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Sprott Physical Gold Trust

PHYS
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers
SEC CIK
0001477049

No open-market purchases or sales by Sprott Physical Gold Trust insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 655 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $4.40B in total; Semper Augustus is the only superinvestor holding it.

13F holders, Q1 2021

Institutional positions in Sprott Physical Gold Trust as of Mar 31, 2021. 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
312
No complete 13F data for Q4 2020
Shares held
91.4M
No complete 13F data for Q4 2020
Total value
$1.22B
No complete 13F data for Q4 2020

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting PHYS 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 2021: 312 institutions
Q1 2021: 312 institutionsQ2 2021: 320 institutionsQ3 2021: 328 institutionsQ4 2021: 355 institutionsQ1 2022: 378 institutionsQ2 2022: 381 institutionsQ3 2022: 365 institutionsQ4 2022: 386 institutionsQ1 2023: 390 institutionsQ2 2023: 384 institutionsQ3 2023: 391 institutionsQ4 2023: 404 institutionsQ1 2024: 411 institutionsQ2 2024: 434 institutionsQ3 2024: 467 institutionsQ4 2024: 495 institutionsQ1 2025: 541 institutionsQ2 2025: 559 institutionsQ3 2025: 584 institutionsQ4 2025: 642 institutionsQ1 2026: 683 institutionsQ2 2026: 655 institutions
Value heldQ1 2021: $1.22B
Q1 2021: $1.22BQ2 2021: $1.30BQ3 2021: $1.37BQ4 2021: $1.45BQ1 2022: $1.70BQ2 2022: $1.58BQ3 2022: $1.42BQ4 2022: $1.58BQ1 2023: $1.80BQ2 2023: $1.66BQ3 2023: $1.75BQ4 2023: $1.85BQ1 2024: $2.04BQ2 2024: $2.12BQ3 2024: $2.52BQ4 2024: $2.48BQ1 2025: $3.02BQ2 2025: $3.57BQ3 2025: $3.98BQ4 2025: $4.66BQ1 2026: $4.84BQ2 2026: $4.40B
Institutions holding PHYS and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026655$4.40B
Q1 2026683$4.84B
Q4 2025642$4.66B
Q3 2025584$3.98B
Q2 2025559$3.57B
Q1 2025541$3.02B
Q4 2024495$2.48B
Q3 2024467$2.52B
Q2 2024434$2.12B
Q1 2024411$2.04B
Q4 2023404$1.85B
Q3 2023391$1.75B
Q2 2023384$1.66B
Q1 2023390$1.80B
Q4 2022386$1.58B
Q3 2022365$1.42B
Q2 2022381$1.58B
Q1 2022378$1.70B
Q4 2021355$1.45B
Q3 2021328$1.37B
Q2 2021320$1.30B
Q1 2021312$1.22B

Institutions, Q1 2021

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust.

Livermore's 13F data starts with Q1 2021, so Q1 2021 has no change from the previous quarter.

Institutions holding PHYS in Q1 2021
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Private Advisor Group, LLC7,782,244$104.4M1.00%––
Evanson Asset Management, LLC6,848,286$91.8M13.57%––
Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.5,977,825$80.2M1.20%––
Central Trust Co5,785,310$77.6M3.04%––
Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec5,377,877$71.7M0.79%––
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd5,174,933$69.3M0.68%––
Morgan Stanley4,949,502$66.4M0.01%––
Royal Bank of Canada4,538,637$60.9M0.02%––
Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.3,764,794$50.5M7.97%––
Wells Fargo & Company1,730,909$23.2M0.01%––
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC1,659,068$22.2M0.06%––
Forest Hill Capital, LLC1,448,500$19.4M5.83%––
South State Corp.1,353,312$18.1M1.70%––
Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC1,156,366$15.5M1.71%––
Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC1,076,576$14.4M0.89%––
LPL Financial LLC1,060,474$14.2M0.02%––
Cannell Peter B & Co Inc867,790$11.6M0.36%––
Auxano Advisors, LLC861,577$11.6M7.10%––
Raymond James & Associates814,723$10.9M0.01%––
Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC781,866$10.5M1.79%––
Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC773,677$10.4M6.93%––
Howland Capital Management LLC761,130$10.2M0.57%––
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.756,144$10.1M0.02%––
OTA Financial Group L.P.741,662$9.95M7.95%––
Bank of Montreal702,240$9.68M0.01%––
Van Den Berg Management I, Inc680,440$9.13M2.00%––
Envestnet Asset Management Inc658,842$8.84M0.01%––
Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc608,738$8.24M3.04%––
Bridge Advisory, LLC604,172$8.10M5.03%––
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC598,681$8.03M0.04%––
Bank of America Corp596,334$8.00M0.00%––
Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC572,277$7.67M3.20%––
HighTower Advisors, LLC511,645$6.86M0.02%––
Independent Financial Group, LLC476,992$6.40M0.83%––
Telemus Capital, LLC451,493$6.11M0.42%––
Quilter Plc443,808$5.95M0.19%––
Danda Trouve Investment Management, Inc.415,433$5.57M6.86%––
Legacy Capital Partners, Inc.400,536$5.37M2.03%––
Perritt Capital Management Inc389,620$5.22M2.85%––
Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC385,046$5.16M1.87%––
O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc344,220$4.62M1.83%––
Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC330,000$4.42M2.61%––
CIBC World Markets Inc.329,830$4.42M0.01%––
Bard Financial Services, Inc.329,550$4.42M0.43%––
Amitell Capital Pte Ltd326,156$4.37M2.75%––
Bailard, Inc.317,717$4.26M0.16%––
Guild Investment Management, Inc.316,920$4.25M4.55%––
Red Door Wealth Management, LLC316,054$4.23M2.16%––
Macroview Investment Management LLC307,335$4.12M5.94%––
Keel Point, LLC300,533$4.03M0.43%––
Essex Financial Services, Inc.292,768$3.93M0.70%––
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.284,882$3.82M0.02%––
NovaPoint Capital, LLC258,567$3.47M1.62%––
Millennium Management LLC255,203$3.42M0.00%––
Biltmore Family Office, LLC241,136$3.23M1.01%––
Global Endowment Management, LP240,000$3.22M0.20%––
Sprott Inc.238,577$3.20M0.22%––
Boston Private Wealth LLC232,694$3.12M0.04%––
Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management, LLC217,867$2.92M1.88%––
Sentinel Trust Co Lba214,900$2.88M0.51%––
Tradewinds Capital Management, LLC212,015$2.84M0.57%––
Bennicas & Associates, Inc.195,927$2.63M1.51%––
Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC193,162$2.59M0.02%––
Chicago Capital, LLC183,978$2.47M0.10%––
Stifel Financial Corp180,588$2.42M0.00%––
A. D. Beadell Investment Counsel, Inc.176,322$2.36M1.59%––
Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC174,345$2.34M0.20%––
Ancora Advisors, LLC172,676$2.31M0.06%––
Sterneck Capital Management, LLC170,084$2.28M1.59%––
Jane Street Group, LLC167,868$2.25M0.01%––
Evergreen Capital Management LLC165,775$2.22M0.11%––
St. James Investment Company, LLC162,270$2.18M0.29%––
Money Concepts Capital Corp154,835$2.08M0.17%––
Truist Financial Corp154,423$2.07M0.00%––
Geneos Wealth Management Inc.141,257$1.97M0.06%––
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.145,170$1.95M0.00%––
Baird Financial Group, Inc.142,747$1.92M0.01%––
Proficio Capital Partners LLC139,419$1.87M0.24%––
B. Riley Wealth Management, Inc.137,579$1.84M0.22%––
K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc134,350$1.80M0.28%––
Tiaa, FSB132,125$1.77M0.01%––
Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC131,673$1.77M0.95%––
Clearstead Advisors, LLC127,469$1.71M0.14%––
Boenning & Scattergood, Inc.121,090$1.62M0.31%––
SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC120,875$1.62M0.21%––
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.120,697$1.62M0.01%––
Blair William & Co113,033$1.52M0.01%––
Advisory Services Network, LLC103,630$1.39M0.05%––
Sigma Planning Corp101,166$1.36M0.04%––
Live Oak Private Wealth LLC99,500$1.33M0.33%––
Northside Capital Management, LLC98,100$1.32M0.36%––
Scotia Capital Inc.96,321$1.29M0.01%––
G&S Capital LLC95,498$1.28M0.75%––
Avidian Wealth Solutions, LLC91,657$1.23M0.11%––
BCS Wealth Management87,867$1.18M0.56%––
Cetera Advisor Networks LLC87,540$1.17M0.02%––
Abacus Planning Group, Inc.86,233$1.16M0.37%––
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC85,417$1.15M0.02%––
Oppenheimer & Co Inc83,917$1.13M0.02%––
Hollencrest Capital Management83,765$1.12M0.11%––