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Sprott Physical Gold Trust

PHYS
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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, Q3 2022

Institutional positions in Sprott Physical Gold Trust as of Sep 30, 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
365
−10 vs. Q2 2022
Shares held
110.5M
−593.6K (−0.5%) vs. Q2 2022
Total value
$1.42B
−$158.6M (−10.1%) vs. Q2 2022
New holders
27
92 more added
Sold out
37
118 more reduced

6 institutions that held it in Q2 2022 haven't filed for Q3 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2022: 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.

Institutional holdersQ3 2022: 365 institutions
Q1 2021: 312 institutionsQ2 2021: 320 institutionsQ3 2021: 328 institutionsQ4 2021: 355 institutionsQ1 2022: 378 institutionsQ2 2022: 381 institutionsQ3 2022: 365 institutionsQ4 2022: 386 institutionsQ1 2023: 390 institutionsQ2 2023: 384 institutionsQ3 2023: 391 institutionsQ4 2023: 404 institutionsQ1 2024: 411 institutionsQ2 2024: 434 institutionsQ3 2024: 467 institutionsQ4 2024: 495 institutionsQ1 2025: 541 institutionsQ2 2025: 559 institutionsQ3 2025: 584 institutionsQ4 2025: 642 institutionsQ1 2026: 683 institutionsQ2 2026: 655 institutions
Value heldQ3 2022: $1.42B
Q1 2021: $1.22BQ2 2021: $1.30BQ3 2021: $1.37BQ4 2021: $1.45BQ1 2022: $1.70BQ2 2022: $1.58BQ3 2022: $1.42BQ4 2022: $1.58BQ1 2023: $1.80BQ2 2023: $1.66BQ3 2023: $1.75BQ4 2023: $1.85BQ1 2024: $2.04BQ2 2024: $2.12BQ3 2024: $2.52BQ4 2024: $2.48BQ1 2025: $3.02BQ2 2025: $3.57BQ3 2025: $3.98BQ4 2025: $4.66BQ1 2026: $4.84BQ2 2026: $4.40B
Institutions holding PHYS and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026655$4.40B
Q1 2026683$4.84B
Q4 2025642$4.66B
Q3 2025584$3.98B
Q2 2025559$3.57B
Q1 2025541$3.02B
Q4 2024495$2.48B
Q3 2024467$2.52B
Q2 2024434$2.12B
Q1 2024411$2.04B
Q4 2023404$1.85B
Q3 2023391$1.75B
Q2 2023384$1.66B
Q1 2023390$1.80B
Q4 2022386$1.58B
Q3 2022365$1.42B
Q2 2022381$1.58B
Q1 2022378$1.70B
Q4 2021355$1.45B
Q3 2021328$1.37B
Q2 2021320$1.30B
Q1 2021312$1.22B

Institutions, Q3 2022

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q2 2022.

Institutions holding PHYS in Q3 2022
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Central Trust Co7,613,320$97.5M3.34%+282,591+3.9%Added
Royal Bank of Canada7,246,334$92.8M0.03%−796,397−9.9%Reduced
Evanson Asset Management, LLC7,160,061$91.6M11.06%+21,093+0.3%Added
Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.5,977,825$76.5M1.01%00.0%Unchanged
Morgan Stanley5,441,044$69.6M0.01%+599,168+12.4%Added
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd4,720,104$60.4M0.93%+601,916+14.6%Added
Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec4,153,958$53.3M0.63%−483,962−10.4%Reduced
Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.4,053,677$51.9M8.65%+132,421+3.4%Added
SMI Advisory Services, LLC3,345,639$42.8M13.92%+243,753+7.9%Added
South State Corp.1,889,377$24.2M2.41%−39,651−2.1%Reduced
Truist Financial Corp1,599,653$20.5M0.04%+1,194,906+295.2%Added
Forest Hill Capital, LLC1,448,500$18.5M7.91%00.0%Unchanged
Wells Fargo & Company1,394,822$17.9M0.01%−470,324−25.2%Reduced
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC1,352,421$17.3M0.05%−34,339−2.5%Reduced
OTA Financial Group L.P.1,338,672$17.1M14.71%+1,050,619+364.7%Added
O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc1,275,294$16.3M2.16%+859,771+206.9%Added
Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC1,224,593$15.7M0.50%+267,492+27.9%Added
Monaco Asset Management SAM1,196,000$15.3M6.88%00.0%Unchanged
Howland Capital Management LLC1,183,457$15.1M0.97%+32,201+2.8%Added
Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC1,152,313$14.7M3.35%−108,635−8.6%Reduced
Basepoint Wealth LLC1,128,795$14.4M15.42%−25,804−2.2%Reduced
Cetera Advisor Networks LLC1,069,904$13.7M0.17%−31,870−2.9%Reduced
Captrust Financial Advisors1,068,403$13.7M0.08%+1,068,403New
Envestnet Asset Management Inc1,057,826$13.5M0.01%−74,842−6.6%Reduced
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.1,020,776$13.1M0.03%+246,787+31.9%Added
Bank of Montreal963,695$12.7M0.01%−6,618−0.7%Reduced
National Bank of Canada984,352$12.6M0.07%−62,368−6.0%Reduced
Auxano Advisors, LLC929,958$11.9M5.47%−1,700−0.2%Reduced
Concorde Financial Corp902,448$11.6M7.79%−1,129−0.1%Reduced
Meixler Investment Management, Ltd.894,346$11.4M13.52%+7,201+0.8%Added
Cannell Peter B & Co Inc877,970$11.2M0.43%−24,750−2.7%Reduced
Bank of America Corp869,722$11.1M0.00%−3,629−0.4%Reduced
HighTower Advisors, LLC862,695$11.0M0.03%+27,510+3.3%Added
Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC826,742$10.6M8.77%+8,673+1.1%Added
Bridge Advisory, LLC823,807$10.5M5.14%−68,968−7.7%Reduced
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC778,177$9.96M0.04%+14,366+1.9%Added
Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc756,943$9.69M3.38%−418−0.1%Reduced
Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC742,226$9.50M1.62%+3600.0%Added
Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC724,320$9.27M4.12%−4,812−0.7%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC679,735$8.70M0.01%+3,840+0.6%Added
Raymond James & Associates678,976$8.69M0.01%+43,919+6.9%Added
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.670,551$8.58M0.05%−18,308−2.7%Reduced
Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC647,468$8.30M0.19%−27,051−4.0%Reduced
Red Door Wealth Management, LLC594,463$7.61M2.88%+274,303+85.7%Added
TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.417,094$7.16M0.08%−65,539−13.6%Reduced
Van Den Berg Management I, Inc538,461$6.89M2.05%−17,802−3.2%Reduced
Quilter Plc509,881$6.53M0.23%−172,376−25.3%Reduced
Global Endowment Management, LP476,000$6.09M0.61%00.0%Unchanged
Guild Investment Management, Inc.462,595$5.92M10.16%+4,410+1.0%Added
Independent Financial Group, LLC451,872$5.78M0.52%+4,787+1.1%Added
Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc.426,307$5.46M0.09%+323,369+314.1%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC413,644$5.29M0.01%+370,333+855.1%Added
Essex Financial Services, Inc.412,378$5.28M0.63%−2,265−0.5%Reduced
Equitable Holdings, Inc.407,811$5.22M0.10%+154,792+61.2%Added
Danda Trouve Investment Management, Inc.407,618$5.22M9.65%−3,670−0.9%Reduced
Bluefin Capital Management, LLC399,910$5.12M0.56%+358,736+871.3%Added
Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC395,000$5.06M4.51%00.0%Unchanged
Perritt Capital Management Inc380,166$4.87M3.10%−88,967−19.0%Reduced
Biltmore Family Office, LLC377,429$4.83M1.11%+16,685+4.6%Added
Flow Traders U.S. LLC363,370$4.65M0.25%+274,648+309.6%Added
Advisory Services Network, LLC360,229$4.61M0.16%−24,206−6.3%Reduced
Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.329,786$4.22M0.24%−14,750−4.3%Reduced
Private Advisor Group, LLC320,390$4.10M0.05%−4,451,066−93.3%Reduced
Bailard, Inc.315,896$4.04M0.17%00.0%Unchanged
Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc.310,361$3.97M0.63%+27,813+9.8%Added
CIBC World Markets Inc.297,144$3.80M0.02%−54,830−15.6%Reduced
Amitell Capital Pte Ltd297,107$3.80M8.45%00.0%Unchanged
Palumbo Wealth Management LLC282,054$3.61M3.06%+13,840+5.2%Added
Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management, LLC276,625$3.54M2.47%+910+0.3%Added
Sprott Inc.270,895$3.47M0.35%−11,922−4.2%Reduced
Money Concepts Capital Corp257,314$3.29M0.19%+9,694+3.9%Added
Evergreen Capital Management LLC252,237$3.23M0.17%+1,875+0.7%Added
NovaPoint Capital, LLC252,224$3.23M1.47%−6,457−2.5%Reduced
Macroview Investment Management LLC241,682$3.09M5.65%−5,349−2.2%Reduced
Blair William & Co240,782$3.08M0.01%+102,023+73.5%Added
Ancora Advisors, LLC233,193$2.98M0.09%−25,695−9.9%Reduced
Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC231,957$2.97M0.08%+21,442+10.2%Added
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.228,257$2.92M0.02%−7,600−3.2%Reduced
Geneos Wealth Management Inc.223,431$2.86M0.20%−9,296−4.0%Reduced
Creative Planning222,635$2.85M0.00%−5,722−2.5%Reduced
Telemus Capital, LLC222,432$2.85M0.29%+9,581+4.5%Added
Lincoln National Corp218,578$2.80M0.07%+12,120+5.9%Added
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.217,338$2.78M0.01%−16,252−7.0%Reduced
Sterneck Capital Management, LLC215,599$2.76M1.95%−8,348−3.7%Reduced
Latigo Investments, LLC214,134$2.74M2.31%00.0%Unchanged
NewEdge Wealth, LLC206,899$2.65M0.13%+210+0.1%Added
National Asset Management, Inc.204,871$2.62M0.08%+163,565+396.0%Added
Stifel Financial Corp197,893$2.53M0.00%−7,136−3.5%Reduced
Chicago Capital, LLC183,978$2.35M0.14%00.0%Unchanged
Bennicas & Associates, Inc.180,707$2.31M1.47%−3,000−1.6%Reduced
China Universal Asset Management Co., Ltd.180,000$2.30M0.97%−10,000−5.3%Reduced
Insight Wealth Partners, LLC179,676$2.30M2.26%+19,235+12.0%Added
Abacus Planning Group, Inc.170,885$2.19M0.66%00.0%Unchanged
Baird Financial Group, Inc.169,500$2.17M0.01%−80,950−32.3%Reduced
K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc165,936$2.14M0.76%−371,025−69.1%Reduced
A. D. Beadell Investment Counsel, Inc.165,847$2.12M1.91%+7,808+4.9%Added
Fiduciary Trust Co165,491$2.12M0.05%00.0%Unchanged
Clearstead Advisors, LLC163,419$2.09M0.19%00.0%Unchanged
Wealthsource Partners, LLC160,482$2.05M0.15%+160,482New
Bard Financial Services, Inc.158,800$2.03M0.19%−6,000−3.6%Reduced