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 2026
Institutional positions in VanEck Merk Gold ETF as of Mar 31, 2026. 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
- 292
- +41 vs. Q4 2025
- Shares held
- 32.6M
- +4.13M (+14.5%) vs. Q4 2025
- Total value
- $1.46B
- +$277.8M (+23.4%) vs. Q4 2025
- New holders
- 58
- 101 more added
- Sold out
- 17
- 75 more reduced
6 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding VanEck Merk Gold ETF; share changes are against Q4 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB Wealth Management, LLC | 42,332 | $1.91M | 0.01% | +2,866+7.3% | Added |
| Walkner Condon Financial Advisors LLC | 43,352 | $1.95M | 0.26% | +229+0.5% | Added |
| Blue Line Capital, LLC | 43,314 | $1.95M | 2.21% | +43,314 | New |
| Sprott Inc. | 44,583 | $2.01M | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Wealth Partners, Inc. | 48,547 | $2.19M | 1.21% | −363−0.7% | Reduced |
| Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC | 49,393 | $2.23M | 0.03% | +401+0.8% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 51,423 | $2.32M | 0.00% | +251+0.5% | Added |
| Golden State Wealth Management, LLC | 51,863 | $2.34M | 0.26% | +46,010+786.1% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 52,309 | $2.36M | 0.00% | −6,019−10.3% | Reduced |
| Valmark Advisers, Inc. | 52,471 | $2.36M | 0.03% | +11,029+26.6% | Added |
| Main Street Financial Solutions, LLC | 52,482 | $2.36M | 0.17% | +3,529+7.2% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 52,667 | $2.37M | 0.00% | +52,667 | New |
| Terra Nova Asset Management LLC | 55,695 | $2.51M | 1.86% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 56,437 | $2.54M | 0.00% | +56,437 | New |
| Change Path, LLC | 57,313 | $2.58M | 0.06% | +57,313 | New |
| Sigma Planning Corp | 57,808 | $2.60M | 0.07% | +9,219+19.0% | Added |
| Accurate Wealth Management, LLC | 57,939 | $2.65M | 0.32% | +11,238+24.1% | Added |
| My Portfolio Guide, LLC | 59,075 | $2.66M | 1.47% | +59,075 | New |
| Procyon Private Wealth Partners, LLC | 59,762 | $2.69M | 0.13% | +25,784+75.9% | Added |
| RDA Financial Network | 63,446 | $2.86M | 0.72% | −1,427−2.2% | Reduced |
| USAdvisors Wealth Management, LLC | 65,872 | $2.86M | 0.95% | −955−1.4% | Reduced |
| EP Wealth Advisors, LLC | 63,584 | $2.86M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Creative Planning | 63,614 | $2.87M | 0.00% | −3,066−4.6% | Reduced |
| Umb Bank N A | 64,539 | $2.91M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 66,396 | $2.99M | 0.00% | −10,379−13.5% | Reduced |
| Evoke Wealth, LLC | 69,122 | $3.11M | 0.06% | −11,603−14.4% | Reduced |
| Summit Financial, LLC | 69,410 | $3.13M | 0.04% | −16,336−19.1% | Reduced |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 72,402 | $3.26M | 1.75% | −185−0.3% | Reduced |
| Sbe LLC Dba Cedar Cove Wealth Partners | 76,221 | $3.43M | 1.80% | +76,221 | New |
| Sheets Smith Wealth Management | 78,171 | $3.52M | 0.40% | −665−0.8% | Reduced |
| Camarda Financial Advisors, LLC | 80,503 | $3.63M | 1.91% | −6,293−7.3% | Reduced |
| Lyell Wealth Management, LP | 83,245 | $3.75M | 0.28% | +21,450+34.7% | Added |
| Atria Investments LLC | 85,255 | $3.84M | 0.04% | −12,437−12.7% | Reduced |
| Bucket List Wealth Management, LLC | 86,355 | $3.89M | 2.34% | +4,436+5.4% | Added |
| Independent Advisor Alliance | 89,476 | $4.03M | 0.04% | +89,476 | New |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 99,304 | $4.13M | 0.03% | +14,285+16.8% | Added |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 94,640 | $4.26M | 0.01% | +1,308+1.4% | Added |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 95,092 | $4.28M | 0.05% | +1,991+2.1% | Added |
| Simplicity Wealth,LLC | 96,180 | $4.33M | 0.25% | −9,016−8.6% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 99,730 | $4.49M | 0.01% | +94,770+1,910.7% | Added |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 99,805 | $4.50M | 0.05% | +99,805 | New |
| Brookstone Capital Management | 106,610 | $4.80M | 0.05% | +106,610 | New |
| Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC | 109,194 | $4.92M | 0.18% | −465−0.4% | Reduced |
| Plan Group Financial, LLC | 110,775 | $4.99M | 1.17% | +3,525+3.3% | Added |
| Centaurus Financial, Inc. | 115,092 | $5.18M | 0.25% | +9,688+9.2% | Added |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 122,930 | $5.54M | 3.96% | −21,760−15.0% | Reduced |
| MH & Associates Securities Management Corp | 131,271 | $5.91M | 5.16% | −1,452−1.1% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 134,561 | $6.06M | 0.01% | +7,457+5.9% | Added |
| Petra Financial Advisors Inc | 138,452 | $6.24M | 3.86% | +2,379+1.7% | Added |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 140,136 | $6.31M | 0.08% | +5,452+4.0% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 146,727 | $6.61M | 2.99% | −92−0.1% | Reduced |
| Forum Financial Management, LP | 160,123 | $7.21M | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 159,292 | $7.30M | 0.07% | −24,094−13.1% | Reduced |
| Three Cord True Wealth Management, LLC | 163,191 | $7.35M | 4.09% | +8,526+5.5% | Added |
| Lifeworks Advisors, LLC | 166,147 | $7.48M | 0.96% | −19,388−10.4% | Reduced |
| PDS Planning, Inc | 167,778 | $7.56M | 0.50% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC | 176,906 | $7.97M | 2.83% | −9,283−5.0% | Reduced |
| Perennial Investment Advisors, LLC | 182,616 | $8.23M | 0.66% | +12,926+7.6% | Added |
| Financial Advisory Service, Inc. | 202,477 | $9.12M | 0.57% | +55,193+37.5% | Added |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 205,694 | $9.27M | 0.12% | +14,427+7.5% | Added |
| Dogwood Wealth Management LLC | 230,079 | $10.4M | 4.50% | −3,212−1.4% | Reduced |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 231,641 | $10.4M | 0.58% | −6,511−2.7% | Reduced |
| Smart Money Group LLC | 238,905 | $10.8M | 3.13% | +4,443+1.9% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 246,201 | $11.1M | 0.02% | −159,805−39.4% | Reduced |
| Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC | 250,987 | $11.3M | 0.44% | −13,214−5.0% | Reduced |
| Sanctuary Advisors, LLC | 252,292 | $11.4M | 0.06% | −15,150−5.7% | Reduced |
| SFG Wealth Management, LLC. | 252,686 | $11.4M | 4.69% | +72,844+40.5% | Added |
| Virtu Financial LLC | 259,375 | $11.7M | 0.48% | +136,598+111.3% | Added |
| Solstein Capital, LLC | 259,954 | $11.7M | 4.81% | +4,048+1.6% | Added |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 267,716 | $12.1M | 1.26% | −60,579−18.5% | Reduced |
| Accordant Advisory Group Inc | 273,228 | $12.3M | 7.63% | −25,484−8.5% | Reduced |
| Security National Bank | 283,026 | $12.8M | 1.86% | +15,601+5.8% | Added |
| Silver Oak Securities, Inc | 323,003 | $14.6M | 1.06% | −16,810−4.9% | Reduced |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 345,793 | $15.5M | 0.03% | −308,918−47.2% | Reduced |
| Shufro Rose & Co LLC | 353,101 | $15.9M | 1.08% | +337,720+2,195.7% | Added |
| MML Investors Services, LLC | 355,749 | $16.0M | 0.04% | −58,699−14.2% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 374,587 | $16.9M | 0.02% | +1,105+0.3% | Added |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 386,587 | $17.4M | 1.73% | −11,483−2.9% | Reduced |
| Kiker Wealth Management, LLC | 437,527 | $19.7M | 9.41% | +429,416+5,294.2% | Added |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 446,086 | $20.1M | 0.11% | +437,945+5,379.5% | Added |
| Drake & Associates, LLC | 510,226 | $23.0M | 4.38% | +28,496+5.9% | Added |
| Modern Wealth Management, LLC | 543,585 | $24.9M | 0.43% | −24,964−4.4% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 707,350 | $31.9M | 0.08% | −1,468−0.2% | Reduced |
| Asset One Wealth Management LLC | 763,076 | $34.3M | 3.80% | +13,574+1.8% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 802,105 | $36.1M | 0.01% | +12,522+1.6% | Added |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 976,870 | $44.0M | 0.05% | −88,791−8.3% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 1,039,375 | $46.8M | 0.01% | +277,218+36.4% | Added |
| Pitcairn Wealth Advisors LLC | 1,336,957 | $55.5M | 5.10% | +924+0.1% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 1,298,740 | $58.5M | 0.02% | +582,203+81.3% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 3,241,811 | $146.0M | 0.04% | +51,122+1.6% | Added |
| Morton Capital Management LLC | 3,433,212 | $154.7M | 23.01% | −238,208−6.5% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 3,817,539 | $172.0M | 0.13% | +1,973,385+107.0% | Added |
| Ambassador Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −124,875−100.0% | Sold out |
| JT Stratford LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,943−100.0% | Sold out |
| Snider Financial Group | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,532−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kovack Advisors, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,911−100.0% | Sold out |
| Brinker Capital Investments, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,001−100.0% | Sold out |
| Garden State Investment Advisory Services LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,746−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bank of America Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,525−100.0% | Sold out |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,500−100.0% | Sold out |