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, Q1 2022
Institutional positions in Sprott Physical Gold Trust as of Mar 31, 2022. 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
- 378
- +27 vs. Q4 2021
- Shares held
- 110.6M
- +10.1M (+10.0%) vs. Q4 2021
- Total value
- $1.70B
- +$254.8M (+17.6%) vs. Q4 2021
- New holders
- 50
- 122 more added
- Sold out
- 23
- 73 more reduced
4 institutions that held it in Q4 2021 haven't filed for Q1 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2022
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q4 2021.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evanson Asset Management, LLC | 7,161,884 | $110.1M | 10.70% | −61,035−0.8% | Reduced |
| Central Trust Co | 6,917,158 | $106.3M | 3.04% | +256,780+3.9% | Added |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 6,549,655 | $100.7M | 0.77% | −813,466−11.0% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 6,120,005 | $94.1M | 0.02% | +1,413,756+30.0% | Added |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 5,977,825 | $91.9M | 1.13% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 5,734,389 | $88.0M | 1.04% | −649,772−10.2% | Reduced |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 4,684,734 | $71.7M | 0.69% | −460,128−8.9% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 4,648,591 | $71.4M | 0.01% | +407,451+9.6% | Added |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 3,697,007 | $56.8M | 7.75% | +234,632+6.8% | Added |
| SMI Advisory Services, LLC | 2,633,570 | $40.5M | 14.16% | +2,633,570 | New |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1,986,582 | $30.5M | 0.01% | +234,585+13.4% | Added |
| South State Corp. | 1,840,228 | $28.3M | 2.25% | +71,553+4.0% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 1,562,278 | $24.0M | 0.05% | +57,633+3.8% | Added |
| CWM Advisors, LLC | 1,503,528 | $23.1M | 2.67% | +1,503,528 | New |
| Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1,448,500 | $22.3M | 5.88% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 1,227,501 | $18.9M | 1.72% | +20,412+1.7% | Added |
| Monaco Asset Management SAM | 1,196,000 | $18.4M | 9.74% | +1,196,000 | New |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 1,195,645 | $18.4M | 16.95% | +31,029+2.7% | Added |
| Howland Capital Management LLC | 1,095,224 | $16.8M | 0.91% | +169,531+18.3% | Added |
| National Bank of Canada | 1,017,294 | $15.4M | 0.06% | +262,653+34.8% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 1,004,379 | $15.4M | 0.01% | +361,093+56.1% | Added |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 960,426 | $14.8M | 0.20% | +170,017+21.5% | Added |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 938,215 | $14.4M | 6.14% | +46,064+5.2% | Added |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 902,720 | $13.9M | 0.42% | +40,000+4.6% | Added |
| Bridge Advisory, LLC | 900,088 | $13.8M | 6.04% | +140,076+18.4% | Added |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 893,628 | $13.7M | 13.42% | +2,467+0.3% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 897,271 | $13.7M | 0.03% | +121,581+15.7% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 884,073 | $13.6M | 0.00% | +1,256+0.1% | Added |
| Concorde Financial Corp | 889,254 | $13.3M | 8.21% | +196,123+28.3% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 845,194 | $13.0M | 0.01% | +159,414+23.2% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 811,832 | $12.5M | 7.42% | +38,825+5.0% | Added |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 796,339 | $12.2M | 0.03% | +125,047+18.6% | Added |
| Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc | 791,063 | $12.2M | 4.12% | +26,541+3.5% | Added |
| Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC | 741,866 | $11.4M | 1.83% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 739,815 | $11.4M | 0.35% | +190,756+34.7% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 733,682 | $11.3M | 0.05% | +7,838+1.1% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 718,645 | $11.0M | 0.01% | +33,645+4.9% | Added |
| Quilter Plc | 706,246 | $10.9M | 0.30% | +1,289+0.2% | Added |
| Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC | 704,884 | $10.8M | 3.66% | +88,870+14.4% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 653,317 | $10.0M | 0.01% | +80,781+14.1% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 629,608 | $9.68M | 0.04% | +116,515+22.7% | Added |
| Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | 554,124 | $8.52M | 1.91% | −116,322−17.3% | Reduced |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 454,058 | $8.33M | 0.08% | −423,202−48.2% | Reduced |
| Global Endowment Management, LP | 476,000 | $7.32M | 0.52% | +25,430+5.6% | Added |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 469,539 | $7.22M | 0.69% | +77,855+19.9% | Added |
| Perritt Capital Management Inc | 468,925 | $7.21M | 3.89% | +5,030+1.1% | Added |
| Independent Financial Group, LLC | 446,288 | $6.86M | 0.56% | −13,067−2.8% | Reduced |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. | 416,684 | $6.40M | 0.11% | +416,684 | New |
| Truist Financial Corp | 407,091 | $6.26M | 0.01% | −38,700−8.7% | Reduced |
| Danda Trouve Investment Management, Inc. | 406,971 | $6.25M | 7.82% | +14,743+3.8% | Added |
| O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc | 402,028 | $6.18M | 2.04% | −3,950−1.0% | Reduced |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 374,420 | $5.75M | 5.89% | +56,861+17.9% | Added |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 363,543 | $5.59M | 0.07% | +214,275+143.6% | Added |
| Red Door Wealth Management, LLC | 360,980 | $5.55M | 1.86% | +44,926+14.2% | Added |
| Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC | 350,000 | $5.38M | 3.42% | +150,000+75.0% | Added |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 347,964 | $5.35M | 0.16% | +257,480+284.6% | Added |
| Legacy Capital Partners, Inc. | 347,829 | $5.35M | 1.76% | −21,350−5.8% | Reduced |
| Biltmore Family Office, LLC | 327,379 | $5.03M | 1.08% | +5,000+1.6% | Added |
| Bailard, Inc. | 315,896 | $4.86M | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 298,570 | $4.59M | 0.02% | +54,138+22.1% | Added |
| Amitell Capital Pte Ltd | 297,107 | $4.57M | 3.31% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tradewinds Capital Management, LLC | 291,579 | $4.48M | 0.73% | +14,904+5.4% | Added |
| Inspire Advisors, LLC | 285,592 | $4.39M | 1.23% | +11,711+4.3% | Added |
| Sprott Inc. | 285,377 | $4.39M | 0.31% | +72,139+33.8% | Added |
| Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management, LLC | 273,815 | $4.21M | 2.50% | +650+0.2% | Added |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 271,392 | $4.17M | 0.10% | +7,933+3.0% | Added |
| NovaPoint Capital, LLC | 263,087 | $4.04M | 1.47% | +4,752+1.8% | Added |
| Macroview Investment Management LLC | 256,449 | $3.94M | 5.66% | −37,654−12.8% | Reduced |
| Palumbo Wealth Management LLC | 252,023 | $3.87M | 2.49% | +45,785+22.2% | Added |
| Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. | 251,721 | $3.87M | 0.53% | +140,643+126.6% | Added |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 251,379 | $3.86M | 0.62% | +151,430+151.5% | Added |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 248,855 | $3.83M | 0.22% | +17,010+7.3% | Added |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 246,705 | $3.79M | 0.15% | +23,100+10.3% | Added |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 229,999 | $3.54M | 0.15% | +13,672+6.3% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 226,393 | $3.48M | 0.01% | +40,704+21.9% | Added |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 225,211 | $3.46M | 0.01% | +81,739+57.0% | Added |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 224,169 | $3.44M | 0.02% | +9,800+4.6% | Added |
| Telemus Capital, LLC | 220,540 | $3.39M | 0.30% | −251,029−53.2% | Reduced |
| Sterneck Capital Management, LLC | 215,976 | $3.32M | 1.99% | +15,213+7.6% | Added |
| Latigo Investments, LLC | 214,134 | $3.29M | 2.29% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Warwick Investment Management, Inc. | 209,390 | $3.22M | 1.40% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC | 204,339 | $3.14M | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| China Universal Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 200,000 | $3.07M | 1.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 199,105 | $3.06M | 0.02% | +136,548+218.3% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 198,934 | $3.06M | 0.00% | +19,065+10.6% | Added |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 183,978 | $2.83M | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bennicas & Associates, Inc. | 183,707 | $2.82M | 1.42% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Surience Private Wealth LLC | 179,235 | $2.75M | 2.41% | −3,678−2.0% | Reduced |
| Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 174,109 | $2.68M | 0.00% | +147,226+547.7% | Added |
| Bard Financial Services, Inc. | 173,800 | $2.67M | 0.22% | −8,850−4.8% | Reduced |
| Abacus Planning Group, Inc. | 170,885 | $2.63M | 0.71% | +103,352+153.0% | Added |
| A. D. Beadell Investment Counsel, Inc. | 168,143 | $2.58M | 1.71% | −2,500−1.5% | Reduced |
| B. Riley Wealth Management, Inc. | 164,088 | $2.52M | 0.19% | +27,841+20.4% | Added |
| Insight Wealth Partners, LLC | 159,676 | $2.45M | 1.73% | +1,413+0.9% | Added |
| Sentinel Trust Co Lba | 152,040 | $2.34M | 0.28% | +2,640+1.8% | Added |
| St. James Investment Company, LLC | 151,820 | $2.33M | 0.36% | −1,010−0.7% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 146,100 | $2.25M | 0.00% | −56,900−28.0% | Reduced |
| Lincoln National Corp | 136,797 | $2.10M | 0.04% | +90,503+195.5% | Added |
| Blair William & Co | 133,909 | $2.06M | 0.01% | −1,654−1.2% | Reduced |
| Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC | 131,673 | $2.02M | 1.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |