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, Q1 2024
Institutional positions in Sprott Physical Gold Trust as of Mar 31, 2024. 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
- 411
- +14 vs. Q4 2023
- Shares held
- 116.4M
- +5.29M (+4.8%) vs. Q4 2023
- Total value
- $2.04B
- +$264.3M (+14.9%) vs. Q4 2023
- New holders
- 44
- 103 more added
- Sold out
- 30
- 115 more reduced
7 institutions that held it in Q4 2023 haven't filed for Q1 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q4 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | 7,797,408 | $134.9M | 0.01% | +962,362+14.1% | Added |
| Central Trust Co | 6,395,228 | $110.6M | 2.75% | +195,980+3.2% | Added |
| Evanson Asset Management, LLC | 6,122,779 | $105.9M | 8.24% | −280,460−4.4% | Reduced |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 5,961,670 | $103.1M | 2.75% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 5,789,542 | $100.2M | 0.02% | +184,226+3.3% | Added |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 3,195,879 | $74.5M | 0.54% | −166,559−5.0% | Reduced |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 3,992,811 | $69.1M | 9.44% | −162,120−3.9% | Reduced |
| Simplicity Wealth,LLC | 3,903,253 | $67.5M | 1.61% | +3,903,253 | New |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 3,825,114 | $66.2M | 1.92% | −42,895−1.1% | Reduced |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 2,299,826 | $39.8M | 0.38% | −233,656−9.2% | Reduced |
| Bluefin Capital Management, LLC | 2,023,920 | $35.0M | 5.65% | +1,674,108+478.6% | Added |
| South State Corp. | 1,990,434 | $34.4M | 2.68% | −30,842−1.5% | Reduced |
| Sprott Inc. | 1,901,432 | $32.9M | 2.37% | +1,606,928+545.6% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 1,823,029 | $31.5M | 0.12% | +71,602+4.1% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 1,752,721 | $30.3M | 0.12% | +48,520+2.8% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 1,530,672 | $26.5M | 0.04% | +35,175+2.4% | Added |
| Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1,448,500 | $25.1M | 21.57% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1,406,331 | $24.3M | 0.01% | −97,774−6.5% | Reduced |
| Sowell Financial Services LLC | 1,288,822 | $22.3M | 1.05% | −49,050−3.7% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 1,254,034 | $21.7M | 0.01% | +42,713+3.5% | Added |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 1,190,685 | $20.6M | 15.50% | +9,473+0.8% | Added |
| Howland Capital Management LLC | 1,095,687 | $19.0M | 0.91% | −16,240−1.5% | Reduced |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 1,091,188 | $18.9M | 0.04% | +968,835+791.8% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 1,070,675 | $18.5M | 0.01% | +9,039+0.9% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 1,049,107 | $18.1M | 0.04% | −18,336−1.7% | Reduced |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 970,940 | $16.8M | 4.89% | +29,982+3.2% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 957,574 | $16.6M | 0.02% | −319,244−25.0% | Reduced |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 947,292 | $16.4M | 9.68% | +79,616+9.2% | Added |
| Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | 883,884 | $15.3M | 4.48% | +171,406+24.1% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 864,172 | $15.0M | 0.00% | −2,426−0.3% | Reduced |
| Concorde Financial Corp | 848,900 | $14.7M | 13.36% | −11,691−1.4% | Reduced |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 832,691 | $14.4M | 10.81% | −12,428−1.5% | Reduced |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 777,048 | $13.4M | 0.10% | +365,371+88.8% | Added |
| Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC | 772,517 | $13.4M | 3.79% | +5,280+0.7% | Added |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 729,149 | $12.6M | 0.02% | −105,608−12.7% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 696,118 | $12.0M | 0.01% | −68,817−9.0% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 683,966 | $11.8M | 0.01% | +38,179+5.9% | Added |
| Bridge Advisory, LLC | 645,284 | $11.2M | 5.54% | −148,895−18.7% | Reduced |
| Spears Abacus Advisors LLC | 618,340 | $10.7M | 0.22% | +618,340 | New |
| Cyndeo Wealth Partners, LLC | 614,315 | $10.6M | 0.88% | +2270.0% | Added |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 589,183 | $10.2M | 0.11% | −7,425−1.2% | Reduced |
| Quilter Plc | 584,012 | $10.1M | 0.24% | +4,780+0.8% | Added |
| TCP Asset Management, LLC | 574,132 | $9.93M | 2.62% | +188,047+48.7% | Added |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 559,166 | $9.67M | 0.11% | +80,092+16.7% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 553,978 | $9.58M | 0.03% | −257,625−31.7% | Reduced |
| Philadelphia Trust Co | 553,329 | $9.57M | 0.77% | +6,742+1.2% | Added |
| Fidelis Capital Partners, LLC | 550,280 | $9.52M | 1.45% | +502,000+1,039.8% | Added |
| National Bank of Canada | 519,419 | $9.50M | 0.02% | +7,262+1.4% | Added |
| SMI Advisory Services, LLC | 502,316 | $9.16M | 2.57% | −408,266−44.8% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 523,728 | $9.06M | 0.02% | −34,054−6.1% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 484,879 | $8.39M | 0.02% | −8,217−1.7% | Reduced |
| Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 482,155 | $8.34M | 0.02% | −15,000−3.0% | Reduced |
| Global Endowment Management, LP | 476,000 | $8.23M | 0.86% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 475,811 | $8.23M | 1.12% | −7,078−1.5% | Reduced |
| Independent Financial Group, LLC | 474,137 | $8.20M | 0.38% | −13,269−2.7% | Reduced |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 468,118 | $8.10M | 0.12% | +30,659+7.0% | Added |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. | 455,497 | $7.88M | 0.09% | +17,624+4.0% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 453,773 | $7.85M | 0.01% | +26,837+6.3% | Added |
| O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc | 442,313 | $7.65M | 2.52% | −11,611−2.6% | Reduced |
| Scion Asset Management, LLC | 440,729 | $7.62M | 7.37% | +440,729 | New |
| Accordant Advisory Group Inc | 433,451 | $7.50M | 5.60% | +433,451 | New |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 432,476 | $7.48M | 0.69% | +6,837+1.6% | Added |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 400,111 | $6.92M | 0.01% | −42,268−9.6% | Reduced |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 380,875 | $6.59M | 8.42% | +7,050+1.9% | Added |
| Whitaker-Myers Wealth Managers, LTD. | 372,957 | $6.45M | 2.72% | +101,843+37.6% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 356,325 | $6.16M | 0.01% | +20,017+6.0% | Added |
| Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC | 350,000 | $6.05M | 6.28% | +32,000+10.1% | Added |
| Perritt Capital Management Inc | 348,757 | $6.03M | 3.26% | +2,027+0.6% | Added |
| Amitell Capital Pte Ltd | 343,007 | $5.93M | 5.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pacific Sage Partners, LLC | 322,464 | $5.58M | 1.44% | −371−0.1% | Reduced |
| Biltmore Family Office, LLC | 314,207 | $5.44M | 1.07% | +20,000+6.8% | Added |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 302,981 | $5.24M | 0.01% | +302,981 | New |
| Bailard, Inc. | 299,430 | $5.18M | 0.14% | −5,411−1.8% | Reduced |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc | 298,099 | $5.16M | 0.15% | +28,454+10.6% | Added |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 286,675 | $4.96M | 0.05% | −4,423−1.5% | Reduced |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 282,192 | $4.88M | 0.18% | −9,500−3.3% | Reduced |
| Greenfield Seitz Capital Management, LLC | 277,040 | $4.79M | 1.79% | −21,100−7.1% | Reduced |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 272,265 | $4.71M | 0.43% | −7,051−2.5% | Reduced |
| Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management, LLC | 266,159 | $4.60M | 2.33% | −1,237−0.5% | Reduced |
| Courage Capital Management LLC | 264,500 | $4.58M | 13.25% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Blair William & Co | 262,471 | $4.54M | 0.01% | −500−0.2% | Reduced |
| Palumbo Wealth Management LLC | 259,716 | $4.49M | 2.01% | −21,251−7.6% | Reduced |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 250,835 | $4.34M | 0.20% | +6,264+2.6% | Added |
| Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC | 242,177 | $4.32M | 0.18% | +213,494+744.3% | Added |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 192,755 | $4.26M | 0.03% | +1,993+1.0% | Added |
| Lincoln National Corp | 240,622 | $4.16M | 0.06% | −18,329−7.1% | Reduced |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 236,385 | $4.09M | 0.09% | +4,571+2.0% | Added |
| ORG Partners LLC | 231,489 | $4.05M | 7.70% | +231,489 | New |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 226,505 | $3.92M | 0.09% | −14,914−6.2% | Reduced |
| PFG Investments, LLC | 221,217 | $3.83M | 0.23% | +221,217 | New |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC | 209,549 | $3.74M | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Latigo Investments, LLC | 214,134 | $3.70M | 1.90% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bruce G. Allen Investments, LLC | 212,576 | $3.68M | 3.02% | −931−0.4% | Reduced |
| Warwick Investment Management, Inc. | 209,390 | $3.62M | 0.87% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 205,542 | $3.56M | 0.01% | +291+0.1% | Added |
| Macroview Investment Management LLC | 201,813 | $3.49M | 3.87% | −11,831−5.5% | Reduced |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 199,379 | $3.45M | 0.53% | +30,201+17.9% | Added |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 198,324 | $3.43M | 0.06% | +4,416+2.3% | Added |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 195,757 | $3.39M | 0.01% | −32,183−14.1% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 190,047 | $3.29M | 0.00% | +13,638+7.7% | Added |