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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, 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.

Institutional holdersQ1 2024: 411 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 heldQ1 2024: $2.04B
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, Q1 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q4 2023.

Institutions holding PHYS in Q1 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Bluefin Capital Management, LLC2,023,920$35.0M5.65%+1,674,108+478.6%Added
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd2,299,826$39.8M0.38%−233,656−9.2%Reduced
Bleakley Financial Group, LLC3,825,114$66.2M1.92%−42,895−1.1%Reduced
Simplicity Wealth,LLC3,903,253$67.5M1.61%+3,903,253New
Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.3,992,811$69.1M9.44%−162,120−3.9%Reduced
Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec3,195,879$74.5M0.54%−166,559−5.0%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada5,789,542$100.2M0.02%+184,226+3.3%Added
Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.5,961,670$103.1M2.75%00.0%Unchanged
Evanson Asset Management, LLC6,122,779$105.9M8.24%−280,460−4.4%Reduced
Central Trust Co6,395,228$110.6M2.75%+195,980+3.2%Added
Morgan Stanley7,797,408$134.9M0.01%+962,362+14.1%Added
Cetera Advisor Networks LLC0$00.00%−987,141−100.0%Sold out
Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC0$00.00%−388,832−100.0%Sold out
Flow Traders U.S. LLC0$00.00%−349,472−100.0%Sold out
Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC0$00.00%−316,103−100.0%Sold out
Susquehanna International Group, LLP0$00.00%−194,919−100.0%Sold out
Grey Street Capital, LLC0$00.00%−132,372−100.0%Sold out
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.0$00.00%−124,400−100.0%Sold out
Fundamentun, LLC0$00.00%−61,311−100.0%Sold out
Claro Advisors LLC0$00.00%−49,604−100.0%Sold out
HRT Financial LP0$00.00%−45,440−100.0%Sold out
Geneva Partners, LLC0$00.00%−36,000−100.0%Sold out
Cetera Advisors LLC0$00.00%−32,106−100.0%Sold out
Regions Financial Corp0$00.00%−30,645−100.0%Sold out
Congress Wealth Management LLC0$00.00%−28,425−100.0%Sold out
Cutter & CO Brokerage, Inc.0$00.00%−28,193−100.0%Sold out
Tower Bridge Advisors0$00.00%−27,481−100.0%Sold out
Intrua Financial, LLC0$00.00%−27,435−100.0%Sold out
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd0$00.00%−26,445−100.0%Sold out
Citadel Advisors LLC0$00.00%−25,064−100.0%Sold out
Farmers Trust Co0$00.00%−20,850−100.0%Sold out
True North Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−20,010−100.0%Sold out
Elequin Capital LP0$00.00%−13,803−100.0%Sold out
Orleans Capital Management Corp0$00.00%−11,900−100.0%Sold out
Inspire Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−11,848−100.0%Sold out
Addison Capital Co0$00.00%−10,700−100.0%Sold out
Tradition Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−9,729−100.0%Sold out
HHM Wealth Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−530−100.0%Sold out
Kelly Financial Services LLC0$00.00%−500−100.0%Sold out
Garner Asset Management Corp0$00.00%−100−100.0%Sold out
TSFG, LLC0$00.00%−24−100.0%Sold out
Sawtooth Solutions, LLC––––Not filed
Cannell Peter B & Co Inc––––Not filed
Telemus Capital, LLC––––Not filed
J Arnold Wealth Management Co––––Not filed
Focus Financial Network Inc––––Not filed
Nalls Sherbakoff Group, LLC––––Not filed
Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC––––Not filed