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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 2023

Institutional positions in Sprott Physical Gold Trust as of Sep 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
391
+10 vs. Q2 2023
Shares held
122.5M
+10.6M (+9.5%) vs. Q2 2023
Total value
$1.75B
+$87.4M (+5.3%) vs. Q2 2023
New holders
30
93 more added
Sold out
20
125 more reduced

3 institutions that held it in Q2 2023 haven't filed for Q3 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 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.

Institutional holdersQ3 2023: 391 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 2023: $1.75B
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 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q2 2023.

Institutions holding PHYS in Q3 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Tompkins Financial Corp43,000$615.8K0.10%−16,000−27.1%Reduced
Whittier Trust Co43,408$621.6K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
LVM Capital Management Ltd43,675$625.0K0.09%00.0%Unchanged
White Pine Capital LLC43,980$629.8K0.25%−59−0.1%Reduced
J Arnold Wealth Management Co45,050$645.1K0.26%+3,450+8.3%Added
Pathstone Family Office, LLC45,804$655.9K0.01%+23,650+106.8%Added
Geneva Partners, LLC46,000$658.7K0.44%−300−0.6%Reduced
Eqis Capital Management, Inc.46,727$669.1K0.08%−4,366−8.5%Reduced
Freestone Capital Holdings, LLC46,846$670.8K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Soros Capital Management LLC46,910$671.8K0.34%−32,045−40.6%Reduced
StoneX Group Inc.47,150$675.2K0.07%−1,400−2.9%Reduced
Avidian Wealth Solutions, LLC47,452$679.5K0.05%00.0%Unchanged
Snowden Capital Advisors LLC47,671$682.6K0.03%−15,500−24.5%Reduced
Barometer Capital Management Inc.48,200$690.2K0.22%−7,200−13.0%Reduced
Proficio Capital Partners LLC48,700$697.4K0.09%−1,400−2.8%Reduced
Procyon Private Wealth Partners, LLC49,215$704.8K0.07%+600+1.2%Added
Financial Advisory Service, Inc.49,515$709.1K0.08%−4,000−7.5%Reduced
Lane Generational LLC50,715$726.2K0.90%−1,275−2.5%Reduced
Tectonic Advisors LLC51,991$744.5K0.07%+51,991New
CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC52,808$756.2K0.00%+16,414+45.1%Added
G&S Capital LLC55,074$788.7K0.40%−1,295−2.3%Reduced
Aptus Capital Advisors, LLC55,300$791.9K0.02%+55,300New
E&G Advisors, LP57,808$827.8K0.30%−2,500−4.1%Reduced
IHT Wealth Management, LLC57,916$829.4K0.04%+2,866+5.2%Added
Baker Avenue Asset Management, LP58,432$836.7K0.04%−309−0.5%Reduced
Insight Advisors, LLC59,330$849.6K0.19%−7,800−11.6%Reduced
Foster Dykema Cabot & Co Inc60,329$864.0K0.10%00.0%Unchanged
Arnhold LLC61,627$882.5K0.11%00.0%Unchanged
Scotia Capital Inc.61,467$902.5K0.01%−2,905−4.5%Reduced
ORG Partners LLC63,130$904.0K0.27%−185,122−74.6%Reduced
AE Wealth Management LLC64,788$927.8K0.01%+37,963+141.5%Added
Antonetti Capital Management LLC66,647$954.4K1.49%+66,647New
Claret Asset Management Corp68,282$978.0K0.19%00.0%Unchanged
Independent Family Office, LLC68,391$979.4K0.61%00.0%Unchanged
Sigma Planning Corp69,482$995.0K0.04%+447+0.6%Added
Fundamentun, LLC69,728$998.5K0.15%00.0%Unchanged
Ronald Blue Trust, Inc.67,886$1.01M0.02%00.0%Unchanged
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.71,360$1.02M0.00%−3,146−4.2%Reduced
Wealth Management Associates, Inc.78,520$1.12M0.66%−1,575−2.0%Reduced
Banque Pictet & Cie SA79,000$1.13M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co79,503$1.14M0.00%−22,187−21.8%Reduced
Fiduciary Trust Co81,555$1.17M0.02%−31,081−27.6%Reduced
Hollencrest Capital Management84,915$1.22M0.14%00.0%Unchanged
JPMorgan Chase & Co85,531$1.22M0.00%+24,660+40.5%Added
Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC89,029$1.27M0.05%00.0%Unchanged
Montis Financial, LLC92,106$1.32M0.88%+92,106New
HC Advisors, LLC92,422$1.32M0.79%+1,500+1.6%Added
North Star Investment Management Corp.92,549$1.33M0.11%−19,050−17.1%Reduced
Guardian Wealth Advisors, LLC92,909$1.33M0.23%+1,277+1.4%Added
Flow Traders U.S. LLC96,853$1.39M0.06%−46,185−32.3%Reduced
Quadrant Private Wealth Management, LLC96,956$1.39M0.47%−1,583−1.6%Reduced
Claudia M.P. Batlle, CRP (R) LLC97,100$1.39M0.46%+1,000+1.0%Added
Davenport & Co LLC97,562$1.40M0.01%−5,815−5.6%Reduced
Mariner, LLC98,862$1.42M0.00%−4,125−4.0%Reduced
Hedges Asset Management LLC99,000$1.42M1.24%00.0%Unchanged
Federated Hermes, Inc.100,000$1.43M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
BIP Wealth, LLC103,970$1.49M0.14%+200+0.2%Added
Bard Financial Services, Inc.106,220$1.52M0.19%−8,000−7.0%Reduced
International Assets Investment Management, LLC104,219$1.52M0.21%+16,541+18.9%Added
St. James Investment Company, LLC108,200$1.55M0.24%−1,655−1.5%Reduced
Clearstead Advisors, LLC111,089$1.59M0.10%00.0%Unchanged
Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC113,305$1.62M0.07%+12,243+12.1%Added
Cetera Investment Advisers114,081$1.63M0.01%−2,690−2.3%Reduced
SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC114,083$1.63M0.21%−19,686−14.7%Reduced
Weiss Asset Management LP114,132$1.63M0.13%00.0%Unchanged
Red Door Wealth Management, LLC114,862$1.64M0.41%−448−0.4%Reduced
A. D. Beadell Investment Counsel, Inc.120,345$1.72M1.80%−10,402−8.0%Reduced
Tiaa Trust, National Association121,925$1.75M0.01%+121,925New
Allen Mooney & Barnes Investment Advisors LLC122,690$1.76M0.37%+122,690New
Moors & Cabot, Inc.123,691$1.77M0.12%+6,864+5.9%Added
Darwin Advisors, LLC124,903$1.79M0.48%+1,713+1.4%Added
Empire Financial Management Company, LLC126,955$1.82M0.79%−4,289−3.3%Reduced
Cypress Capital Management LLC (WY)130,825$1.87M2.20%−2,339−1.8%Reduced
Strategic Blueprint, LLC131,151$1.88M0.17%+2,774+2.2%Added
Oppenheimer & Co Inc131,467$1.88M0.04%+5,514+4.4%Added
Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC131,673$1.89M1.39%00.0%Unchanged
Grey Street Capital, LLC132,372$1.90M1.09%00.0%Unchanged
Waddell & Associates, LLC134,565$1.93M0.28%+77,660+136.5%Added
Great Valley Advisor Group, Inc.136,800$1.96M0.08%−1,506−1.1%Reduced
Beaumont Financial Advisors, LLC137,647$1.97M0.20%+473+0.3%Added
Phraction Management LLC142,373$2.04M0.98%−5,300−3.6%Reduced
Telemus Capital, LLC146,400$2.10M0.19%−5,704−3.8%Reduced
Leavell Investment Management, Inc.158,000$2.26M0.16%00.0%Unchanged
Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc.158,649$2.27M0.03%−530.0%Reduced
Insight Wealth Partners, LLC161,551$2.31M1.94%−6,961−4.1%Reduced
Brookstone Capital Management151,458$2.32M0.05%+112,293+286.7%Added
Cresset Asset Management, LLC164,334$2.35M0.02%−3,000−1.8%Reduced
National Asset Management, Inc.166,788$2.39M0.06%−17,247−9.4%Reduced
NovaPoint Capital, LLC170,603$2.44M0.97%−5,020−2.9%Reduced
Abacus Planning Group, Inc.170,885$2.45M0.60%00.0%Unchanged
Creative Planning172,183$2.47M0.00%−81,630−32.2%Reduced
Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC175,396$2.51M0.01%+175,396New
PFG Investments, LLC175,855$2.52M0.47%00.0%Unchanged
Chicago Capital, LLC183,978$2.63M0.12%00.0%Unchanged
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.184,062$2.64M0.01%+3,971+2.2%Added
Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC178,307$2.69M0.13%+14,079+8.6%Added
Advisory Services Network, LLC188,161$2.69M0.07%−74,494−28.4%Reduced
Financial Sense Advisors, Inc.189,109$2.71M1.16%−1,690−0.9%Reduced
Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD.189,427$2.71M0.06%+103,563+120.6%Added
Bluefin Capital Management, LLC189,776$2.72M0.24%−231,061−54.9%Reduced