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 2023
Institutional positions in Sprott Physical Gold Trust as of Dec 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
- 404
- +17 vs. Q3 2023
- Shares held
- 115.9M
- −6.36M (−5.2%) vs. Q3 2023
- Total value
- $1.85B
- +$100.0M (+5.7%) vs. Q3 2023
- New holders
- 44
- 107 more added
- Sold out
- 27
- 107 more reduced
4 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q3 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | 6,835,046 | $108.9M | 0.01% | +667,652+10.8% | Added |
| Evanson Asset Management, LLC | 6,403,239 | $102.0M | 8.56% | −204,350−3.1% | Reduced |
| Central Trust Co | 6,199,248 | $98.8M | 2.62% | +73,989+1.2% | Added |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 5,961,670 | $95.0M | 2.58% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 5,605,316 | $89.3M | 0.02% | −350,828−5.9% | Reduced |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 4,154,931 | $66.2M | 9.92% | +56,684+1.4% | Added |
| Sawtooth Solutions, LLC | 3,943,738 | $62.8M | 1.72% | −98,401−2.4% | Reduced |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 3,868,009 | $61.6M | 1.96% | −98,002−2.5% | Reduced |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 3,362,438 | $53.5M | 0.50% | −140,308−4.0% | Reduced |
| Truist Financial Corp | 2,703,368 | $43.1M | 0.07% | −371,816−12.1% | Reduced |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 2,533,482 | $40.4M | 0.40% | −423,944−14.3% | Reduced |
| South State Corp. | 2,021,276 | $32.2M | 2.75% | −32,699−1.6% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 1,751,427 | $27.9M | 0.10% | +136,331+8.4% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 1,704,201 | $27.1M | 0.12% | −58,546−3.3% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1,504,105 | $24.0M | 0.01% | +17,463+1.2% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 1,495,497 | $23.8M | 0.04% | +56,310+3.9% | Added |
| Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1,448,500 | $23.1M | 12.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sowell Financial Services LLC | 1,337,872 | $21.3M | 1.15% | −3,000−0.2% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 1,276,818 | $20.3M | 0.02% | −237,680−15.7% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 1,211,321 | $19.3M | 0.01% | +35,915+3.1% | Added |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 1,181,212 | $18.8M | 15.11% | −18,760−1.6% | Reduced |
| Howland Capital Management LLC | 1,111,927 | $17.7M | 0.94% | −14,750−1.3% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 1,067,443 | $17.0M | 0.03% | −637,915−37.4% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 1,061,636 | $16.9M | 0.01% | +855+0.1% | Added |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 987,141 | $15.7M | 0.09% | +36,493+3.8% | Added |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 940,958 | $15.0M | 5.04% | +9,105+1.0% | Added |
| Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc | 921,507 | $14.7M | 3.49% | +34,069+3.8% | Added |
| SMI Advisory Services, LLC | 910,582 | $14.3M | 3.61% | −2,008,397−68.8% | Reduced |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 867,676 | $13.8M | 9.49% | +1,482+0.2% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 866,598 | $13.8M | 0.00% | +7,741+0.9% | Added |
| Concorde Financial Corp | 860,591 | $13.7M | 9.38% | +1,063+0.1% | Added |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 845,119 | $13.5M | 11.25% | +10,974+1.3% | Added |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 834,757 | $13.3M | 0.02% | +73,412+9.6% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 811,603 | $12.9M | 0.04% | +19,303+2.4% | Added |
| Bridge Advisory, LLC | 794,179 | $12.7M | 6.34% | +32,130+4.2% | Added |
| Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC | 767,237 | $12.2M | 3.76% | −13,470−1.7% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 764,935 | $12.2M | 0.01% | +102,796+15.5% | Added |
| Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | 712,478 | $11.3M | 3.77% | +8,329+1.2% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 645,787 | $10.4M | 0.01% | +19,780+3.2% | Added |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 618,340 | $9.85M | 0.31% | −243,725−28.3% | Reduced |
| Cyndeo Wealth Partners, LLC | 614,088 | $9.78M | 0.91% | +4,961+0.8% | Added |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 596,608 | $9.50M | 0.11% | −19,329−3.1% | Reduced |
| Quilter Plc | 579,232 | $9.23M | 0.31% | −21,086−3.5% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 557,782 | $8.89M | 0.02% | −20,087−3.5% | Reduced |
| Philadelphia Trust Co | 546,587 | $8.71M | 0.82% | −21,530−3.8% | Reduced |
| National Bank of Canada | 512,157 | $8.12M | 0.01% | −20,260−3.8% | Reduced |
| Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 497,155 | $7.92M | 0.02% | +78,000+18.6% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 493,096 | $7.86M | 0.02% | +44,687+10.0% | Added |
| Independent Financial Group, LLC | 487,406 | $7.76M | 0.42% | +12,567+2.6% | Added |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 482,889 | $7.69M | 0.91% | −409,928−45.9% | Reduced |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 479,074 | $7.63M | 0.09% | +68,189+16.6% | Added |
| Global Endowment Management, LP | 476,000 | $7.58M | 0.84% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc | 453,924 | $7.23M | 2.54% | +2,866+0.6% | Added |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 442,379 | $7.05M | 0.01% | +362,876+456.4% | Added |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. | 437,873 | $6.98M | 0.09% | −2,927−0.7% | Reduced |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 437,459 | $6.97M | 0.11% | −194,741−30.8% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 426,936 | $6.80M | 0.01% | +15,789+3.8% | Added |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 425,639 | $6.78M | 0.70% | −1,536−0.4% | Reduced |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 411,677 | $6.56M | 0.05% | +13,653+3.4% | Added |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 388,832 | $6.19M | 0.04% | +134,500+52.9% | Added |
| TCP Asset Management, LLC | 386,085 | $6.15M | 2.28% | +16,974+4.6% | Added |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 373,825 | $5.96M | 9.46% | −73,175−16.4% | Reduced |
| Bluefin Capital Management, LLC | 349,812 | $5.61M | 0.50% | +160,036+84.3% | Added |
| Flow Traders U.S. LLC | 349,472 | $5.57M | 0.17% | +252,619+260.8% | Added |
| Perritt Capital Management Inc | 346,730 | $5.52M | 3.09% | +495+0.1% | Added |
| Amitell Capital Pte Ltd | 343,007 | $5.46M | 4.96% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 336,308 | $5.36M | 0.01% | −27,960−7.7% | Reduced |
| Pacific Sage Partners, LLC | 322,835 | $5.14M | 1.41% | +2,189+0.7% | Added |
| Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC | 318,000 | $5.07M | 5.18% | −32,000−9.1% | Reduced |
| Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC | 316,103 | $5.04M | 0.13% | −21,783−6.4% | Reduced |
| Bailard, Inc. | 304,841 | $4.86M | 0.14% | −1,271−0.4% | Reduced |
| Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. | 299,892 | $4.78M | 0.59% | −71,751−19.3% | Reduced |
| Greenfield Seitz Capital Management, LLC | 298,140 | $4.75M | 1.89% | +298,140 | New |
| Sprott Inc. | 294,504 | $4.69M | 0.42% | +600.0% | Added |
| Biltmore Family Office, LLC | 294,207 | $4.69M | 0.97% | +15,792+5.7% | Added |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 291,692 | $4.65M | 0.19% | +6,750+2.4% | Added |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 291,098 | $4.64M | 0.06% | +56,243+23.9% | Added |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 289,344 | $4.61M | 0.12% | −33,387−10.3% | Reduced |
| Palumbo Wealth Management LLC | 280,967 | $4.48M | 2.29% | −11,082−3.8% | Reduced |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 279,316 | $4.45M | 0.41% | −8,655−3.0% | Reduced |
| Whitaker-Myers Wealth Managers, LTD. | 271,114 | $4.32M | 2.15% | +271,114 | New |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc | 269,645 | $4.30M | 0.14% | +9,057+3.5% | Added |
| Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management, LLC | 267,396 | $4.26M | 2.33% | −5,379−2.0% | Reduced |
| Courage Capital Management LLC | 264,500 | $4.21M | 17.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Blair William & Co | 262,971 | $4.19M | 0.01% | −154,175−37.0% | Reduced |
| Lincoln National Corp | 258,951 | $4.13M | 0.07% | +5,310+2.1% | Added |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 244,571 | $3.90M | 0.19% | −201−0.1% | Reduced |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 241,419 | $3.85M | 0.09% | +53,258+28.3% | Added |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 190,762 | $3.70M | 0.03% | −143,014−42.8% | Reduced |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 231,814 | $3.69M | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 227,940 | $3.63M | 0.01% | +52,544+30.0% | Added |
| Latigo Investments, LLC | 214,134 | $3.41M | 1.88% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Macroview Investment Management LLC | 213,644 | $3.40M | 4.06% | −13,713−6.0% | Reduced |
| Bruce G. Allen Investments, LLC | 213,507 | $3.40M | 3.10% | +213,507 | New |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC | 209,549 | $3.34M | 0.09% | −2,350−1.1% | Reduced |
| Warwick Investment Management, Inc. | 209,390 | $3.34M | 0.98% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 205,251 | $3.27M | 0.01% | +21,189+11.5% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 194,919 | $3.11M | 0.01% | −3,392,940−94.6% | Reduced |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 193,908 | $3.09M | 0.06% | +4,481+2.4% | Added |
| Financial Sense Advisors, Inc. | 193,647 | $3.08M | 1.16% | +4,538+2.4% | Added |