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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC | 114,830 | $1.65M | 0.12% | −28,392−19.8% | Reduced |
| Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. | 111,078 | $1.59M | 0.21% | −87,607−44.1% | Reduced |
| Hedges Asset Management LLC | 103,500 | $1.49M | 1.16% | +103,500 | New |
| Live Oak Private Wealth LLC | 102,455 | $1.47M | 0.28% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 99,949 | $1.43M | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quadrant Private Wealth Management, LLC | 99,798 | $1.43M | 0.53% | +44,825+81.5% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 99,177 | $1.42M | 0.00% | −152,394−60.6% | Reduced |
| Proficio Capital Partners LLC | 98,447 | $1.41M | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Northside Capital Management, LLC | 98,100 | $1.41M | 0.37% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Arnhold LLC | 97,325 | $1.40M | 0.16% | +69,034+244.0% | Added |
| Trilogy Capital Inc. | 96,800 | $1.39M | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| 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 |
| Mariner, LLC | 90,757 | $1.30M | 0.01% | +20,120+28.5% | Added |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 90,484 | $1.30M | 0.04% | −6,394−6.6% | Reduced |
| SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC | 89,980 | $1.29M | 0.14% | −21,335−19.2% | Reduced |
| Darwin Advisors, LLC | 87,510 | $1.27M | 0.20% | +87,510 | New |
| BCS Wealth Management | 86,991 | $1.25M | 0.45% | −318−0.4% | Reduced |
| Moors & Cabot, Inc. | 84,033 | $1.21M | 0.07% | −2,253−2.6% | Reduced |
| Hollencrest Capital Management | 83,765 | $1.20M | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Keel Point, LLC | 83,329 | $1.20M | 0.17% | −84,418−50.3% | Reduced |
| Claudia M.P. Batlle, CRP (R) LLC | 83,000 | $1.19M | 0.42% | +30,000+56.6% | Added |
| First Manhattan Co | 82,040 | $1.18M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Avidian Wealth Solutions, LLC | 79,870 | $1.15M | 0.07% | +2,320+3.0% | Added |
| Great Valley Advisor Group, Inc. | 77,425 | $1.11M | 0.07% | +77,425 | New |
| HC Advisors, LLC | 76,633 | $1.10M | 0.68% | +10,948+16.7% | Added |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 75,464 | $1.08M | 0.01% | +4,888+6.9% | Added |
| Fiduciary Trust Co | 74,291 | $1.07M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Frontier Wealth Management LLC | 72,700 | $1.04M | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Strategic Blueprint, LLC | 71,130 | $1.02M | 0.13% | +16,562+30.4% | Added |
| Claret Asset Management Corp | 70,832 | $1.02M | 0.19% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 69,683 | $1.00M | 0.00% | −1,597−2.2% | Reduced |
| Independent Family Office, LLC | 68,391 | $982.0K | 0.37% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Foster Dykema Cabot & Co Inc | 67,700 | $972.0K | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Abacus Planning Group, Inc. | 67,533 | $970.0K | 0.26% | −7,418−9.9% | Reduced |
| Birch Capital Management, LLC | 66,444 | $954.0K | 0.57% | +131+0.2% | Added |
| G&S Capital LLC | 66,049 | $948.0K | 0.47% | +570+0.9% | Added |
| NEXT Financial Group, Inc | 65,482 | $940.0K | 0.06% | −815−1.2% | Reduced |
| EP Wealth Advisors, LLC | 63,405 | $910.0K | 0.02% | +100+0.2% | Added |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 62,557 | $898.0K | 0.01% | +3,725+6.3% | Added |
| Courage Capital Management LLC | 61,000 | $876.0K | 0.59% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Eqis Capital Management, Inc. | 60,501 | $869.0K | 0.06% | −2,674−4.2% | Reduced |
| Bluefin Capital Management, LLC | 60,191 | $864.0K | 0.07% | −147,943−71.1% | Reduced |
| Sigma Planning Corp | 59,152 | $849.0K | 0.02% | +1,525+2.6% | Added |
| Latitude Advisors, LLC | 59,078 | $848.0K | 0.24% | −1,420−2.3% | Reduced |
| Ade, LLC | 57,514 | $826.0K | 0.70% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Financial Advisory Service, Inc. | 54,515 | $783.0K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 54,450 | $782.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Whittier Trust Co of Nevada Inc | 52,908 | $760.0K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 51,289 | $737.0K | 0.01% | −2,025−3.8% | Reduced |
| StoneX Group Inc. | 50,350 | $723.0K | 0.08% | +2,100+4.4% | Added |
| United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC | 50,100 | $719.0K | 0.00% | −3,087−5.8% | Reduced |
| Veracity Capital LLC | 49,802 | $715.0K | 0.29% | −8,856−15.1% | Reduced |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 48,543 | $697.0K | 0.00% | −19,314−28.5% | Reduced |
| LVM Capital Management Ltd | 48,225 | $693.0K | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Harbor Advisory Corp | 47,896 | $688.0K | 0.28% | −666−1.4% | Reduced |
| White Pine Capital LLC | 47,775 | $686.0K | 0.20% | −495−1.0% | Reduced |
| Rehmann Capital Advisory Group | 47,113 | $676.5K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lane Generational LLC | 46,459 | $667.0K | 0.57% | +46,459 | New |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 46,385 | $666.0K | 0.01% | −385−0.8% | Reduced |
| Lincoln National Corp | 46,294 | $664.0K | 0.01% | −4,430−8.7% | Reduced |
| Baker Avenue Asset Management, LP | 46,006 | $661.0K | 0.03% | −28,168−38.0% | Reduced |
| Beaird Harris Wealth Management, LLC | 44,315 | $636.0K | 0.23% | +44,315 | New |
| Carroll Financial Associates, Inc. | 43,970 | $624.0K | 0.03% | −7,653−14.8% | Reduced |
| Whittier Trust Co | 43,408 | $623.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cambridge Advisors Inc. | 43,211 | $621.0K | 0.14% | −2,600−5.7% | Reduced |
| Wealth Management Associates, Inc. | 42,932 | $616.5K | 0.33% | −680−1.6% | Reduced |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 42,595 | $612.0K | 0.01% | −1,835−4.1% | Reduced |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 41,816 | $608.0K | 0.00% | −30,621−42.3% | Reduced |
| National Asset Management, Inc. | 41,306 | $594.0K | 0.02% | +174+0.4% | Added |
| Flynn Zito Capital Management, LLC | 40,841 | $586.0K | 0.50% | +40,841 | New |
| Lido Advisors, LLC | 40,366 | $579.0K | 0.01% | −6,018−13.0% | Reduced |
| Avenir Corp | 38,860 | $558.0K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Community Bank, N.A. | 37,994 | $546.0K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cypress Wealth Services, LLC | 37,273 | $535.0K | 0.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Optimum Investment Advisors | 36,600 | $526.0K | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 36,600 | $519.0K | 0.00% | −3,350−8.4% | Reduced |
| Islay Capital Management, LLC | 36,086 | $518.0K | 0.39% | −3,430−8.7% | Reduced |
| Aveo Capital Partners, LLC | 35,856 | $515.0K | 0.09% | −433−1.2% | Reduced |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC | 35,496 | $510.0K | 0.00% | +10,000+39.2% | Added |
| Freestone Capital Holdings, LLC | 35,276 | $507.0K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Graypoint LLC | 35,279 | $507.0K | 0.05% | +14,600+70.6% | Added |
| Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC | 35,210 | $506.0K | 0.02% | −43,775−55.4% | Reduced |
| Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc | 35,122 | $504.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Family Capital Trust Co | 35,000 | $503.0K | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Investors Asset Management of Georgia Inc | 32,500 | $467.0K | 0.22% | −10,000−23.5% | Reduced |
| Baker Ellis Asset Management LLC | 32,500 | $467.0K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Financial Sense Advisors, Inc. | 32,318 | $464.0K | 0.16% | +13,688+73.5% | Added |
| Glassman Wealth Services | 31,965 | $459.0K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| MKT Advisors LLC | 31,710 | $459.0K | 0.36% | +31,710 | New |
| U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC | 31,407 | $451.0K | 0.02% | +1,498+5.0% | Added |
| Boston Private Wealth LLC | 31,165 | $447.0K | 0.01% | −201,529−86.6% | Reduced |
| Cobblestone Capital Advisors LLC | 30,918 | $444.0K | 0.03% | −2,500−7.5% | Reduced |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 30,415 | $436.0K | 0.02% | −3,500−10.3% | Reduced |
| Bank Ozk | 30,000 | $431.0K | 0.18% | +5,000+20.0% | Added |
| Pecaut & Co. | 28,375 | $407.0K | 0.21% | −43,950−60.8% | Reduced |
| Cordasco Financial Network | 28,095 | $403.0K | 0.25% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Hunting Hill Global Capital, LLC | 27,456 | $394.0K | 0.18% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Oppenheimer & Close, LLC | 27,000 | $387.0K | 0.36% | −5,000−15.6% | Reduced |
| Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 26,883 | $386.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |