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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Door Wealth Management, LLC | 316,054 | $4.54M | 1.49% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 317,559 | $4.56M | 4.61% | +3,195+1.0% | Added |
| Oliver Lagore Vanvalin Investment Group | 320,670 | $4.60M | 0.33% | +320,670 | New |
| Biltmore Family Office, LLC | 322,379 | $4.63M | 0.88% | −44,430−12.1% | Reduced |
| Legacy Capital Partners, Inc. | 369,179 | $5.30M | 1.72% | −21,078−5.4% | Reduced |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 391,684 | $5.63M | 0.56% | −913−0.2% | Reduced |
| Danda Trouve Investment Management, Inc. | 392,228 | $5.63M | 6.38% | −28,336−6.7% | Reduced |
| O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc | 405,978 | $5.83M | 1.91% | +6,195+1.5% | Added |
| Truist Financial Corp | 445,791 | $6.40M | 0.01% | +21,920+5.2% | Added |
| Global Endowment Management, LP | 450,570 | $6.47M | 0.47% | +70,570+18.6% | Added |
| Independent Financial Group, LLC | 459,355 | $6.60M | 0.54% | −2,046−0.4% | Reduced |
| Perritt Capital Management Inc | 463,895 | $6.66M | 3.45% | +22,261+5.0% | Added |
| Telemus Capital, LLC | 471,569 | $6.77M | 0.55% | −27,285−5.5% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 513,093 | $7.37M | 0.03% | −1,280−0.2% | Reduced |
| OTA Financial Group L.P. | 532,340 | $7.64M | 5.23% | +194,067+57.4% | Added |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 549,059 | $7.88M | 0.23% | +239,921+77.6% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 572,536 | $8.22M | 0.01% | −33,059−5.5% | Reduced |
| Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC | 616,014 | $8.85M | 3.00% | +8,850+1.5% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 643,286 | $9.24M | 0.01% | +30,495+5.0% | Added |
| Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | 670,446 | $9.63M | 1.75% | −8,008−1.2% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 671,292 | $9.64M | 0.02% | −4,419−0.7% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 685,780 | $9.77M | 0.01% | −9,476−1.4% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 685,000 | $9.84M | 0.00% | −40,220−5.5% | Reduced |
| Concorde Financial Corp | 693,131 | $9.88M | 6.21% | +693,131 | New |
| Quilter Plc | 704,957 | $9.96M | 0.26% | −51,742−6.8% | Reduced |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 725,844 | $10.4M | 0.04% | +128,521+21.5% | Added |
| Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC | 741,866 | $10.7M | 1.64% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| National Bank of Canada | 754,641 | $10.8M | 0.05% | +754,641 | New |
| Bridge Advisory, LLC | 760,012 | $10.9M | 4.94% | +6,940+0.9% | Added |
| Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc | 764,522 | $11.0M | 3.46% | +33,352+4.6% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 773,007 | $11.1M | 6.47% | +30,488+4.1% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 775,690 | $11.1M | 0.02% | +131,243+20.4% | Added |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 790,409 | $11.3M | 0.30% | −174,758−18.1% | Reduced |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 862,720 | $12.4M | 0.35% | −5,070−0.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 882,817 | $12.7M | 0.00% | +20,467+2.4% | Added |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 891,161 | $12.8M | 13.18% | +891,161 | New |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 892,151 | $12.8M | 5.73% | +18,765+2.1% | Added |
| Howland Capital Management LLC | 925,693 | $13.3M | 0.68% | +102,737+12.5% | Added |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 877,260 | $15.5M | 0.15% | +877,260 | New |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 1,164,616 | $16.7M | 16.39% | +1,164,616 | New |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 1,207,089 | $17.3M | 1.62% | +12,086+1.0% | Added |
| Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1,448,500 | $20.8M | 5.68% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 1,504,645 | $21.6M | 0.05% | −108,261−6.7% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1,751,997 | $25.2M | 0.01% | +59,847+3.5% | Added |
| South State Corp. | 1,768,675 | $25.4M | 1.98% | +101,628+6.1% | Added |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 3,462,375 | $49.7M | 6.77% | −273,786−7.3% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 4,241,140 | $60.9M | 0.01% | −737,487−14.8% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 4,706,249 | $67.6M | 0.02% | −147,249−3.0% | Reduced |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 5,144,862 | $73.8M | 0.73% | −404,426−7.3% | Reduced |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 5,977,825 | $85.8M | 1.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 6,384,161 | $90.8M | 1.00% | +602,323+10.4% | Added |
| Central Trust Co | 6,660,378 | $95.6M | 2.70% | +229,683+3.6% | Added |
| Evanson Asset Management, LLC | 7,222,919 | $103.7M | 9.23% | +224,883+3.2% | Added |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 7,363,121 | $105.7M | 0.79% | −5,105,075−40.9% | Reduced |
| Castleview Partners, LLC | 41,127 | – | – | +41,127 | New |
| Private Wealth Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −64,910−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tacita Capital Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −57,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −54,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| IPG Investment Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −47,625−100.0% | Sold out |
| Blue Water Life Science Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −45,626−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mather Group, LLC. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −36,994−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bryn Mawr Trust Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −27,289−100.0% | Sold out |
| Barclays PLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −26,445−100.0% | Sold out |
| Wealthspire Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Taylor, Cottrill, Erickson & Associates, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,510−100.0% | Sold out |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,250−100.0% | Sold out |
| Clarus Group, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,218−100.0% | Sold out |
| Creative Planning | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,090−100.0% | Sold out |
| Two Sigma Securities, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,996−100.0% | Sold out |
| LS Investment Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,108−100.0% | Sold out |
| Violich Capital Management, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Harbour Investments, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,265−100.0% | Sold out |
| Brewin Dolphin Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,240−100.0% | Sold out |
| Firestone Capital Management | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,370−100.0% | Sold out |
| Red Tortoise LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,770−100.0% | Sold out |
| Meridian Wealth Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,499−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kowal Investment Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,538−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,200−100.0% | Sold out |
| Dougherty Wealth Advisers LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −30−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cardan Capital Partners, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Sonora Investment Management, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |