VanEck Merk Gold ETF

OUNZ

Exchange: NYSE
Industry: Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers
SEC CIK: 0001546652

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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.

Q1 2026 vs. Q4 2025

How the institutions holding VanEck Merk Gold ETF changed between Q4 2025 and Q1 2026.

All holders in Q1 2026 All holders in Q4 2025

13F holders of OUNZ: Q4 2025 compared with Q1 2026
Measure	Q4 2025	Of which not filed for Q1 2026	Q1 2026	Change
Holders	257	6	292	+41
Shares	28.5M	86.4K	32.6M	+4.13M (+14.5%)
Value	$1.19B	$3.58M	$1.46B	+$277.8M (+23.4%)

6 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so the changes leave them out.

New holders (58)

Institutions that held VanEck Merk Gold ETF at the end of Q1 2026 but not at the end of Q4 2025.

Institutions new to OUNZ in Q1 2026
Institution	Shares	Value	% of portfolio
Brookstone Capital Management	106,610	$4.80M	0.05%
Quadrature Capital Ltd	99,805	$4.50M	0.05%
Independent Advisor Alliance	89,476	$4.03M	0.04%
Sbe LLC Dba Cedar Cove Wealth Partners	76,221	$3.43M	1.80%
My Portfolio Guide, LLC	59,075	$2.66M	1.47%
Change Path, LLC	57,313	$2.58M	0.06%
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans	56,437	$2.54M	0.00%
First Trust Advisors LP	52,667	$2.37M	0.00%
Blue Line Capital, LLC	43,314	$1.95M	2.21%
Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd	18,806	$1.73M	0.28%
Crescent Grove Advisors, LLC	35,750	$1.61M	0.16%
Kingsview Wealth Management, LLC	30,112	$1.36M	0.02%
Waterloo Capital, L.P.	29,118	$1.31M	0.09%
Huntington National Bank	27,816	$1.25M	0.01%
Banco BTG Pactual S.A.	27,796	$1.25M	0.24%
Citadel Advisors LLC	26,164	$1.18M	0.00%
Golden State Equity Partners	25,807	$1.16M	0.09%
NewSquare Capital LLC	25,500	$1.15M	0.10%
Fifth Third Bancorp	22,288	$1.00M	0.00%
PW Nova Financial Services LLC	20,721	$933.5K	0.23%
Sovran Advisors, LLC	15,202	$674.8K	0.05%
Buckingham Strategic Partners	11,344	$511.1K	0.01%
Tulsa Wealth Advisors, INC	11,280	$508.2K	0.09%
Matauro, LLC	11,125	$501.2K	0.07%
Johnson Investment Counsel Inc	10,011	$451.0K	0.00%
Regent Peak Wealth Advisors LLC	9,054	$407.9K	0.08%
Laidlaw Wealth Management LLC	9,047	$407.6K	1.41%
WealthPlan Investment Management, LLC	8,458	$381.0K	0.02%
Apollon Wealth Management, LLC	8,352	$376.3K	0.01%
Retirement Planning Group	7,803	$351.5K	0.01%
Group One Trading, L.P.	6,691	$301.4K	0.01%
PCG Wealth Advisors, LLC	5,546	$249.8K	0.06%
Advyzon Investment Management, LLC	5,358	$241.4K	0.02%
Mercer Global Advisors Inc	5,143	$231.7K	0.00%
XML Financial, LLC	5,100	$229.8K	0.02%
Ethos Financial Group, LLC	4,774	$215.1K	0.02%
Vista Investment Partners LLC	4,675	$210.6K	0.06%
SCS Capital Management LLC	4,596	$207.1K	0.00%
Betterment LLC	4,584	$207.0K	0.00%
Skopos Labs, Inc.	4,523	$203.8K	0.01%
Perfromance Wealth Partners, LLC	4,449	$200.4K	0.01%
Mascoma Wealth Management LLC	4,285	$193.0K	0.04%
Gill Capital Partners, LLC	3,930	$177.0K	0.05%
Owl Creek Wealth Partners LLC	2,001	$90.1K	0.03%
Scarborough Advisors, LLC	1,286	$57.9K	0.01%
Simplex Trading, LLC	1,137	$51.2K	0.00%
Holos Integrated Wealth LLC	500	$22.6K	0.01%
US Bancorp	468	$21.1K	0.00%
TopTier Wealth Management, LLC	442	$19.9K	0.01%
Bravera Wealth	429	$19.3K	0.01%
Ankerstar Wealth, LLC	400	$18.0K	0.02%
Innovative Asset Advisors Group, LLC	325	$14.6K	0.01%
Ameriflex Group, Inc.	100	$4.50K	0.00%
Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management, LLC	50	$2.25K	0.00%
Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC	40	$1.80K	0.00%
American Capital Advisory, LLC	29	$1.31K	0.00%
Hickory Point Bank & Trust	29	$1.31K	0.00%
Marshall Investment Management, LLC	1	$45	0.00%

Sold out (17)

Institutions that held VanEck Merk Gold ETF at the end of Q4 2025 and filed for Q1 2026 without it.

Institutions that sold out of OUNZ in Q1 2026
Institution	Shares, Q4 2025	Value, Q4 2025
Ambassador Advisors, LLC	124,875	$5.18M
JT Stratford LLC	15,943	$661.3K
Snider Financial Group	10,532	$436.9K
Kovack Advisors, Inc.	8,911	$369.6K
Brinker Capital Investments, LLC	7,001	$290.4K
Garden State Investment Advisory Services LLC	6,746	$279.8K
Bank of America Corp	6,525	$270.7K
BlackRock, Inc.	6,500	$269.6K
IvyRock Asset Management (HK) Ltd	2,700	$231.6K
Two Sigma Securities, LLC	5,528	$229.3K
Cape Investment Advisory, Inc.	4,968	$206.1K
Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC	4,961	$205.8K
UBS Group AG	4,290	$177.9K
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co	1,415	$58.7K
SageView Advisory Group, LLC	95	$3.94K
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.	66	$2.74K
Smartleaf Asset Management LLC	13	$543

Not filed for Q1 2026 yet (6)

Institutions that held VanEck Merk Gold ETF at the end of Q4 2025 and haven't filed a 13F for Q1 2026. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out.

Institutions holding OUNZ in Q4 2025 that haven't filed for Q1 2026
Institution	Shares, Q4 2025	Value, Q4 2025
BancorpSouth Bank	27,606	$1.15M
ORG Partners LLC	23,614	$979.5K
Comerica Bank	21,957	$910.8K
Edge Financial Advisors LLC	6,804	$282.2K
Global Retirement Partners, LLC	6,307	$261.6K
Motiv8 Investments LLC	63	$3.00K