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 2025
Institutional positions in Sprott Physical Gold Trust as of Dec 31, 2025. 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
- 642
- +68 vs. Q3 2025
- Shares held
- 140.6M
- +6.63M (+4.9%) vs. Q3 2025
- Total value
- $4.66B
- +$687.5M (+17.3%) vs. Q3 2025
- New holders
- 98
- 181 more added
- Sold out
- 30
- 188 more reduced
10 institutions that held it in Q3 2025 haven't filed for Q4 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 2025: 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 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q3 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prestige Wealth Management Group LLC | 5 | $166 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Strive Financial Group ,LLC | 9 | $297 | 0.00% | +9 | New |
| MH & Associates Securities Management Corp | 50 | $999 | 0.00% | +50 | New |
| Paladin Advisory Group, LLC | 45 | $1.49K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Key Financial Inc | 46 | $1.52K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Triumph Capital Management | 50 | $1.65K | 0.00% | +50 | New |
| Scarborough Advisors, LLC | 50 | $1.65K | 0.00% | +50 | New |
| Strengthening Families & Communities, LLC | 70 | $2.31K | 0.00% | +70 | New |
| Hazlett, Burt & Watson, Inc. | 84 | $3.00K | 0.00% | +84 | New |
| Bullseye Investment Management, LLC | 100 | $3.30K | 0.00% | +100 | New |
| DecisionPoint Financial, LLC | 150 | $4.95K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Chilton Capital Management LLC | 200 | $6.60K | 0.00% | −400−66.7% | Reduced |
| Caitlin John, LLC | 200 | $6.60K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lodestone Wealth Management LLC | 203 | $6.70K | 0.00% | +203 | New |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 242 | $7.99K | 0.00% | +242 | New |
| BFSG, LLC | 250 | $8.26K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Morton Brown Family Wealth, LLC | 259 | $8.55K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Birchbrook, Inc. | 284 | $9.38K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Financial Consulate, Inc | 287 | $9.47K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| UMA Financial Services, Inc. | 287 | $9.48K | 0.00% | −17,652−98.4% | Reduced |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 303 | $10.0K | 0.00% | +280+1,217.4% | Added |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 324 | $10.7K | 0.00% | +324 | New |
| Highline Wealth Partners LLC | 350 | $11.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Luminist Capital LLC | 400 | $13.2K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SHP Wealth Management | 400 | $13.2K | 0.00% | +400 | New |
| Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC | 441 | $14.6K | 0.00% | +441 | New |
| Garton & Associates Financial Advisors LLC | 453 | $15.0K | 0.01% | +453 | New |
| Silicon Valley Capital Partners | 475 | $15.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Roxbury Financial LLC | 475 | $15.7K | 0.01% | +80+20.3% | Added |
| Kilter Group LLC | 482 | $15.9K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Costello Asset Management, INC | 500 | $16.5K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pacifica Partners Inc. | 500 | $16.5K | 0.01% | −500−50.0% | Reduced |
| Pin Oak Investment Advisors Inc | 485 | $18.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Evolution Wealth Management Inc. | 572 | $18.9K | 0.02% | +572 | New |
| Webster Bank, N. A. | 585 | $19.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC | 614 | $20.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd. | 692 | $22.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank & Trust Co | 736 | $24.3K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of New Hampshire | 800 | $26.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Dunhill Financial, LLC | 850 | $28.1K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SageView Advisory Group, LLC | 900 | $29.7K | 0.00% | +900 | New |
| Toth Financial Advisory Corp | 903 | $29.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SWAN Capital LLC | 951 | $31.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Manchester Capital Management LLC | 1,000 | $33.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Gables Capital Management Inc. | 1,000 | $33.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services, LLC | 1,000 | $33.0K | 0.00% | +1,000 | New |
| JNBA Financial Advisors | 1,060 | $35.0K | 0.00% | −1,504−58.7% | Reduced |
| Tradewinds Capital Management, LLC | 1,088 | $35.9K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Trust Co | 1,099 | $36.3K | 0.00% | +9+0.8% | Added |
| Financial Management Professionals, Inc. | 1,100 | $36.3K | 0.00% | +1,100 | New |
| Global Retirement Partners, LLC | 1,103 | $36.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| MTM Investment Management, LLC | 1,200 | $39.6K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP | 1,008 | $39.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Creative Financial Designs Inc | 1,273 | $42.0K | 0.00% | −227−15.1% | Reduced |
| Missouri Trust & Investment Co | 1,350 | $44.6K | 0.01% | −150−10.0% | Reduced |
| Eastern Bank | 1,434 | $47.4K | 0.00% | +1,434 | New |
| Cheviot Value Management, LLC | 1,175 | $47.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| US Bancorp | 1,485 | $49.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Parkside Financial Bank & Trust | 1,500 | $49.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Intelligent Financial Strategies | 1,518 | $50.1K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Concord Wealth Partners | 1,600 | $52.8K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. | 1,675 | $55.3K | 0.02% | +375+28.8% | Added |
| Strategic Advocates LLC | 1,732 | $57.5K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Assetmark, Inc | 1,752 | $57.9K | 0.00% | −1,921−52.3% | Reduced |
| McGuire Capital Advisors Inc | 1,950 | $64.4K | 0.04% | +1,950 | New |
| DiNuzzo Private Wealth, Inc. | 2,135 | $70.5K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Legacy Wealth Managment, LLC | 2,162 | $71.4K | 0.03% | +714+49.3% | Added |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 2,172 | $71.7K | 0.00% | +2,172 | New |
| Pinnacle Wealth Planning Services, Inc. | 2,177 | $71.9K | 0.01% | +2,177 | New |
| Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC | 2,186 | $72.2K | 0.00% | +2,186 | New |
| Wilkerson Advisory Group LLC | 2,198 | $72.6K | 0.03% | +2,198 | New |
| NBC Securities, Inc. | 2,225 | $73.5K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors, LLC | 2,400 | $79.2K | 0.00% | +2,400 | New |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 2,500 | $82.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| 1620 Investment Advisors, Inc. | 2,897 | $95.7K | 0.06% | −212−6.8% | Reduced |
| Flagship Wealth Advisors, LLC | 3,026 | $99.9K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory LLC | 3,200 | $105.7K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Evelyn Partners Investment Management (Europe) Ltd | 3,250 | $107.3K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ronald Blue Trust, Inc. | 3,254 | $107.4K | 0.00% | +2,840+686.0% | Added |
| Purpose Unlimited Inc. | 3,300 | $109.1K | 0.00% | +3,300 | New |
| Salomon & Ludwin, LLC | 3,250 | $110.2K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Spire Wealth Management | 3,387 | $111.8K | 0.00% | −8,857−72.3% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 3,573 | $118.0K | 0.00% | +395+12.4% | Added |
| Colonial Trust Co | 3,624 | $119.7K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| First Command Advisory Services, Inc. | 3,796 | $125.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Evermay Wealth Management LLC | 3,906 | $129.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Smartleaf Asset Management LLC | 3,937 | $130.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Medallion Wealth Advisors, LLC | 4,810 | $158.8K | 0.05% | +1,040+27.6% | Added |
| Private Trust Co NA | 5,000 | $165.1K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Colonial Trust Advisors | 5,000 | $165.1K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Arlington Trust Co LLC | 5,206 | $171.9K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nalls Sherbakoff Group, LLC | 5,226 | $172.6K | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Evergreen Private Wealth LLC | 5,400 | $178.3K | 0.07% | −1,901−26.0% | Reduced |
| Red Tortoise LLC | 5,600 | $184.9K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| DV Trading LLC | 6,000 | $198.1K | 0.02% | +6,000 | New |
| Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC. | 6,065 | $200.3K | 0.09% | +6,065 | New |
| Ofc Financial Planning, LLC | 6,084 | $200.9K | 0.19% | +6,084 | New |
| Pure Financial Advisors, Inc. | 6,089 | $201.1K | 0.00% | −2,002−24.7% | Reduced |
| Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC | 6,090 | $201.1K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Midwest Trust Co | 6,110 | $201.8K | 0.00% | −8,798−59.0% | Reduced |