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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, 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.

Institutional holdersQ4 2023: 404 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 heldQ4 2023: $1.85B
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, Q4 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q3 2023.

Institutions holding PHYS in Q4 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Key Financial Inc46$7330.00%00.0%Unchanged
Prestige Wealth Management Group LLC5$800.00%00.0%Unchanged
Huntington National Bank–$160.00%––
TSFG, LLC24$00.00%00.0%Unchanged
LGT Financial Advisors LLC0$00.00%−90−100.0%Sold out
PFG Investments, LLC0$00.00%−175,855−100.0%Sold out
Darwin Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−124,903−100.0%Sold out
Bard Financial Services, Inc.0$00.00%−106,220−100.0%Sold out
Federated Hermes, Inc.0$00.00%−100,000−100.0%Sold out
Ronald Blue Trust, Inc.0$00.00%−67,886−100.0%Sold out
ORG Partners LLC0$00.00%−63,130−100.0%Sold out
Two Sigma Securities, LLC0$00.00%−42,187−100.0%Sold out
Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−33,581−100.0%Sold out
Sepio Capital, LP0$00.00%−31,081−100.0%Sold out
Boston Private Wealth LLC0$00.00%−27,065−100.0%Sold out
Cambridge Advisors Inc.0$00.00%−24,116−100.0%Sold out
Legacy Private Trust Co.0$00.00%−20,575−100.0%Sold out
Mather Group, LLC.0$00.00%−19,300−100.0%Sold out
Crown Wealth Group, LLC0$00.00%−16,845−100.0%Sold out
Channel Wealth LLC0$00.00%−13,457−100.0%Sold out
Ethos Financial Group, LLC0$00.00%−12,329−100.0%Sold out
Campbell Wealth Management0$00.00%−11,700−100.0%Sold out
Vontobel Holding Ltd.0$00.00%−11,700−100.0%Sold out
Cidel Asset Management Inc0$00.00%–Sold out
TCI Wealth Advisors, Inc.0$00.00%−11,309−100.0%Sold out
Resources Investment Advisors, LLC.0$00.00%−10,200−100.0%Sold out
WR Wealth Planners, LLC0$00.00%−7,985−100.0%Sold out
Cary Street Partner Investment Advisory LLC0$00.00%−529−100.0%Sold out
New Millennium Group LLC0$00.00%−500−100.0%Sold out
Cape Investment Advisory, Inc.0$00.00%−300−100.0%Sold out
VisionPoint Advisory Group, LLC0$00.00%−66−100.0%Sold out
Antonetti Capital Management LLC––––Not filed
Foster Dykema Cabot & Co Inc––––Not filed
Pathstone Family Office, LLC––––Not filed
Focus Financial Network, Inc.––––Not filed