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.
| 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 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q2 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick Investment Management, Inc. | 209,390 | $3.00M | 1.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC | 211,899 | $3.03M | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Latigo Investments, LLC | 214,134 | $3.07M | 1.87% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Macroview Investment Management LLC | 227,357 | $3.26M | 4.38% | −10,409−4.4% | Reduced |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 231,814 | $3.32M | 0.09% | +1,175+0.5% | Added |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 234,855 | $3.36M | 0.05% | +16,550+7.6% | Added |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 244,772 | $3.51M | 0.18% | −876−0.4% | Reduced |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 250,393 | $3.60M | 0.81% | −13,448−5.1% | Reduced |
| Lincoln National Corp | 253,641 | $3.63M | 0.07% | +23,278+10.1% | Added |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 254,332 | $3.64M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc | 260,588 | $3.73M | 0.14% | +7,875+3.1% | Added |
| Courage Capital Management LLC | 264,500 | $3.79M | 12.85% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management, LLC | 272,775 | $3.91M | 2.34% | +1350.0% | Added |
| Biltmore Family Office, LLC | 278,415 | $3.99M | 0.90% | −6,461−2.3% | Reduced |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 284,942 | $4.08M | 0.18% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 287,971 | $4.12M | 0.43% | +244,881+568.3% | Added |
| Palumbo Wealth Management LLC | 292,049 | $4.18M | 2.30% | −23,475−7.4% | Reduced |
| Sprott Inc. | 294,444 | $4.22M | 0.38% | −1,971−0.7% | Reduced |
| Bailard, Inc. | 306,112 | $4.38M | 0.15% | −7,000−2.2% | Reduced |
| Pacific Sage Partners, LLC | 320,646 | $4.59M | 1.38% | −3,084−1.0% | Reduced |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 322,731 | $4.62M | 0.14% | +322,731 | New |
| Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC | 337,886 | $4.84M | 0.12% | +10,043+3.1% | Added |
| Amitell Capital Pte Ltd | 343,007 | $4.91M | 4.77% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Perritt Capital Management Inc | 346,235 | $4.96M | 2.87% | +591+0.2% | Added |
| Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC | 350,000 | $5.01M | 4.74% | −10,000−2.8% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 364,268 | $5.22M | 0.01% | +24,648+7.3% | Added |
| TCP Asset Management, LLC | 369,111 | $5.29M | 2.26% | +23,523+6.8% | Added |
| Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. | 371,643 | $5.32M | 0.73% | −3,395−0.9% | Reduced |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 398,024 | $5.70M | 0.05% | +18,812+5.0% | Added |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 410,885 | $5.88M | 0.08% | +60,285+17.2% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 411,147 | $5.89M | 0.01% | +44,959+12.3% | Added |
| Blair William & Co | 417,146 | $5.97M | 0.02% | −37,030−8.2% | Reduced |
| Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 419,155 | $6.00M | 0.01% | −26,801−6.0% | Reduced |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 427,175 | $6.12M | 0.71% | +2,291+0.5% | Added |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 333,776 | $6.12M | 0.06% | −60,167−15.3% | Reduced |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. | 440,800 | $6.31M | 0.09% | +3,740+0.9% | Added |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 447,000 | $6.40M | 10.73% | −6,215−1.4% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 448,409 | $6.42M | 0.02% | +91,957+25.8% | Added |
| O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc | 451,058 | $6.46M | 2.36% | +37,523+9.1% | Added |
| Independent Financial Group, LLC | 474,839 | $6.80M | 0.44% | −1,533−0.3% | Reduced |
| Global Endowment Management, LP | 476,000 | $6.82M | 0.73% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| National Bank of Canada | 532,417 | $7.48M | 0.01% | −8,923−1.6% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 538,355 | $7.71M | 0.01% | +538,355 | New |
| Philadelphia Trust Co | 568,117 | $8.13M | 0.84% | −10,327−1.8% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 577,869 | $8.28M | 0.02% | −78,714−12.0% | Reduced |
| Cyndeo Wealth Partners, LLC | 609,127 | $8.72M | 0.91% | +13,362+2.2% | Added |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 615,937 | $8.82M | 0.11% | +167,059+37.2% | Added |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 632,200 | $9.05M | 0.16% | −6,490−1.0% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 626,007 | $9.41M | 0.01% | +221,958+54.9% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 662,139 | $9.48M | 0.01% | +60,197+10.0% | Added |
| Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | 704,149 | $10.1M | 3.53% | +96,655+15.9% | Added |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 761,345 | $10.9M | 0.02% | −58,214−7.1% | Reduced |
| Bridge Advisory, LLC | 762,049 | $10.9M | 3.83% | −28,229−3.6% | Reduced |
| Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC | 780,707 | $11.2M | 3.80% | +7,700+1.0% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 792,300 | $11.3M | 0.04% | −13,926−1.7% | Reduced |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 834,145 | $11.9M | 10.73% | −10,907−1.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 858,857 | $12.3M | 0.00% | −20,696−2.4% | Reduced |
| Concorde Financial Corp | 859,528 | $12.3M | 21.00% | −1320.0% | Reduced |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 862,065 | $12.3M | 0.42% | −15,905−1.8% | Reduced |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 866,194 | $12.4M | 9.35% | +4,745+0.6% | Added |
| Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc | 887,438 | $12.7M | 3.10% | +28,592+3.3% | Added |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 892,817 | $12.8M | 1.64% | −241,820−21.3% | Reduced |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 931,853 | $13.3M | 5.45% | −9,167−1.0% | Reduced |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 950,648 | $13.6M | 0.09% | −47,394−4.7% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 1,060,781 | $15.2M | 0.01% | −11,988−1.1% | Reduced |
| Howland Capital Management LLC | 1,126,677 | $16.1M | 0.94% | +22,565+2.0% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 1,175,406 | $16.8M | 0.01% | −86,708−6.9% | Reduced |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 1,199,972 | $17.2M | 14.02% | +28,515+2.4% | Added |
| Sowell Financial Services LLC | 1,340,872 | $19.2M | 1.21% | +1,340,872 | New |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 1,439,187 | $20.6M | 0.04% | +4,530+0.3% | Added |
| Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1,448,500 | $20.7M | 10.76% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1,486,642 | $21.3M | 0.01% | −88,696−5.6% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 1,514,498 | $21.7M | 0.03% | +1,169,725+339.3% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 1,615,096 | $23.1M | 0.09% | +18,446+1.2% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 1,705,358 | $24.4M | 0.04% | +600,414+54.3% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 1,762,747 | $25.2M | 0.12% | +95,004+5.7% | Added |
| South State Corp. | 2,053,975 | $29.4M | 2.79% | −61,009−2.9% | Reduced |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 2,957,426 | $42.4M | 0.47% | −640,765−17.8% | Reduced |
| Truist Financial Corp | 3,075,184 | $44.0M | 0.07% | −95,016−3.0% | Reduced |
| SMI Advisory Services, LLC | 2,918,979 | $44.2M | 16.13% | +2,918,979 | New |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 3,502,746 | $50.0M | 0.52% | −66,410−1.9% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 3,587,859 | $51.4M | 0.08% | +3,547,859+8,869.6% | Added |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 3,966,011 | $56.8M | 2.00% | +2,746+0.1% | Added |
| Sawtooth Solutions, LLC | 4,042,139 | $57.9M | 1.86% | +15,055+0.4% | Added |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 4,098,247 | $58.7M | 9.29% | −62,955−1.5% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 5,956,144 | $85.3M | 0.02% | +355,208+6.3% | Added |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 5,961,670 | $85.4M | 2.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Central Trust Co | 6,125,259 | $87.7M | 2.53% | +164,329+2.8% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 6,167,394 | $88.3M | 0.01% | +576,164+10.3% | Added |
| Evanson Asset Management, LLC | 6,607,589 | $94.6M | 9.08% | −297,221−4.3% | Reduced |
| Quilter Plc | 600,318 | – | – | +16,932+2.9% | Added |
| Vident Investment Advisory, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −255,779−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bryn Mawr Trust Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −90,879−100.0% | Sold out |
| Permanens Capital L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −70,327−100.0% | Sold out |
| Walleye Capital LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −66,076−100.0% | Sold out |
| Veritable, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −23,650−100.0% | Sold out |
| SkyView Investment Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −21,490−100.0% | Sold out |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Clientfirst Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,500−100.0% | Sold out |
| 3Chopt Investment Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,015−100.0% | Sold out |