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, Q2 2023
Institutional positions in Sprott Physical Gold Trust as of Jun 30, 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
- 384
- −4 vs. Q1 2023
- Shares held
- 112.0M
- −564.4K (−0.5%) vs. Q1 2023
- Total value
- $1.66B
- −$82.2M (−4.7%) vs. Q1 2023
- New holders
- 28
- 122 more added
- Sold out
- 32
- 85 more reduced
2 institutions that held it in Q1 2023 haven't filed for Q2 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2023: 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, Q2 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q1 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evanson Asset Management, LLC | 6,904,810 | $103.0M | 9.78% | −28,094−0.4% | Reduced |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 5,961,670 | $88.9M | 1.77% | −884,760−12.9% | Reduced |
| Central Trust Co | 5,960,930 | $88.9M | 2.48% | +85,595+1.5% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 5,600,936 | $83.6M | 0.02% | +413,449+8.0% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 5,591,230 | $83.4M | 0.01% | +627,796+12.6% | Added |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 4,161,202 | $62.1M | 9.69% | −48,216−1.1% | Reduced |
| Sawtooth Solutions, LLC | 4,027,084 | $60.1M | 1.64% | +72,515+1.8% | Added |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 3,963,265 | $59.1M | 1.85% | +8,696+0.2% | Added |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 3,598,191 | $53.7M | 0.59% | −165,722−4.4% | Reduced |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 3,569,156 | $53.1M | 0.52% | −418,858−10.5% | Reduced |
| Truist Financial Corp | 3,170,200 | $47.3M | 0.08% | −54,857−1.7% | Reduced |
| South State Corp. | 2,114,984 | $31.6M | 2.82% | +89,578+4.4% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 1,667,743 | $24.9M | 0.11% | +175,163+11.7% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 1,596,650 | $23.8M | 0.09% | +61,719+4.0% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1,575,338 | $23.5M | 0.01% | +262,898+20.0% | Added |
| Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1,448,500 | $21.6M | 10.25% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 1,434,657 | $21.4M | 0.04% | +43,068+3.1% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 1,262,114 | $18.8M | 0.01% | +49,980+4.1% | Added |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 1,171,457 | $17.5M | 14.45% | −11,398−1.0% | Reduced |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 1,134,637 | $16.9M | 1.99% | −43,761−3.7% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 1,104,944 | $16.5M | 0.03% | +47,850+4.5% | Added |
| Howland Capital Management LLC | 1,104,112 | $16.5M | 0.95% | −13,395−1.2% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 1,072,769 | $16.0M | 0.01% | +26,936+2.6% | Added |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 998,042 | $14.9M | 0.10% | +13,626+1.4% | Added |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 941,020 | $14.5M | 5.82% | −575−0.1% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 879,553 | $13.1M | 0.00% | −38,625−4.2% | Reduced |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 877,970 | $13.1M | 0.44% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 861,449 | $12.9M | 9.66% | +24,272+2.9% | Added |
| Concorde Financial Corp | 859,660 | $12.8M | 8.39% | +87,412+11.3% | Added |
| Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc | 858,846 | $12.8M | 3.10% | +19,785+2.4% | Added |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 845,052 | $12.6M | 11.73% | −8,592−1.0% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 819,559 | $12.2M | 0.02% | −24,711−2.9% | Reduced |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 806,226 | $12.0M | 0.04% | +7,291+0.9% | Added |
| Bridge Advisory, LLC | 790,278 | $11.8M | 4.33% | −13,629−1.7% | Reduced |
| Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC | 773,007 | $11.5M | 3.86% | +5,815+0.8% | Added |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 656,583 | $9.80M | 0.03% | +151,867+30.1% | Added |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 638,690 | $9.53M | 0.16% | −10,052−1.5% | Reduced |
| Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | 607,494 | $9.06M | 3.26% | +152,437+33.5% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 601,942 | $8.98M | 0.01% | +33,425+5.9% | Added |
| Cyndeo Wealth Partners, LLC | 595,765 | $8.89M | 0.93% | +10,826+1.9% | Added |
| Philadelphia Trust Co | 578,444 | $8.63M | 0.82% | −16,418−2.8% | Reduced |
| National Bank of Canada | 541,340 | $8.04M | 0.02% | −12,233−2.2% | Reduced |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 393,943 | $7.54M | 0.08% | +15,968+4.2% | Added |
| Independent Financial Group, LLC | 476,372 | $7.11M | 0.49% | +7,543+1.6% | Added |
| Global Endowment Management, LP | 476,000 | $7.10M | 0.84% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Blair William & Co | 454,176 | $6.78M | 0.02% | +201,650+79.9% | Added |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 453,215 | $6.76M | 9.51% | −2,600−0.6% | Reduced |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 448,878 | $6.70M | 0.11% | −179,345−28.5% | Reduced |
| Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 445,956 | $6.65M | 0.01% | +17,040+4.0% | Added |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. | 437,060 | $6.52M | 0.09% | +7,256+1.7% | Added |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 424,884 | $6.34M | 0.72% | +11,665+2.8% | Added |
| Bluefin Capital Management, LLC | 420,837 | $6.28M | 1.42% | – | – |
| O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc | 413,535 | $6.17M | 2.14% | +4,775+1.2% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 404,049 | $6.17M | 0.00% | −60,756−13.1% | Reduced |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 379,212 | $5.68M | 0.05% | +66,538+21.3% | Added |
| Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. | 375,038 | $5.60M | 0.76% | +79,403+26.9% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 366,188 | $5.46M | 0.01% | +128,637+54.2% | Added |
| Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC | 360,000 | $5.37M | 4.94% | −22,000−5.8% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 356,452 | $5.32M | 0.02% | −1,271−0.4% | Reduced |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 350,600 | $5.23M | 0.08% | +16,384+4.9% | Added |
| Perritt Capital Management Inc | 345,644 | $5.16M | 2.81% | −38,551−10.0% | Reduced |
| TCP Asset Management, LLC | 345,588 | $5.16M | 2.19% | +345,588 | New |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 344,773 | $5.14M | 0.01% | +344,773 | New |
| Amitell Capital Pte Ltd | 343,007 | $5.12M | 4.10% | +45,900+15.4% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 339,620 | $5.07M | 0.01% | +73,657+27.7% | Added |
| Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC | 327,843 | $4.89M | 0.11% | +327,843 | New |
| Pacific Sage Partners, LLC | 323,730 | $4.83M | 1.43% | +6,197+2.0% | Added |
| Palumbo Wealth Management LLC | 315,524 | $4.71M | 2.88% | +16,934+5.7% | Added |
| Bailard, Inc. | 313,112 | $4.67M | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sprott Inc. | 296,415 | $4.42M | 0.40% | +1,550+0.5% | Added |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 284,942 | $4.25M | 0.18% | +6,375+2.3% | Added |
| Biltmore Family Office, LLC | 284,876 | $4.25M | 0.90% | +73,149+34.5% | Added |
| Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management, LLC | 272,640 | $4.07M | 2.36% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Courage Capital Management LLC | 264,500 | $3.95M | 10.83% | +63,500+31.6% | Added |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 263,841 | $3.93M | 0.71% | +38,634+17.2% | Added |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 262,655 | $3.92M | 0.10% | −16,472−5.9% | Reduced |
| Vident Investment Advisory, LLC | 255,779 | $3.82M | 0.13% | −61,258−19.3% | Reduced |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 254,332 | $3.79M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Creative Planning | 253,813 | $3.79M | 0.01% | +4,980+2.0% | Added |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc | 252,713 | $3.77M | 0.14% | +8,139+3.3% | Added |
| ORG Partners LLC | 248,252 | $3.71M | 0.60% | +248,252 | New |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 245,648 | $3.67M | 0.19% | +18,852+8.3% | Added |
| Macroview Investment Management LLC | 237,766 | $3.55M | 5.45% | −2,006−0.8% | Reduced |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 230,639 | $3.44M | 0.09% | +446+0.2% | Added |
| Lincoln National Corp | 230,363 | $3.44M | 0.07% | +3,995+1.8% | Added |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 218,305 | $3.26M | 0.05% | +45,425+26.3% | Added |
| Latigo Investments, LLC | 214,134 | $3.19M | 1.96% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC | 211,899 | $3.16M | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Warwick Investment Management, Inc. | 209,390 | $3.12M | 1.23% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Financial Sense Advisors, Inc. | 190,799 | $2.85M | 1.30% | +44,622+30.5% | Added |
| National Asset Management, Inc. | 184,035 | $2.75M | 0.06% | −1,383−0.7% | Reduced |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 183,978 | $2.74M | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 180,091 | $2.69M | 0.01% | −22,710−11.2% | Reduced |
| PFG Investments, LLC | 175,855 | $2.62M | 0.47% | −19,480−10.0% | Reduced |
| NovaPoint Capital, LLC | 175,623 | $2.62M | 0.98% | −18,258−9.4% | Reduced |
| Abacus Planning Group, Inc. | 170,885 | $2.55M | 0.62% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Insight Wealth Partners, LLC | 168,512 | $2.51M | 2.09% | −8,431−4.8% | Reduced |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 167,334 | $2.50M | 0.02% | +142,400+571.1% | Added |
| Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC | 164,228 | $2.46M | 0.32% | +21,845+15.3% | Added |
| Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. | 158,702 | $2.37M | 0.03% | +132,577+507.5% | Added |