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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingalls & Snyder LLC | 31,114 | $1.03M | 0.04% | −150.0% | Reduced |
| Whalerock Point Partners, LLC | 31,000 | $1.02M | 0.19% | +31,000 | New |
| Merit Financial Group, LLC | 30,893 | $1.02M | 0.01% | −162−0.5% | Reduced |
| True North Advisors, LLC | 30,659 | $1.01M | 0.13% | −3,959−11.4% | Reduced |
| Latitude Advisors, LLC | 30,540 | $1.01M | 0.44% | +300+1.0% | Added |
| Miracle Mile Advisors, LLC | 30,069 | $992.9K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 30,054 | $992.4K | 0.00% | −63−0.2% | Reduced |
| J2 Capital Management Inc | 29,969 | $989.6K | 0.72% | +960+3.3% | Added |
| Brinker Capital Investments, LLC | 29,958 | $989.2K | 0.01% | +3,646+13.9% | Added |
| Kovack Advisors, Inc. | 29,554 | $975.9K | 0.05% | +29,554 | New |
| AdvisorNet Financial, Inc | 28,290 | $934.1K | 0.05% | +14,415+103.9% | Added |
| Straight Path Wealth Management | 28,144 | $929.3K | 0.25% | −1,250−4.3% | Reduced |
| Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC | 27,498 | $908.0K | 0.01% | +733+2.7% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 27,260 | $900.1K | 0.00% | −201−0.7% | Reduced |
| U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC | 27,221 | $898.8K | 0.02% | −800−2.9% | Reduced |
| Millennium Capital Advisors, LLC | 26,988 | $891.1K | 0.53% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Walser Wealth Management Company, A Ltd Liability Co | 26,662 | $880.4K | 0.46% | +26,662 | New |
| Howe & Rusling Inc | 26,221 | $865.8K | 0.06% | +2,708+11.5% | Added |
| Harmony Asset Management LLC | 26,166 | $864.0K | 0.29% | −2,897−10.0% | Reduced |
| Sound View Wealth Advisors Group, LLC | 25,975 | $857.7K | 0.06% | +6,075+30.5% | Added |
| Journey Strategic Wealth LLC | 25,411 | $839.1K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Fortitude Advisory Group L.L.C. | 25,156 | $830.7K | 0.35% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HBK Sorce Advisory LLC | 22,251 | $830.2K | 0.02% | −3,159−12.4% | Reduced |
| Community Bank, N.A. | 24,654 | $814.1K | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wedbush Securities Inc | 24,553 | $811.0K | 0.02% | −360−1.4% | Reduced |
| Badgley Phelps Wealth Managers, LLC | 24,544 | $810.4K | 0.01% | +2,319+10.4% | Added |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 24,269 | $801.4K | 0.02% | −25,425−51.2% | Reduced |
| Semper Augustus Investments Group LLCSuperinvestorSemper Augustus | 23,869 | $788.2K | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lumbard & Kellner, LLC | 23,831 | $786.9K | 0.28% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC | 23,818 | $786.5K | 0.00% | +23,818 | New |
| Nvest Financial, LLC | 23,717 | $783.1K | 0.33% | +4,666+24.5% | Added |
| McAlvany Wealth Management LLC | 17,055 | $781.1K | 0.60% | +17,055 | New |
| Flow Traders U.S. LLC | 23,579 | $779.0K | 0.03% | −33,245−58.5% | Reduced |
| Meridian Wealth Advisors, LLC | 23,469 | $774.9K | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. | 23,453 | $774.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Atomi Financial Group, Inc. | 23,450 | $774.3K | 0.02% | +12,994+124.3% | Added |
| BSW Wealth Partners | 23,327 | $770.3K | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Private Client Services, LLC | 23,191 | $765.8K | 0.24% | −9,890−29.9% | Reduced |
| Sankala Group LLC | 18,740 | $752.4K | 0.60% | +18,740 | New |
| RIA Advisory Group LLC | 22,567 | $745.2K | 0.18% | −301−1.3% | Reduced |
| S.A. Mason LLC | 22,062 | $728.5K | 0.29% | +1,005+4.8% | Added |
| Peak Financial Management, Inc. | 22,000 | $726.4K | 0.19% | −214−1.0% | Reduced |
| We Are One Seven, LLC | 21,759 | $718.5K | 0.01% | +5,414+33.1% | Added |
| One Capital Management, LLC | 21,500 | $709.9K | 0.02% | +21,500 | New |
| Gateway Wealth Partners, LLC | 21,460 | $708.6K | 0.08% | +2,245+11.7% | Added |
| Stratos Wealth Advisors, LLC | 21,234 | $701.2K | 0.03% | +2,368+12.6% | Added |
| Littlejohn Financial Services, Inc. | 21,060 | $695.4K | 0.51% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tectonic Advisors LLC | 20,747 | $685.1K | 0.04% | −2,215−9.6% | Reduced |
| Ashton Thomas Private Wealth, LLC | 20,631 | $681.2K | 0.02% | −6,912−25.1% | Reduced |
| Orgel Wealth Management, LLC | 20,000 | $660.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Independent Financial Group, LLC | 19,609 | $647.5K | 0.01% | +1,045+5.6% | Added |
| Welch & Forbes LLC | 19,550 | $645.5K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Resources Investment Advisors, LLC. | 19,302 | $637.4K | 0.01% | +6,445+50.1% | Added |
| Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC | 19,124 | $631.5K | 0.00% | +2,000+11.7% | Added |
| Evoke Wealth, LLC | 19,000 | $627.4K | 0.01% | +3,000+18.8% | Added |
| Fifth Third Bancorp | 18,860 | $622.8K | 0.00% | −250−1.3% | Reduced |
| Lineweaver Wealth Advisors, LLC | 18,615 | $614.7K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rice Partnership, LLC | 18,548 | $612.5K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital, LLC | 18,376 | $606.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nations Financial Group Inc, | 18,170 | $600.0K | 0.03% | +5,551+44.0% | Added |
| Independent Advisor Alliance | 18,130 | $598.7K | 0.01% | −500−2.7% | Reduced |
| Beacon Financial Group | 18,117 | $598.2K | 0.06% | −199−1.1% | Reduced |
| Simplicity Wealth,LLC | 17,899 | $591.0K | 0.04% | −61,137−77.4% | Reduced |
| Asset Allocation Strategies LLC | 17,875 | $590.2K | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Armstrong Advisory Group, Inc | 17,591 | $580.9K | 0.04% | +1,560+9.7% | Added |
| Perigon Wealth Management, LLC | 17,553 | $579.6K | 0.01% | −625−3.4% | Reduced |
| Atria Investments LLC | 17,489 | $577.5K | 0.01% | −3,925−18.3% | Reduced |
| Cobblestone Asset Management LLC | 17,230 | $568.9K | 0.26% | −305−1.7% | Reduced |
| Arcadia Wealth Management, LLC | 17,154 | $566.4K | 0.21% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Compass Capital Corp | 14,824 | $565.0K | 0.22% | −1,711−10.3% | Reduced |
| Baker Ellis Asset Management LLC | 17,000 | $561.3K | 0.07% | −100−0.6% | Reduced |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 17,000 | $561.3K | 0.01% | +6,130+56.4% | Added |
| SpringVest Wealth Management LLC | 16,889 | $557.7K | 0.39% | −2,484−12.8% | Reduced |
| Tradition Wealth Management, LLC | 16,705 | $551.6K | 0.04% | −189−1.1% | Reduced |
| Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 16,591 | $547.8K | 0.01% | −799−4.6% | Reduced |
| Invariant Investment Management | 15,875 | $546.3K | 0.35% | +15,875 | New |
| apricus wealth, LLC | 16,500 | $544.8K | 0.28% | −2,500−13.2% | Reduced |
| 180 Wealth Advisors, LLC | 16,355 | $540.0K | 0.06% | +16,355 | New |
| Veracity Capital LLC | 16,287 | $537.8K | 0.16% | +2,735+20.2% | Added |
| Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC | 16,262 | $537.0K | 0.01% | −372−2.2% | Reduced |
| IFG Advisory, LLC | 16,072 | $530.7K | 0.02% | +544+3.5% | Added |
| AlphaStar Capital Management, LLC | 15,983 | $527.8K | 0.04% | −1,218−7.1% | Reduced |
| Focus Financial Network, Inc. | 15,932 | $526.1K | 0.02% | +1,222+8.3% | Added |
| Nadler Financial Group, Inc. | 15,745 | $519.9K | 0.05% | −9,410−37.4% | Reduced |
| OneAscent Financial Services LLC | 15,725 | $519.2K | 0.05% | −5,750−26.8% | Reduced |
| TFR Capital, LLC. | 15,640 | $516.4K | 0.17% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Financial Sense Advisors, Inc. | 15,621 | $515.8K | 0.10% | −20,816−57.1% | Reduced |
| Synergy Financial Management, LLC | 15,481 | $511.2K | 0.05% | −31,024−66.7% | Reduced |
| SRS Capital Advisors, Inc. | 15,271 | $504.2K | 0.01% | +5,569+57.4% | Added |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 15,223 | $503.0K | 0.00% | −418−2.7% | Reduced |
| Family Capital Trust Co | 15,030 | $496.3K | 0.16% | −2,970−16.5% | Reduced |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 15,000 | $495.3K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich | 14,932 | $493.0K | 0.00% | +222+1.5% | Added |
| Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC | 14,835 | $489.9K | 0.01% | +14,835 | New |
| Darwin Advisors, LLC | 14,835 | $489.9K | 0.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Vawter Financial, Ltd. | 14,500 | $478.8K | 0.20% | −500−3.3% | Reduced |
| Cannon Financial Strategists, Inc. | 14,417 | $476.0K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Burton Enright Welch | 14,071 | $464.6K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rockport Wealth LLC | 14,015 | $462.8K | 0.09% | +685+5.1% | Added |
| Stansberry Asset Management, LLC | 14,000 | $462.3K | 0.05% | −159−1.1% | Reduced |