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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abacus Planning Group, Inc. | 170,885 | $2.72M | 0.57% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| NovaPoint Capital, LLC | 172,188 | $2.74M | 1.02% | +1,585+0.9% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 176,409 | $2.81M | 0.01% | +4,226+2.5% | Added |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 183,978 | $2.93M | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Financial Sense Advisors, Inc. | 193,647 | $3.08M | 1.16% | +4,538+2.4% | Added |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 193,908 | $3.09M | 0.06% | +4,481+2.4% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 194,919 | $3.11M | 0.01% | −3,392,940−94.6% | Reduced |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 205,251 | $3.27M | 0.01% | +21,189+11.5% | Added |
| Warwick Investment Management, Inc. | 209,390 | $3.34M | 0.98% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC | 209,549 | $3.34M | 0.09% | −2,350−1.1% | Reduced |
| Bruce G. Allen Investments, LLC | 213,507 | $3.40M | 3.10% | +213,507 | New |
| Macroview Investment Management LLC | 213,644 | $3.40M | 4.06% | −13,713−6.0% | Reduced |
| Latigo Investments, LLC | 214,134 | $3.41M | 1.88% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 227,940 | $3.63M | 0.01% | +52,544+30.0% | Added |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 231,814 | $3.69M | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 190,762 | $3.70M | 0.03% | −143,014−42.8% | Reduced |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 241,419 | $3.85M | 0.09% | +53,258+28.3% | Added |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 244,571 | $3.90M | 0.19% | −201−0.1% | Reduced |
| Lincoln National Corp | 258,951 | $4.13M | 0.07% | +5,310+2.1% | Added |
| Blair William & Co | 262,971 | $4.19M | 0.01% | −154,175−37.0% | Reduced |
| Courage Capital Management LLC | 264,500 | $4.21M | 17.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management, LLC | 267,396 | $4.26M | 2.33% | −5,379−2.0% | Reduced |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc | 269,645 | $4.30M | 0.14% | +9,057+3.5% | Added |
| Whitaker-Myers Wealth Managers, LTD. | 271,114 | $4.32M | 2.15% | +271,114 | New |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 279,316 | $4.45M | 0.41% | −8,655−3.0% | Reduced |
| Palumbo Wealth Management LLC | 280,967 | $4.48M | 2.29% | −11,082−3.8% | Reduced |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 289,344 | $4.61M | 0.12% | −33,387−10.3% | Reduced |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 291,098 | $4.64M | 0.06% | +56,243+23.9% | Added |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 291,692 | $4.65M | 0.19% | +6,750+2.4% | Added |
| Biltmore Family Office, LLC | 294,207 | $4.69M | 0.97% | +15,792+5.7% | Added |
| Sprott Inc. | 294,504 | $4.69M | 0.42% | +600.0% | Added |
| Greenfield Seitz Capital Management, LLC | 298,140 | $4.75M | 1.89% | +298,140 | New |
| Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. | 299,892 | $4.78M | 0.59% | −71,751−19.3% | Reduced |
| Bailard, Inc. | 304,841 | $4.86M | 0.14% | −1,271−0.4% | Reduced |
| Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC | 316,103 | $5.04M | 0.13% | −21,783−6.4% | Reduced |
| Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC | 318,000 | $5.07M | 5.18% | −32,000−9.1% | Reduced |
| Pacific Sage Partners, LLC | 322,835 | $5.14M | 1.41% | +2,189+0.7% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 336,308 | $5.36M | 0.01% | −27,960−7.7% | Reduced |
| Amitell Capital Pte Ltd | 343,007 | $5.46M | 4.96% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Perritt Capital Management Inc | 346,730 | $5.52M | 3.09% | +495+0.1% | Added |
| Flow Traders U.S. LLC | 349,472 | $5.57M | 0.17% | +252,619+260.8% | Added |
| Bluefin Capital Management, LLC | 349,812 | $5.61M | 0.50% | +160,036+84.3% | Added |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 373,825 | $5.96M | 9.46% | −73,175−16.4% | Reduced |
| TCP Asset Management, LLC | 386,085 | $6.15M | 2.28% | +16,974+4.6% | Added |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 388,832 | $6.19M | 0.04% | +134,500+52.9% | Added |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 411,677 | $6.56M | 0.05% | +13,653+3.4% | Added |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 425,639 | $6.78M | 0.70% | −1,536−0.4% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 426,936 | $6.80M | 0.01% | +15,789+3.8% | Added |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 437,459 | $6.97M | 0.11% | −194,741−30.8% | Reduced |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. | 437,873 | $6.98M | 0.09% | −2,927−0.7% | Reduced |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 442,379 | $7.05M | 0.01% | +362,876+456.4% | Added |
| O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc | 453,924 | $7.23M | 2.54% | +2,866+0.6% | Added |
| Global Endowment Management, LP | 476,000 | $7.58M | 0.84% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 479,074 | $7.63M | 0.09% | +68,189+16.6% | Added |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 482,889 | $7.69M | 0.91% | −409,928−45.9% | Reduced |
| Independent Financial Group, LLC | 487,406 | $7.76M | 0.42% | +12,567+2.6% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 493,096 | $7.86M | 0.02% | +44,687+10.0% | Added |
| Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 497,155 | $7.92M | 0.02% | +78,000+18.6% | Added |
| National Bank of Canada | 512,157 | $8.12M | 0.01% | −20,260−3.8% | Reduced |
| Philadelphia Trust Co | 546,587 | $8.71M | 0.82% | −21,530−3.8% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 557,782 | $8.89M | 0.02% | −20,087−3.5% | Reduced |
| Quilter Plc | 579,232 | $9.23M | 0.31% | −21,086−3.5% | Reduced |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 596,608 | $9.50M | 0.11% | −19,329−3.1% | Reduced |
| Cyndeo Wealth Partners, LLC | 614,088 | $9.78M | 0.91% | +4,961+0.8% | Added |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 618,340 | $9.85M | 0.31% | −243,725−28.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 645,787 | $10.4M | 0.01% | +19,780+3.2% | Added |
| Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | 712,478 | $11.3M | 3.77% | +8,329+1.2% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 764,935 | $12.2M | 0.01% | +102,796+15.5% | Added |
| Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC | 767,237 | $12.2M | 3.76% | −13,470−1.7% | Reduced |
| Bridge Advisory, LLC | 794,179 | $12.7M | 6.34% | +32,130+4.2% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 811,603 | $12.9M | 0.04% | +19,303+2.4% | Added |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 834,757 | $13.3M | 0.02% | +73,412+9.6% | Added |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 845,119 | $13.5M | 11.25% | +10,974+1.3% | Added |
| Concorde Financial Corp | 860,591 | $13.7M | 9.38% | +1,063+0.1% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 866,598 | $13.8M | 0.00% | +7,741+0.9% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 867,676 | $13.8M | 9.49% | +1,482+0.2% | Added |
| SMI Advisory Services, LLC | 910,582 | $14.3M | 3.61% | −2,008,397−68.8% | Reduced |
| Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc | 921,507 | $14.7M | 3.49% | +34,069+3.8% | Added |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 940,958 | $15.0M | 5.04% | +9,105+1.0% | Added |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 987,141 | $15.7M | 0.09% | +36,493+3.8% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 1,061,636 | $16.9M | 0.01% | +855+0.1% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 1,067,443 | $17.0M | 0.03% | −637,915−37.4% | Reduced |
| Howland Capital Management LLC | 1,111,927 | $17.7M | 0.94% | −14,750−1.3% | Reduced |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 1,181,212 | $18.8M | 15.11% | −18,760−1.6% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 1,211,321 | $19.3M | 0.01% | +35,915+3.1% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 1,276,818 | $20.3M | 0.02% | −237,680−15.7% | Reduced |
| Sowell Financial Services LLC | 1,337,872 | $21.3M | 1.15% | −3,000−0.2% | Reduced |
| Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1,448,500 | $23.1M | 12.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 1,495,497 | $23.8M | 0.04% | +56,310+3.9% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1,504,105 | $24.0M | 0.01% | +17,463+1.2% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 1,704,201 | $27.1M | 0.12% | −58,546−3.3% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 1,751,427 | $27.9M | 0.10% | +136,331+8.4% | Added |
| South State Corp. | 2,021,276 | $32.2M | 2.75% | −32,699−1.6% | Reduced |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 2,533,482 | $40.4M | 0.40% | −423,944−14.3% | Reduced |
| Truist Financial Corp | 2,703,368 | $43.1M | 0.07% | −371,816−12.1% | Reduced |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 3,362,438 | $53.5M | 0.50% | −140,308−4.0% | Reduced |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 3,868,009 | $61.6M | 1.96% | −98,002−2.5% | Reduced |
| Sawtooth Solutions, LLC | 3,943,738 | $62.8M | 1.72% | −98,401−2.4% | Reduced |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 4,154,931 | $66.2M | 9.92% | +56,684+1.4% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 5,605,316 | $89.3M | 0.02% | −350,828−5.9% | Reduced |