| Main Street Financial Solutions, LLC | 43,691 | $1.62M | 0.10% | +3,255+8.0% | Added |
| Walkner Condon Financial Advisors LLC | 44,296 | $1.65M | 0.26% | +632+1.4% | Added |
| Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC | 45,789 | $1.70M | 0.02% | +7,743+20.4% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 46,027 | $1.71M | 0.00% | +3,654+8.6% | Added |
| WESPAC Advisors, LLC | 46,073 | $1.71M | 1.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Change Path, LLC | 48,678 | $1.81M | 0.04% | −858−1.7% | Reduced |
| Tower Wealth Partners, Inc. | 50,983 | $1.90M | 1.04% | +2,869+6.0% | Added |
| HBW Advisory Services LLC | 51,035 | $1.90M | 0.21% | +3,557+7.5% | Added |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 51,130 | $1.90M | 0.01% | −23,373−31.4% | Reduced |
| Sigma Planning Corp | 53,916 | $2.01M | 0.06% | −14,485−21.2% | Reduced |
| Terra Nova Asset Management LLC | 55,695 | $2.07M | 1.31% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Warwick Investment Management, Inc. | 58,556 | $2.18M | 0.38% | +4,895+9.1% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 60,404 | $2.25M | 0.00% | −1,288−2.1% | Reduced |
| Financial Advisory Service, Inc. | 63,767 | $2.37M | 0.16% | +29,028+83.6% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 64,062 | $2.38M | 0.00% | +16,527+34.8% | Added |
| Umb Bank N A | 64,539 | $2.40M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mariner, LLC | 68,601 | $2.55M | 0.00% | +49,113+252.0% | Added |
| RDA Financial Network | 69,357 | $2.58M | 0.64% | +8,120+13.3% | Added |
| USAdvisors Wealth Management, LLC | 70,434 | $2.62M | 0.90% | −2,488−3.4% | Reduced |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 71,698 | $2.67M | 1.64% | +3,721+5.5% | Added |
| Castleview Partners, LLC | 71,904 | $2.67M | 1.45% | +6,748+10.4% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 76,384 | $2.84M | 0.00% | +76,384 | New |
| Lyell Wealth Management, LP | 76,495 | $2.84M | 0.21% | +16,700+27.9% | Added |
| Sheets Smith Wealth Management | 83,981 | $3.12M | 0.35% | −1,028−1.2% | Reduced |
| Summit Financial, LLC | 87,604 | $3.26M | 0.05% | +87,604 | New |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 87,955 | $3.27M | 0.01% | +32,802+59.5% | Added |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 88,060 | $3.27M | 0.04% | +435+0.5% | Added |
| Plan Group Financial, LLC | 94,250 | $3.51M | 0.94% | +1,000+1.1% | Added |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 96,476 | $3.59M | 0.00% | +8,937+10.2% | Added |
| Atria Investments LLC | 101,074 | $3.76M | 0.04% | +5,640+5.9% | Added |
| Camarda Financial Advisors, LLC | 101,826 | $3.79M | 1.40% | +92,994+1,052.9% | Added |
| Simplicity Wealth,LLC | 102,949 | $3.83M | 0.22% | +102,949 | New |
| Centaurus Financial, Inc. | 103,577 | $3.85M | 0.18% | +4,999+5.1% | Added |
| Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC | 115,705 | $4.30M | 0.17% | +23,287+25.2% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 117,600 | $4.37M | 0.01% | +19,300+19.6% | Added |
| Ambassador Advisors, LLC | 124,798 | $4.64M | 0.69% | +4,162+3.5% | Added |
| Three Cord True Wealth Management, LLC | 126,926 | $4.72M | 3.19% | +9,265+7.9% | Added |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 135,234 | $5.03M | 0.06% | +3,069+2.3% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 136,700 | $5.08M | 0.01% | +1,254+0.9% | Added |
| Perennial Investment Advisors, LLC | 139,883 | $5.20M | 0.43% | +51,076+57.5% | Added |
| Petra Financial Advisors Inc | 142,903 | $5.31M | 3.10% | +2,773+2.0% | Added |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 143,290 | $5.33M | 4.23% | +870+0.6% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 147,569 | $5.49M | 2.73% | −318−0.2% | Reduced |
| SFG Wealth Management, LLC. | 152,050 | $5.65M | 2.45% | +51,534+51.3% | Added |
| Forum Financial Management, LP | 160,123 | $5.95M | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| PDS Planning, Inc | 167,778 | $6.24M | 0.43% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 181,043 | $6.73M | 0.10% | +14,314+8.6% | Added |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 190,422 | $7.08M | 0.11% | +3,516+1.9% | Added |
| Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC | 191,532 | $7.12M | 2.46% | +22,093+13.0% | Added |
| Lifeworks Advisors, LLC | 200,415 | $7.45M | 1.00% | −4,118−2.0% | Reduced |
| Smart Money Group LLC | 219,026 | $8.15M | 2.41% | +5,592+2.6% | Added |
| Dogwood Wealth Management LLC | 234,868 | $8.73M | 3.97% | +17,915+8.3% | Added |
| Security National Bank | 235,510 | $8.76M | 1.34% | +10,001+4.4% | Added |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 245,264 | $9.12M | 0.56% | +2,112+0.9% | Added |
| Sanctuary Advisors, LLC | 246,392 | $9.16M | 0.05% | +235,196+2,100.7% | Added |
| Solstein Capital, LLC | 251,697 | $9.36M | 4.28% | +11,323+4.7% | Added |
| Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC | 268,369 | $9.98M | 0.65% | +60,822+29.3% | Added |
| Accordant Advisory Group Inc | 293,854 | $10.9M | 7.44% | +5,148+1.8% | Added |