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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton Global Asset Management LLC | 7,000 | $101.0K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CoreCap Advisors, LLC | 6,658 | $96.0K | 0.01% | +6,658 | New |
| Central Bank & Trust Co | 6,040 | $87.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sugarloaf Wealth Management, LLC | 6,000 | $86.0K | 0.02% | +1,000+20.0% | Added |
| Fortitude Advisory Group L.L.C. | 5,760 | $83.0K | 0.04% | +5,760 | New |
| Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC | 5,640 | $81.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Investmark Advisory Group LLC | 5,680 | $81.0K | 0.08% | +5,680 | New |
| First Personal Financial Services | 5,417 | $78.0K | 0.02% | −1,000−15.6% | Reduced |
| Castle Financial & Retirement Planning Associates, Inc. | 5,166 | $75.0K | 0.25% | +5,166 | New |
| Covington Capital Management | 4,700 | $67.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| US Bancorp | 4,335 | $62.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Koshinski Asset Management, Inc. | 4,187 | $60.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 4,127 | $59.0K | 0.00% | +2,271+122.4% | Added |
| Nelson, Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group, LLC | 4,000 | $57.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Washington Trust Co | 3,490 | $50.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Financial Perspectives, Inc | 3,370 | $48.4K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Carmichael Hill & Associates, Inc. | 3,279 | $47.0K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Key Financial Inc | 3,246 | $47.0K | 0.02% | +3,246 | New |
| Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC | 3,200 | $46.0K | 0.04% | +3,200 | New |
| Trustcore Financial Services, LLC | 3,110 | $45.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Retirement Group, LLC | 2,689 | $39.0K | 0.02% | −140−4.9% | Reduced |
| Spire Wealth Management | 2,575 | $37.0K | 0.00% | +2,262+722.7% | Added |
| Tradition Wealth Management, LLC | 2,224 | $32.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Eaton Vance Management | 1,800 | $26.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HM Payson & Co | 1,654 | $24.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Baldwin Brothers Inc | 1,683 | $24.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Barrett Asset Management, LLC | 1,654 | $24.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Concord Wealth Partners | 1,600 | $23.0K | 0.01% | +1,600 | New |
| Sandy Spring Bank | 1,500 | $22.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CWM, LLC | 1,549 | $22.0K | 0.00% | +1,549 | New |
| Segantii Capital Management Ltd | – | $19.0K | 0.00% | – | New |
| Mach-1 Financial Group, Inc. | 1,390 | $19.0K | 0.01% | +1,390 | New |
| Meeder Asset Management Inc | 1,234 | $18.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| KRS Capital Management, LLC | 1,085 | $15.0K | 0.01% | +1,085 | New |
| Gables Capital Management Inc. | 1,000 | $14.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Allworth Financial LP | 799 | $11.0K | 0.00% | −2,735−77.4% | Reduced |
| Creative Financial Designs Inc | 750 | $11.0K | 0.00% | +250+50.0% | Added |
| JFS Wealth Advisors, LLC | 725 | $10.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| JNBA Financial Advisors | 700 | $10.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 675 | $9.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC | 614 | $9.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Evermay Wealth Management LLC | 585 | $8.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Kelly Financial Services LLC | 500 | $7.18K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FourThought Financial, LLC | 500 | $7.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Aquire Wealth Advisors, LLC | 458 | $7.00K | 0.00% | +458 | New |
| American Portfolios Advisors | 420 | $6.03K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 300 | $4.00K | 0.00% | +100+50.0% | Added |
| Bivin & Associates, Inc. | 287 | $4.00K | 0.00% | +287 | New |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 193 | $2.00K | 0.00% | −7−3.5% | Reduced |
| Schubert & Co | 150 | $2.00K | 0.00% | +150 | New |
| Montag A & Associates Inc | 65 | $1.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| O'Dell Group, LLC | 100 | $1.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Hudock, Inc. | 44 | $0 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Prestige Wealth Management Group LLC | 5 | $0 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| 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 |