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 2022
Institutional positions in Sprott Physical Gold Trust as of Dec 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
- 386
- +29 vs. Q3 2022
- Shares held
- 112.7M
- +2.72M (+2.5%) vs. Q3 2022
- Total value
- $1.58B
- +$171.0M (+12.1%) vs. Q3 2022
- New holders
- 54
- 85 more added
- Sold out
- 25
- 105 more reduced
8 institutions that held it in Q3 2022 haven't filed for Q4 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2022
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q3 2022.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 7,981,548 | $112.5M | 1.61% | +2,003,723+33.5% | Added |
| Evanson Asset Management, LLC | 7,108,851 | $100.2M | 11.01% | −51,210−0.7% | Reduced |
| Central Trust Co | 5,866,476 | $82.7M | 2.55% | −1,746,844−22.9% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 5,384,802 | $75.9M | 0.01% | −56,242−1.0% | Reduced |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 4,272,588 | $60.2M | 0.88% | −447,516−9.5% | Reduced |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 4,132,319 | $58.3M | 9.23% | +78,642+1.9% | Added |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 4,097,095 | $57.6M | 0.68% | −56,863−1.4% | Reduced |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 3,958,006 | $55.8M | 2.00% | +3,958,006 | New |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 3,532,609 | $49.8M | 0.02% | −3,713,725−51.2% | Reduced |
| Truist Financial Corp | 3,126,984 | $44.1M | 0.08% | +1,527,331+95.5% | Added |
| SMI Advisory Services, LLC | 3,345,639 | $42.8M | 13.88% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| South State Corp. | 1,941,366 | $27.4M | 2.53% | +51,989+2.8% | Added |
| Bluefin Capital Management, LLC | 1,697,936 | $23.9M | 4.22% | +1,298,026+324.6% | Added |
| Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1,448,500 | $20.4M | 8.62% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 1,405,033 | $19.8M | 0.10% | +336,630+31.5% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 1,336,111 | $18.8M | 0.05% | −16,310−1.2% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1,309,169 | $18.5M | 0.01% | −85,653−6.1% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 1,198,124 | $16.9M | 0.01% | +140,298+13.3% | Added |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 1,197,495 | $16.9M | 2.40% | +45,182+3.9% | Added |
| Monaco Asset Management SAM | 1,196,000 | $16.9M | 6.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 1,157,395 | $16.3M | 14.44% | +28,600+2.5% | Added |
| Howland Capital Management LLC | 1,125,031 | $15.9M | 0.98% | −58,426−4.9% | Reduced |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 1,047,589 | $14.8M | 0.12% | −22,315−2.1% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 1,026,980 | $14.5M | 0.03% | +164,285+19.0% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 1,022,799 | $14.4M | 0.03% | +2,023+0.2% | Added |
| Weiss Asset Management LP | 949,439 | $13.4M | 0.64% | +949,439 | New |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 920,244 | $13.0M | 5.87% | −9,714−1.0% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 919,178 | $13.0M | 0.00% | +49,456+5.7% | Added |
| OTA Financial Group L.P. | 892,993 | $12.6M | 12.56% | −445,679−33.3% | Reduced |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 877,970 | $12.4M | 0.44% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 873,790 | $12.3M | 12.40% | −20,556−2.3% | Reduced |
| Bridge Advisory, LLC | 832,177 | $11.7M | 4.90% | +8,370+1.0% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 825,592 | $11.6M | 9.75% | −1,150−0.1% | Reduced |
| Concorde Financial Corp | 902,448 | $11.6M | 7.79% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 815,039 | $11.5M | 0.31% | −409,554−33.4% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 802,861 | $11.3M | 0.01% | +123,126+18.1% | Added |
| Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc | 787,844 | $11.1M | 3.48% | +30,901+4.1% | Added |
| National Bank of Canada | 785,669 | $11.0M | 0.03% | −198,683−20.2% | Reduced |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 778,395 | $11.0M | 0.04% | +2180.0% | Added |
| Red Door Wealth Management, LLC | 747,410 | $10.5M | 3.46% | +152,947+25.7% | Added |
| Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC | 731,942 | $10.3M | 4.06% | +7,622+1.1% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 644,527 | $9.09M | 0.05% | −26,024−3.9% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 571,193 | $8.05M | 0.01% | −107,783−15.9% | Reduced |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 415,566 | $7.74M | 0.08% | −1,528−0.4% | Reduced |
| Quilter Plc | 532,773 | $7.51M | 0.25% | +22,892+4.5% | Added |
| Cyndeo Wealth Partners, LLC | 482,725 | $6.81M | 0.80% | +482,725 | New |
| Global Endowment Management, LP | 476,000 | $6.71M | 0.74% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 471,639 | $6.65M | 0.13% | −175,829−27.2% | Reduced |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 460,295 | $6.49M | 11.11% | −2,300−0.5% | Reduced |
| Independent Financial Group, LLC | 456,968 | $6.44M | 0.55% | +5,096+1.1% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 426,203 | $6.01M | 0.00% | −537,492−55.8% | Reduced |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. | 425,981 | $6.01M | 0.10% | −326−0.1% | Reduced |
| O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc | 409,960 | $5.78M | 2.19% | −865,334−67.9% | Reduced |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 409,089 | $5.77M | 0.63% | −3,289−0.8% | Reduced |
| Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | 401,600 | $5.66M | 2.11% | −136,861−25.4% | Reduced |
| Boothbay Fund Management, LLC | 383,577 | $5.41M | 0.18% | +383,577 | New |
| Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC | 382,000 | $5.39M | 4.51% | −13,000−3.3% | Reduced |
| Perritt Capital Management Inc | 377,651 | $5.32M | 3.04% | −2,515−0.7% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 371,676 | $5.24M | 0.02% | +74,532+25.1% | Added |
| Flow Traders U.S. LLC | 354,239 | $5.00M | 0.25% | −9,131−2.5% | Reduced |
| Bailard, Inc. | 314,411 | $4.43M | 0.17% | −1,485−0.5% | Reduced |
| Palumbo Wealth Management LLC | 307,176 | $4.33M | 3.44% | +25,122+8.9% | Added |
| Pacific Sage Partners, LLC | 304,863 | $4.30M | 1.43% | +304,863 | New |
| Dana Investment Advisors, Inc. | 304,131 | $4.29M | 0.22% | −25,655−7.8% | Reduced |
| Amitell Capital Pte Ltd | 297,107 | $4.19M | 4.21% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 293,267 | $4.14M | 0.13% | −66,962−18.6% | Reduced |
| Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. | 286,992 | $4.05M | 0.59% | −23,369−7.5% | Reduced |
| Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 285,729 | $4.03M | 0.01% | +130,461+84.0% | Added |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 284,822 | $4.02M | 0.07% | −122,989−30.2% | Reduced |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 203,874 | $3.89M | 0.76% | +37,938+22.9% | Added |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 271,677 | $3.83M | 0.18% | +19,440+7.7% | Added |
| Sprott Inc. | 270,195 | $3.81M | 0.34% | −700−0.3% | Reduced |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 269,592 | $3.80M | 0.17% | +12,278+4.8% | Added |
| Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management, LLC | 268,105 | $3.78M | 2.30% | −8,520−3.1% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 263,024 | $3.71M | 0.01% | +40,389+18.1% | Added |
| Mendota Financial Group, LLC | 252,697 | $3.56M | 4.54% | +252,697 | New |
| Blair William & Co | 240,782 | $3.40M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Macroview Investment Management LLC | 239,842 | $3.38M | 5.80% | −1,840−0.8% | Reduced |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 230,693 | $3.25M | 0.09% | −2,500−1.1% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 229,006 | $3.23M | 0.01% | +59,506+35.1% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 224,317 | $3.16M | 0.00% | +26,424+13.4% | Added |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | 223,646 | $3.15M | 0.69% | +161,851+261.9% | Added |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 223,163 | $3.15M | 0.19% | −268−0.1% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 217,665 | $3.07M | 0.01% | +327+0.2% | Added |
| Telemus Capital, LLC | 211,651 | $3.07M | 0.28% | −10,781−4.8% | Reduced |
| Latigo Investments, LLC | 214,134 | $3.02M | 2.30% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| National Asset Management, Inc. | 211,471 | $2.98M | 0.08% | +6,600+3.2% | Added |
| Biltmore Family Office, LLC | 211,429 | $2.98M | 0.61% | −166,000−44.0% | Reduced |
| Warwick Investment Management, Inc. | 209,390 | $2.95M | 1.21% | +209,390 | New |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC | 206,899 | $2.92M | 0.13% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sterneck Capital Management, LLC | 205,766 | $2.90M | 1.92% | −9,833−4.6% | Reduced |
| NovaPoint Capital, LLC | 198,811 | $2.80M | 1.22% | −53,413−21.2% | Reduced |
| Vident Investment Advisory, LLC | 197,965 | $2.79M | 0.11% | +197,965 | New |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc | 197,162 | $2.78M | 0.14% | +101,310+105.7% | Added |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 196,187 | $2.77M | 0.01% | −32,070−14.0% | Reduced |
| Lincoln National Corp | 194,903 | $2.75M | 0.06% | −23,675−10.8% | Reduced |
| Surience Private Wealth LLC | 190,681 | $2.69M | 3.57% | +190,681 | New |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 183,978 | $2.59M | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Insight Wealth Partners, LLC | 179,676 | $2.53M | 2.37% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bennicas & Associates, Inc. | 179,507 | $2.53M | 1.46% | −1,200−0.7% | Reduced |