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, Q3 2021
Institutional positions in Sprott Physical Gold Trust as of Sep 30, 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
- 328
- +12 vs. Q2 2021
- Shares held
- 99.3M
- +6.55M (+7.1%) vs. Q2 2021
- Total value
- $1.37B
- +$70.1M (+5.4%) vs. Q2 2021
- New holders
- 32
- 80 more added
- Sold out
- 20
- 91 more reduced
4 institutions that held it in Q2 2021 haven't filed for Q3 2021 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 2021: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
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.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 655 | $4.40B |
| Q1 2026 | 683 | $4.84B |
| Q4 2025 | 642 | $4.66B |
| Q3 2025 | 584 | $3.98B |
| Q2 2025 | 559 | $3.57B |
| Q1 2025 | 541 | $3.02B |
| Q4 2024 | 495 | $2.48B |
| Q3 2024 | 467 | $2.52B |
| Q2 2024 | 434 | $2.12B |
| Q1 2024 | 411 | $2.04B |
| Q4 2023 | 404 | $1.85B |
| Q3 2023 | 391 | $1.75B |
| Q2 2023 | 384 | $1.66B |
| Q1 2023 | 390 | $1.80B |
| Q4 2022 | 386 | $1.58B |
| Q3 2022 | 365 | $1.42B |
| Q2 2022 | 381 | $1.58B |
| Q1 2022 | 378 | $1.70B |
| Q4 2021 | 355 | $1.45B |
| Q3 2021 | 328 | $1.37B |
| Q2 2021 | 320 | $1.30B |
| Q1 2021 | 312 | $1.22B |
Institutions, Q3 2021
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q2 2021.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 675,711 | $9.32M | 0.02% | +108,201+19.1% | Added |
| Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | 678,454 | $9.36M | 1.83% | +10,382+1.6% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 695,256 | $9.73M | 0.00% | −15,209−2.1% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 725,220 | $10.0M | 0.01% | +16,331+2.3% | Added |
| Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc | 731,170 | $10.1M | 3.43% | +95,656+15.1% | Added |
| Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC | 741,866 | $10.2M | 1.67% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 742,519 | $10.3M | 6.27% | +6,818+0.9% | Added |
| Bridge Advisory, LLC | 753,072 | $10.4M | 5.12% | +41,755+5.9% | Added |
| Quilter Plc | 756,699 | $10.4M | 0.29% | +304,550+67.4% | Added |
| Howland Capital Management LLC | 822,956 | $11.4M | 0.60% | +20,314+2.5% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 862,350 | $11.9M | 0.00% | +4,810+0.6% | Added |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 867,790 | $12.0M | 0.37% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 873,386 | $12.1M | 5.42% | −3,634−0.4% | Reduced |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 965,167 | $13.3M | 0.33% | −51,508−5.1% | Reduced |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 1,195,003 | $16.5M | 1.69% | +31,287+2.7% | Added |
| Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1,448,500 | $20.0M | 5.58% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 1,612,906 | $22.3M | 0.06% | −29,815−1.8% | Reduced |
| South State Corp. | 1,667,047 | $23.0M | 1.94% | −19,067−1.1% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1,692,150 | $23.4M | 0.01% | +1060.0% | Added |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 3,736,161 | $51.6M | 7.39% | −102,238−2.7% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 4,853,498 | $67.0M | 0.02% | +64,752+1.4% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 4,978,627 | $68.7M | 0.01% | −120,021−2.4% | Reduced |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 5,549,288 | $75.6M | 0.79% | +119,298+2.2% | Added |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 5,781,838 | $79.7M | 0.90% | +129,061+2.3% | Added |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 5,977,825 | $82.5M | 0.98% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Central Trust Co | 6,430,695 | $88.7M | 3.16% | +493,540+8.3% | Added |
| Evanson Asset Management, LLC | 6,998,036 | $97.8M | 10.08% | +318,526+4.8% | Added |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 12,468,196 | $172.1M | 1.09% | +5,291,447+73.7% | Added |
| CWM Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −310,992−100.0% | Sold out |
| Nepc LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −163,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| New World Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −125,983−100.0% | Sold out |
| Centaurus Financial, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −67,044−100.0% | Sold out |
| Focus Financial Network, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −31,281−100.0% | Sold out |
| Capital Bank & Trust Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −26,243−100.0% | Sold out |
| SkyView Investment Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −24,760−100.0% | Sold out |
| Silicon Hills Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,435−100.0% | Sold out |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,997−100.0% | Sold out |
| Citigroup Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,750−100.0% | Sold out |
| Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,150−100.0% | Sold out |
| One Capital Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,200−100.0% | Sold out |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,123−100.0% | Sold out |
| Fortis Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,230−100.0% | Sold out |
| WealthShield Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,196−100.0% | Sold out |
| Winch Advisory Services, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,904−100.0% | Sold out |
| Arkadios Wealth Advisors | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mach-1 Financial Group, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,390−100.0% | Sold out |
| FMR LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1−100.0% | Sold out |
| Pacitti Group Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −60−100.0% | Sold out |
| Nachman Norwood & Parrott, Inc | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Usca Ria LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Castleview Partners, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Hoover Financial Advisors, Inc. | – | – | – | – | Not filed |