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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toth Financial Advisory Corp | 903 | $29.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SageView Advisory Group, LLC | 900 | $29.7K | 0.00% | +900 | New |
| Dunhill Financial, LLC | 850 | $28.1K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of New Hampshire | 800 | $26.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank & Trust Co | 736 | $24.3K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd. | 692 | $22.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC | 614 | $20.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Webster Bank, N. A. | 585 | $19.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Evolution Wealth Management Inc. | 572 | $18.9K | 0.02% | +572 | New |
| Pin Oak Investment Advisors Inc | 485 | $18.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pacifica Partners Inc. | 500 | $16.5K | 0.01% | −500−50.0% | Reduced |
| Costello Asset Management, INC | 500 | $16.5K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Kilter Group LLC | 482 | $15.9K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Silicon Valley Capital Partners | 475 | $15.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Roxbury Financial LLC | 475 | $15.7K | 0.01% | +80+20.3% | Added |
| Garton & Associates Financial Advisors LLC | 453 | $15.0K | 0.01% | +453 | New |
| Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC | 441 | $14.6K | 0.00% | +441 | New |
| Luminist Capital LLC | 400 | $13.2K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SHP Wealth Management | 400 | $13.2K | 0.00% | +400 | New |
| Highline Wealth Partners LLC | 350 | $11.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 324 | $10.7K | 0.00% | +324 | New |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 303 | $10.0K | 0.00% | +280+1,217.4% | Added |
| UMA Financial Services, Inc. | 287 | $9.48K | 0.00% | −17,652−98.4% | Reduced |
| Financial Consulate, Inc | 287 | $9.47K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Birchbrook, Inc. | 284 | $9.38K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Morton Brown Family Wealth, LLC | 259 | $8.55K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BFSG, LLC | 250 | $8.26K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 242 | $7.99K | 0.00% | +242 | New |
| Lodestone Wealth Management LLC | 203 | $6.70K | 0.00% | +203 | New |
| Chilton Capital Management LLC | 200 | $6.60K | 0.00% | −400−66.7% | Reduced |
| Caitlin John, LLC | 200 | $6.60K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| DecisionPoint Financial, LLC | 150 | $4.95K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bullseye Investment Management, LLC | 100 | $3.30K | 0.00% | +100 | New |
| Hazlett, Burt & Watson, Inc. | 84 | $3.00K | 0.00% | +84 | New |
| Strengthening Families & Communities, LLC | 70 | $2.31K | 0.00% | +70 | New |
| Triumph Capital Management | 50 | $1.65K | 0.00% | +50 | New |
| Scarborough Advisors, LLC | 50 | $1.65K | 0.00% | +50 | New |
| Key Financial Inc | 46 | $1.52K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Paladin Advisory Group, LLC | 45 | $1.49K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| MH & Associates Securities Management Corp | 50 | $999 | 0.00% | +50 | New |
| Strive Financial Group ,LLC | 9 | $297 | 0.00% | +9 | New |
| Prestige Wealth Management Group LLC | 5 | $166 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Concorde Financial Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −616,691−100.0% | Sold out |
| Strategic Blueprint, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −377,026−100.0% | Sold out |
| Chemung Canal Trust Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −277,740−100.0% | Sold out |
| Barclays PLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −252,761−100.0% | Sold out |
| Perritt Capital Management Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −199,303−100.0% | Sold out |
| Farringdon Capital, Ltd. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −114,360−100.0% | Sold out |
| Precision Wealth Strategies, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −46,635−100.0% | Sold out |
| Procyon Private Wealth Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −46,207−100.0% | Sold out |
| Barometer Capital Management Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −36,200−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −34,034−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kiker Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −32,407−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tru Independence Asset Management 2, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −31,322−100.0% | Sold out |
| Wolverine Asset Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −29,449−100.0% | Sold out |
| Challenger Wealth Management | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,573−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ballew Advisors, Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,220−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mather Group, LLC. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,475−100.0% | Sold out |
| New Republic Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,323−100.0% | Sold out |
| Fortis Capital Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,157−100.0% | Sold out |
| Heritage Financial Services, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,790−100.0% | Sold out |
| Icon Wealth Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,100−100.0% | Sold out |
| Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,520−100.0% | Sold out |
| Duncker Streett & Co Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,965−100.0% | Sold out |
| North Capital, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,537−100.0% | Sold out |
| Wealthspire Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,270−100.0% | Sold out |
| Hilltop National Bank | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,264−100.0% | Sold out |
| Painted Porch Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,064−100.0% | Sold out |
| Delos Wealth Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −436−100.0% | Sold out |
| GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −105−100.0% | Sold out |
| Koesten, Hirschmann & Crabtree, INC. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −47−100.0% | Sold out |
| Sofos Investments, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −30−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bard Financial Services, Inc. | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Optimum Investment Advisors | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Apexium Financial, LP | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Cobblestone Capital Advisors LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| LexAurum Advisors, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Glenmede Investment Management, LP | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Sonora Investment Management Group, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Creekmur Asset Management LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Guerra Advisors Inc | – | – | – | – | Not filed |