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, 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.
| 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, Q3 2022
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q2 2022.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Trust Co | 7,613,320 | $97.5M | 3.34% | +282,591+3.9% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 7,246,334 | $92.8M | 0.03% | −796,397−9.9% | Reduced |
| Evanson Asset Management, LLC | 7,160,061 | $91.6M | 11.06% | +21,093+0.3% | Added |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 5,977,825 | $76.5M | 1.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Morgan Stanley | 5,441,044 | $69.6M | 0.01% | +599,168+12.4% | Added |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 4,720,104 | $60.4M | 0.93% | +601,916+14.6% | Added |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 4,153,958 | $53.3M | 0.63% | −483,962−10.4% | Reduced |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 4,053,677 | $51.9M | 8.65% | +132,421+3.4% | Added |
| SMI Advisory Services, LLC | 3,345,639 | $42.8M | 13.92% | +243,753+7.9% | Added |
| South State Corp. | 1,889,377 | $24.2M | 2.41% | −39,651−2.1% | Reduced |
| Truist Financial Corp | 1,599,653 | $20.5M | 0.04% | +1,194,906+295.2% | Added |
| Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1,448,500 | $18.5M | 7.91% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1,394,822 | $17.9M | 0.01% | −470,324−25.2% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 1,352,421 | $17.3M | 0.05% | −34,339−2.5% | Reduced |
| OTA Financial Group L.P. | 1,338,672 | $17.1M | 14.71% | +1,050,619+364.7% | Added |
| O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc | 1,275,294 | $16.3M | 2.16% | +859,771+206.9% | Added |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 1,224,593 | $15.7M | 0.50% | +267,492+27.9% | Added |
| Monaco Asset Management SAM | 1,196,000 | $15.3M | 6.88% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Howland Capital Management LLC | 1,183,457 | $15.1M | 0.97% | +32,201+2.8% | Added |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 1,152,313 | $14.7M | 3.35% | −108,635−8.6% | Reduced |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 1,128,795 | $14.4M | 15.42% | −25,804−2.2% | Reduced |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 1,069,904 | $13.7M | 0.17% | −31,870−2.9% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 1,068,403 | $13.7M | 0.08% | +1,068,403 | New |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 1,057,826 | $13.5M | 0.01% | −74,842−6.6% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 1,020,776 | $13.1M | 0.03% | +246,787+31.9% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 963,695 | $12.7M | 0.01% | −6,618−0.7% | Reduced |
| National Bank of Canada | 984,352 | $12.6M | 0.07% | −62,368−6.0% | Reduced |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 929,958 | $11.9M | 5.47% | −1,700−0.2% | Reduced |
| Concorde Financial Corp | 902,448 | $11.6M | 7.79% | −1,129−0.1% | Reduced |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 894,346 | $11.4M | 13.52% | +7,201+0.8% | Added |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 877,970 | $11.2M | 0.43% | −24,750−2.7% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 869,722 | $11.1M | 0.00% | −3,629−0.4% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 862,695 | $11.0M | 0.03% | +27,510+3.3% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 826,742 | $10.6M | 8.77% | +8,673+1.1% | Added |
| Bridge Advisory, LLC | 823,807 | $10.5M | 5.14% | −68,968−7.7% | Reduced |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 778,177 | $9.96M | 0.04% | +14,366+1.9% | Added |
| Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc | 756,943 | $9.69M | 3.38% | −418−0.1% | Reduced |
| Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC | 742,226 | $9.50M | 1.62% | +3600.0% | Added |
| Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC | 724,320 | $9.27M | 4.12% | −4,812−0.7% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 679,735 | $8.70M | 0.01% | +3,840+0.6% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 678,976 | $8.69M | 0.01% | +43,919+6.9% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 670,551 | $8.58M | 0.05% | −18,308−2.7% | Reduced |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 647,468 | $8.30M | 0.19% | −27,051−4.0% | Reduced |
| Red Door Wealth Management, LLC | 594,463 | $7.61M | 2.88% | +274,303+85.7% | Added |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 417,094 | $7.16M | 0.08% | −65,539−13.6% | Reduced |
| Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | 538,461 | $6.89M | 2.05% | −17,802−3.2% | Reduced |
| Quilter Plc | 509,881 | $6.53M | 0.23% | −172,376−25.3% | Reduced |
| Global Endowment Management, LP | 476,000 | $6.09M | 0.61% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 462,595 | $5.92M | 10.16% | +4,410+1.0% | Added |
| Independent Financial Group, LLC | 451,872 | $5.78M | 0.52% | +4,787+1.1% | Added |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. | 426,307 | $5.46M | 0.09% | +323,369+314.1% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 413,644 | $5.29M | 0.01% | +370,333+855.1% | Added |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 412,378 | $5.28M | 0.63% | −2,265−0.5% | Reduced |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 407,811 | $5.22M | 0.10% | +154,792+61.2% | Added |
| Danda Trouve Investment Management, Inc. | 407,618 | $5.22M | 9.65% | −3,670−0.9% | Reduced |
| Bluefin Capital Management, LLC | 399,910 | $5.12M | 0.56% | +358,736+871.3% | Added |
| Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC | 395,000 | $5.06M | 4.51% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Perritt Capital Management Inc | 380,166 | $4.87M | 3.10% | −88,967−19.0% | Reduced |
| Biltmore Family Office, LLC | 377,429 | $4.83M | 1.11% | +16,685+4.6% | Added |
| Flow Traders U.S. LLC | 363,370 | $4.65M | 0.25% | +274,648+309.6% | Added |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 360,229 | $4.61M | 0.16% | −24,206−6.3% | Reduced |
| Dana Investment Advisors, Inc. | 329,786 | $4.22M | 0.24% | −14,750−4.3% | Reduced |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 320,390 | $4.10M | 0.05% | −4,451,066−93.3% | Reduced |
| Bailard, Inc. | 315,896 | $4.04M | 0.17% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. | 310,361 | $3.97M | 0.63% | +27,813+9.8% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 297,144 | $3.80M | 0.02% | −54,830−15.6% | Reduced |
| Amitell Capital Pte Ltd | 297,107 | $3.80M | 8.45% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Palumbo Wealth Management LLC | 282,054 | $3.61M | 3.06% | +13,840+5.2% | Added |
| Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management, LLC | 276,625 | $3.54M | 2.47% | +910+0.3% | Added |
| Sprott Inc. | 270,895 | $3.47M | 0.35% | −11,922−4.2% | Reduced |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 257,314 | $3.29M | 0.19% | +9,694+3.9% | Added |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 252,237 | $3.23M | 0.17% | +1,875+0.7% | Added |
| NovaPoint Capital, LLC | 252,224 | $3.23M | 1.47% | −6,457−2.5% | Reduced |
| Macroview Investment Management LLC | 241,682 | $3.09M | 5.65% | −5,349−2.2% | Reduced |
| Blair William & Co | 240,782 | $3.08M | 0.01% | +102,023+73.5% | Added |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 233,193 | $2.98M | 0.09% | −25,695−9.9% | Reduced |
| Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC | 231,957 | $2.97M | 0.08% | +21,442+10.2% | Added |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 228,257 | $2.92M | 0.02% | −7,600−3.2% | Reduced |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 223,431 | $2.86M | 0.20% | −9,296−4.0% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 222,635 | $2.85M | 0.00% | −5,722−2.5% | Reduced |
| Telemus Capital, LLC | 222,432 | $2.85M | 0.29% | +9,581+4.5% | Added |
| Lincoln National Corp | 218,578 | $2.80M | 0.07% | +12,120+5.9% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 217,338 | $2.78M | 0.01% | −16,252−7.0% | Reduced |
| Sterneck Capital Management, LLC | 215,599 | $2.76M | 1.95% | −8,348−3.7% | Reduced |
| Latigo Investments, LLC | 214,134 | $2.74M | 2.31% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC | 206,899 | $2.65M | 0.13% | +210+0.1% | Added |
| National Asset Management, Inc. | 204,871 | $2.62M | 0.08% | +163,565+396.0% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 197,893 | $2.53M | 0.00% | −7,136−3.5% | Reduced |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 183,978 | $2.35M | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bennicas & Associates, Inc. | 180,707 | $2.31M | 1.47% | −3,000−1.6% | Reduced |
| China Universal Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 180,000 | $2.30M | 0.97% | −10,000−5.3% | Reduced |
| Insight Wealth Partners, LLC | 179,676 | $2.30M | 2.26% | +19,235+12.0% | Added |
| Abacus Planning Group, Inc. | 170,885 | $2.19M | 0.66% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 169,500 | $2.17M | 0.01% | −80,950−32.3% | Reduced |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 165,936 | $2.14M | 0.76% | −371,025−69.1% | Reduced |
| A. D. Beadell Investment Counsel, Inc. | 165,847 | $2.12M | 1.91% | +7,808+4.9% | Added |
| Fiduciary Trust Co | 165,491 | $2.12M | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Clearstead Advisors, LLC | 163,419 | $2.09M | 0.19% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wealthsource Partners, LLC | 160,482 | $2.05M | 0.15% | +160,482 | New |
| Bard Financial Services, Inc. | 158,800 | $2.03M | 0.19% | −6,000−3.6% | Reduced |