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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluefin Capital Management, LLC | 2,023,920 | $35.0M | 5.65% | +1,674,108+478.6% | Added |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 2,299,826 | $39.8M | 0.38% | −233,656−9.2% | Reduced |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 3,825,114 | $66.2M | 1.92% | −42,895−1.1% | Reduced |
| Simplicity Wealth,LLC | 3,903,253 | $67.5M | 1.61% | +3,903,253 | New |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 3,992,811 | $69.1M | 9.44% | −162,120−3.9% | Reduced |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 3,195,879 | $74.5M | 0.54% | −166,559−5.0% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 5,789,542 | $100.2M | 0.02% | +184,226+3.3% | Added |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 5,961,670 | $103.1M | 2.75% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Evanson Asset Management, LLC | 6,122,779 | $105.9M | 8.24% | −280,460−4.4% | Reduced |
| Central Trust Co | 6,395,228 | $110.6M | 2.75% | +195,980+3.2% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 7,797,408 | $134.9M | 0.01% | +962,362+14.1% | Added |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −987,141−100.0% | Sold out |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −388,832−100.0% | Sold out |
| Flow Traders U.S. LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −349,472−100.0% | Sold out |
| Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −316,103−100.0% | Sold out |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −194,919−100.0% | Sold out |
| Grey Street Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −132,372−100.0% | Sold out |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −124,400−100.0% | Sold out |
| Fundamentun, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −61,311−100.0% | Sold out |
| Claro Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −49,604−100.0% | Sold out |
| HRT Financial LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −45,440−100.0% | Sold out |
| Geneva Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −36,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cetera Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −32,106−100.0% | Sold out |
| Regions Financial Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −30,645−100.0% | Sold out |
| Congress Wealth Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −28,425−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cutter & CO Brokerage, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −28,193−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tower Bridge Advisors | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −27,481−100.0% | Sold out |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −27,435−100.0% | Sold out |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −26,445−100.0% | Sold out |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −25,064−100.0% | Sold out |
| Farmers Trust Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20,850−100.0% | Sold out |
| True North Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20,010−100.0% | Sold out |
| Elequin Capital LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,803−100.0% | Sold out |
| Orleans Capital Management Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,900−100.0% | Sold out |
| Inspire Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,848−100.0% | Sold out |
| Addison Capital Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,700−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tradition Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,729−100.0% | Sold out |
| HHM Wealth Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −530−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kelly Financial Services LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −500−100.0% | Sold out |
| Garner Asset Management Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −100−100.0% | Sold out |
| TSFG, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −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 |