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, Q4 2021
Institutional positions in Sprott Physical Gold Trust as of Dec 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
- 355
- +29 vs. Q3 2021
- Shares held
- 100.9M
- +1.63M (+1.6%) vs. Q3 2021
- Total value
- $1.45B
- +$79.6M (+5.8%) vs. Q3 2021
- New holders
- 54
- 82 more added
- Sold out
- 25
- 92 more reduced
2 institutions that held it in Q3 2021 haven't filed for Q4 2021 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2021
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q3 2021.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 48,543 | $697.0K | 0.00% | −19,314−28.5% | Reduced |
| Veracity Capital LLC | 49,802 | $715.0K | 0.29% | −8,856−15.1% | Reduced |
| United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC | 50,100 | $719.0K | 0.00% | −3,087−5.8% | Reduced |
| StoneX Group Inc. | 50,350 | $723.0K | 0.08% | +2,100+4.4% | Added |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 51,289 | $737.0K | 0.01% | −2,025−3.8% | Reduced |
| Whittier Trust Co of Nevada Inc | 52,908 | $760.0K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 54,450 | $782.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Financial Advisory Service, Inc. | 54,515 | $783.0K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ade, LLC | 57,514 | $826.0K | 0.70% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Latitude Advisors, LLC | 59,078 | $848.0K | 0.24% | −1,420−2.3% | Reduced |
| Sigma Planning Corp | 59,152 | $849.0K | 0.02% | +1,525+2.6% | Added |
| Bluefin Capital Management, LLC | 60,191 | $864.0K | 0.07% | −147,943−71.1% | Reduced |
| Eqis Capital Management, Inc. | 60,501 | $869.0K | 0.06% | −2,674−4.2% | Reduced |
| Courage Capital Management LLC | 61,000 | $876.0K | 0.59% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 62,557 | $898.0K | 0.01% | +3,725+6.3% | Added |
| EP Wealth Advisors, LLC | 63,405 | $910.0K | 0.02% | +100+0.2% | Added |
| NEXT Financial Group, Inc | 65,482 | $940.0K | 0.06% | −815−1.2% | Reduced |
| G&S Capital LLC | 66,049 | $948.0K | 0.47% | +570+0.9% | Added |
| Birch Capital Management, LLC | 66,444 | $954.0K | 0.57% | +131+0.2% | Added |
| Abacus Planning Group, Inc. | 67,533 | $970.0K | 0.26% | −7,418−9.9% | Reduced |
| Foster Dykema Cabot & Co Inc | 67,700 | $972.0K | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Independent Family Office, LLC | 68,391 | $982.0K | 0.37% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 69,683 | $1.00M | 0.00% | −1,597−2.2% | Reduced |
| Claret Asset Management Corp | 70,832 | $1.02M | 0.19% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Strategic Blueprint, LLC | 71,130 | $1.02M | 0.13% | +16,562+30.4% | Added |
| Frontier Wealth Management LLC | 72,700 | $1.04M | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Fiduciary Trust Co | 74,291 | $1.07M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 75,464 | $1.08M | 0.01% | +4,888+6.9% | Added |
| HC Advisors, LLC | 76,633 | $1.10M | 0.68% | +10,948+16.7% | Added |
| Great Valley Advisor Group, Inc. | 77,425 | $1.11M | 0.07% | +77,425 | New |
| Avidian Wealth Solutions, LLC | 79,870 | $1.15M | 0.07% | +2,320+3.0% | Added |
| First Manhattan Co | 82,040 | $1.18M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Claudia M.P. Batlle, CRP (R) LLC | 83,000 | $1.19M | 0.42% | +30,000+56.6% | Added |
| Keel Point, LLC | 83,329 | $1.20M | 0.17% | −84,418−50.3% | Reduced |
| Hollencrest Capital Management | 83,765 | $1.20M | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Moors & Cabot, Inc. | 84,033 | $1.21M | 0.07% | −2,253−2.6% | Reduced |
| BCS Wealth Management | 86,991 | $1.25M | 0.45% | −318−0.4% | Reduced |
| Darwin Advisors, LLC | 87,510 | $1.27M | 0.20% | +87,510 | New |
| SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC | 89,980 | $1.29M | 0.14% | −21,335−19.2% | Reduced |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 90,484 | $1.30M | 0.04% | −6,394−6.6% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 90,757 | $1.30M | 0.01% | +20,120+28.5% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 92,951 | $1.33M | 0.00% | −4,900−5.0% | Reduced |
| Flow Traders U.S. LLC | 92,990 | $1.33M | 0.07% | +14,244+18.1% | Added |
| Trilogy Capital Inc. | 96,800 | $1.39M | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Arnhold LLC | 97,325 | $1.40M | 0.16% | +69,034+244.0% | Added |
| Northside Capital Management, LLC | 98,100 | $1.41M | 0.37% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Proficio Capital Partners LLC | 98,447 | $1.41M | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 99,177 | $1.42M | 0.00% | −152,394−60.6% | Reduced |
| Quadrant Private Wealth Management, LLC | 99,798 | $1.43M | 0.53% | +44,825+81.5% | Added |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 99,949 | $1.43M | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Live Oak Private Wealth LLC | 102,455 | $1.47M | 0.28% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Hedges Asset Management LLC | 103,500 | $1.49M | 1.16% | +103,500 | New |
| Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. | 111,078 | $1.59M | 0.21% | −87,607−44.1% | Reduced |
| Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC | 114,830 | $1.65M | 0.12% | −28,392−19.8% | Reduced |
| Phraction Management LLC | 115,573 | $1.66M | 1.01% | +115,573 | New |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 119,604 | $1.72M | 0.03% | −53,511−30.9% | Reduced |
| Tiaa, FSB | 121,925 | $1.75M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Boenning & Scattergood, Inc. | 125,220 | $1.80M | 0.29% | +4,000+3.3% | Added |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. | 125,389 | $1.80M | 0.13% | +51,149+68.9% | Added |
| Clearstead Advisors, LLC | 127,469 | $1.83M | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC | 131,673 | $1.89M | 1.24% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Blair William & Co | 135,563 | $1.95M | 0.01% | −1,500−1.1% | Reduced |
| B. Riley Wealth Management, Inc. | 136,247 | $1.96M | 0.14% | −1,927−1.4% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 143,472 | $2.06M | 0.00% | +6,062+4.4% | Added |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 149,268 | $2.14M | 0.03% | +7,395+5.2% | Added |
| Sentinel Trust Co Lba | 149,400 | $2.15M | 0.26% | −65,500−30.5% | Reduced |
| St. James Investment Company, LLC | 152,830 | $2.19M | 0.32% | −5,650−3.6% | Reduced |
| Insight Wealth Partners, LLC | 158,263 | $2.27M | 1.26% | +15,582+10.9% | Added |
| A. D. Beadell Investment Counsel, Inc. | 170,643 | $2.45M | 1.53% | −3,679−2.1% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 179,869 | $2.58M | 0.00% | −4,541−2.5% | Reduced |
| Bard Financial Services, Inc. | 182,650 | $2.62M | 0.21% | −47,650−20.7% | Reduced |
| Surience Private Wealth LLC | 182,913 | $2.63M | 2.14% | +182,913 | New |
| Bennicas & Associates, Inc. | 183,707 | $2.64M | 1.37% | −12,220−6.2% | Reduced |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 183,978 | $2.64M | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 185,689 | $2.67M | 0.00% | +9,541+5.4% | Added |
| Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC | 200,000 | $2.87M | 2.24% | +25,000+14.3% | Added |
| China Universal Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 200,000 | $2.87M | 0.68% | +200,000 | New |
| Sterneck Capital Management, LLC | 200,763 | $2.88M | 1.71% | +5,671+2.9% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 203,000 | $2.92M | 0.01% | +110,000+118.3% | Added |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC | 204,339 | $2.93M | 0.12% | +204,339 | New |
| Palumbo Wealth Management LLC | 206,238 | $2.96M | 1.85% | +80,463+64.0% | Added |
| Warwick Investment Management, Inc. | 209,390 | $3.01M | 1.52% | +209,390 | New |
| Sprott Inc. | 213,238 | $3.06M | 0.22% | −48,984−18.7% | Reduced |
| Latigo Investments, LLC | 214,134 | $3.08M | 2.05% | +214,134 | New |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 214,369 | $3.08M | 0.01% | +34,880+19.4% | Added |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 216,327 | $3.11M | 0.12% | +20,441+10.4% | Added |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 223,605 | $3.21M | 0.13% | +71,830+47.3% | Added |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 231,845 | $3.33M | 0.28% | +231,845 | New |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | 236,986 | $3.40M | 0.14% | +161,867+215.5% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 244,432 | $3.51M | 0.01% | −56,367−18.7% | Reduced |
| NovaPoint Capital, LLC | 258,335 | $3.71M | 1.33% | +1,050+0.4% | Added |
| Doman Group, LLC | 261,056 | $3.75M | 3.29% | +261,056 | New |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 263,459 | $3.78M | 0.09% | +58,683+28.7% | Added |
| Sawtooth Solutions, LLC | 265,130 | $3.81M | 0.43% | +197,956+294.7% | Added |
| Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management, LLC | 273,165 | $3.92M | 2.17% | +39,204+16.8% | Added |
| Inspire Advisors, LLC | 273,881 | $3.93M | 1.11% | +134,705+96.8% | Added |
| Tradewinds Capital Management, LLC | 276,675 | $3.97M | 0.61% | −2,347−0.8% | Reduced |
| Macroview Investment Management LLC | 294,103 | $4.22M | 5.42% | −6,090−2.0% | Reduced |
| Amitell Capital Pte Ltd | 297,107 | $4.27M | 2.96% | +8,276+2.9% | Added |
| Bailard, Inc. | 315,896 | $4.54M | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |