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 2023
Institutional positions in Sprott Physical Gold Trust as of Mar 31, 2023. 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
- 390
- +10 vs. Q4 2022
- Shares held
- 116.0M
- +3.69M (+3.3%) vs. Q4 2022
- Total value
- $1.80B
- +$219.8M (+13.9%) vs. Q4 2022
- New holders
- 36
- 115 more added
- Sold out
- 26
- 98 more reduced
6 institutions that held it in Q4 2022 haven't filed for Q1 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q4 2022.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evanson Asset Management, LLC | 6,932,904 | $107.2M | 10.98% | −175,947−2.5% | Reduced |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 6,846,430 | $105.8M | 1.87% | −1,135,118−14.2% | Reduced |
| Central Trust Co | 5,875,335 | $90.8M | 2.66% | +8,859+0.2% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 5,187,487 | $80.2M | 0.02% | +1,654,878+46.8% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 4,963,434 | $76.7M | 0.01% | −421,368−7.8% | Reduced |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 4,209,418 | $65.1M | 10.10% | +77,099+1.9% | Added |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 3,988,014 | $61.5M | 0.68% | −109,081−2.7% | Reduced |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 3,954,569 | $61.1M | 2.04% | −3,437−0.1% | Reduced |
| Sawtooth Solutions, LLC | 3,954,569 | $61.1M | 1.60% | +3,926,346+13,911.9% | Added |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 3,763,913 | $58.1M | 0.80% | −508,675−11.9% | Reduced |
| Truist Financial Corp | 3,225,057 | $49.9M | 0.09% | +98,073+3.1% | Added |
| SMI Advisory Services, LLC | 3,438,358 | $48.5M | 16.23% | +92,719+2.8% | Added |
| Bluefin Capital Management, LLC | – | $34.2M | 4.82% | – | – |
| South State Corp. | 2,025,406 | $31.3M | 2.89% | +84,040+4.3% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 1,534,931 | $23.7M | 0.10% | +129,898+9.2% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 1,492,580 | $23.1M | 0.11% | +848,053+131.6% | Added |
| Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1,448,500 | $22.4M | 9.72% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 1,391,589 | $21.5M | 0.05% | +55,478+4.2% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1,312,440 | $20.3M | 0.01% | +3,271+0.2% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 1,212,134 | $18.7M | 0.01% | +14,010+1.2% | Added |
| Monaco Asset Management SAM | 1,196,000 | $18.5M | 8.30% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 1,182,855 | $18.3M | 15.26% | +25,460+2.2% | Added |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 1,178,398 | $18.2M | 2.28% | −19,097−1.6% | Reduced |
| Howland Capital Management LLC | 1,117,507 | $17.3M | 1.04% | −7,524−0.7% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 1,057,094 | $16.3M | 0.03% | +34,295+3.4% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 1,045,833 | $16.2M | 0.01% | +242,972+30.3% | Added |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 984,416 | $15.2M | 0.11% | −63,173−6.0% | Reduced |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 941,595 | $14.6M | 5.82% | +21,351+2.3% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 918,178 | $14.2M | 0.00% | −1,000−0.1% | Reduced |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 877,970 | $13.6M | 0.48% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc | 839,061 | $13.3M | 3.36% | +51,217+6.5% | Added |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 853,644 | $13.2M | 12.87% | −20,146−2.3% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 844,270 | $13.0M | 0.03% | −182,710−17.8% | Reduced |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 837,177 | $12.9M | 10.44% | +11,585+1.4% | Added |
| Bridge Advisory, LLC | 803,907 | $12.4M | 4.80% | −28,270−3.4% | Reduced |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 798,935 | $12.4M | 0.05% | +20,540+2.6% | Added |
| Concorde Financial Corp | 772,248 | $11.9M | 8.70% | −130,200−14.4% | Reduced |
| Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC | 767,192 | $11.9M | 4.30% | +35,250+4.8% | Added |
| Red Door Wealth Management, LLC | 748,665 | $11.6M | 3.63% | +1,255+0.2% | Added |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 1,231,730 | $11.3M | 0.63% | +962,138+356.9% | Added |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 648,742 | $10.0M | 0.21% | −166,297−20.4% | Reduced |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 628,223 | $9.71M | 0.17% | +156,584+33.2% | Added |
| Philadelphia Trust Co | 594,862 | $9.20M | 0.94% | +582,112+4,565.6% | Added |
| Cyndeo Wealth Partners, LLC | 584,939 | $9.04M | 0.97% | +102,214+21.2% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 568,517 | $8.79M | 0.01% | −2,676−0.5% | Reduced |
| National Bank of Canada | 553,573 | $8.53M | 0.02% | −232,096−29.5% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 504,716 | $7.80M | 0.02% | +275,710+120.4% | Added |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 377,975 | $7.52M | 0.08% | −37,591−9.0% | Reduced |
| Global Endowment Management, LP | 476,000 | $7.36M | 0.78% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Independent Financial Group, LLC | 468,829 | $7.25M | 0.58% | +11,861+2.6% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 464,805 | $7.20M | 0.00% | +38,602+9.1% | Added |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 455,815 | $7.05M | 10.81% | −4,480−1.0% | Reduced |
| Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | 455,057 | $7.04M | 2.62% | +53,457+13.3% | Added |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. | 429,804 | $6.64M | 0.10% | +3,823+0.9% | Added |
| Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 428,916 | $6.63M | 0.01% | +143,187+50.1% | Added |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 413,219 | $6.39M | 0.67% | +4,130+1.0% | Added |
| O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc | 408,760 | $6.32M | 2.37% | −1,200−0.3% | Reduced |
| Perritt Capital Management Inc | 384,195 | $5.94M | 3.31% | +6,544+1.7% | Added |
| Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC | 382,000 | $5.91M | 5.39% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 357,723 | $5.53M | 0.02% | −13,953−3.8% | Reduced |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 334,216 | $5.17M | 0.08% | +49,394+17.3% | Added |
| Pacific Sage Partners, LLC | 317,533 | $4.91M | 1.58% | +12,670+4.2% | Added |
| Vident Investment Advisory, LLC | 317,037 | $4.90M | 0.16% | +119,072+60.1% | Added |
| Bailard, Inc. | 313,112 | $4.84M | 0.17% | −1,299−0.4% | Reduced |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 312,674 | $4.83M | 0.05% | −21,963−6.6% | Reduced |
| Palumbo Wealth Management LLC | 298,590 | $4.62M | 3.07% | −8,586−2.8% | Reduced |
| Amitell Capital Pte Ltd | 297,107 | $4.59M | 4.75% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. | 295,635 | $4.57M | 0.63% | +8,643+3.0% | Added |
| Sprott Inc. | 294,865 | $4.56M | 0.39% | +24,670+9.1% | Added |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 279,127 | $4.32M | 0.12% | −14,140−4.8% | Reduced |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 278,567 | $4.31M | 0.19% | +6,890+2.5% | Added |
| Mendota Financial Group, LLC | 277,783 | $4.27M | 4.27% | +25,086+9.9% | Added |
| Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management, LLC | 272,640 | $4.22M | 2.56% | +4,535+1.7% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 265,963 | $4.11M | 0.01% | +48,298+22.2% | Added |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 254,332 | $3.93M | 0.03% | +97,782+62.5% | Added |
| Blair William & Co | 252,526 | $3.90M | 0.02% | +11,744+4.9% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 248,833 | $3.85M | 0.01% | −14,191−5.4% | Reduced |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc | 244,574 | $3.78M | 0.16% | +47,412+24.0% | Added |
| Macroview Investment Management LLC | 239,772 | $3.71M | 5.94% | −700.0% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 237,551 | $3.67M | 0.01% | +13,234+5.9% | Added |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 230,193 | $3.56M | 0.10% | −500−0.2% | Reduced |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 226,796 | $3.51M | 0.21% | +3,633+1.6% | Added |
| Lincoln National Corp | 226,368 | $3.50M | 0.07% | +31,465+16.1% | Added |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 225,207 | $3.48M | 0.70% | +21,333+10.5% | Added |
| Latigo Investments, LLC | 214,134 | $3.31M | 2.38% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Glassy Mountain Advisors, Inc. | 214,134 | $3.31M | 2.38% | +214,134 | New |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC | 211,899 | $3.28M | 0.12% | +5,000+2.4% | Added |
| Biltmore Family Office, LLC | 211,727 | $3.27M | 0.69% | +298+0.1% | Added |
| Warwick Investment Management, Inc. | 209,390 | $3.24M | 1.37% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 202,801 | $3.13M | 0.01% | +6,614+3.4% | Added |
| Courage Capital Management LLC | 201,000 | $3.11M | 7.45% | +90,000+81.1% | Added |
| PFG Investments, LLC | 195,335 | $3.02M | 0.62% | +195,335 | New |
| NovaPoint Capital, LLC | 193,881 | $3.00M | 1.23% | −4,930−2.5% | Reduced |
| National Asset Management, Inc. | 185,418 | $2.87M | 0.08% | −26,053−12.3% | Reduced |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 183,978 | $2.84M | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Insight Wealth Partners, LLC | 176,943 | $2.74M | 2.47% | −2,733−1.5% | Reduced |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 172,880 | $2.67M | 0.04% | +4,609+2.7% | Added |
| Abacus Planning Group, Inc. | 170,885 | $2.64M | 0.68% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Telemus Capital, LLC | 170,136 | $2.63M | 0.23% | −41,515−19.6% | Reduced |
| Leavell Investment Management, Inc. | 165,000 | $2.55M | 0.18% | 00.0% | Unchanged |