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 2026
Institutional positions in Sprott Physical Gold Trust as of Mar 31, 2026. 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
- 683
- +47 vs. Q4 2025
- Shares held
- 136.6M
- −3.68M (−2.6%) vs. Q4 2025
- Total value
- $4.84B
- +$190.8M (+4.1%) vs. Q4 2025
- New holders
- 89
- 201 more added
- Sold out
- 42
- 213 more reduced
6 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust; share changes are against Q4 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Bank of Canada | 9,065,043 | $321.3M | 0.06% | −451,010−4.7% | Reduced |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 5,821,327 | $205.6M | 0.74% | +231,481+4.1% | Added |
| Central Trust Co | 5,542,655 | $196.4M | 3.87% | +1,154,326+26.3% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 5,537,762 | $196.3M | 0.01% | +163,749+3.0% | Added |
| Heritage Wealth Advisors | 4,794,455 | $169.9M | 6.64% | −344,117−6.7% | Reduced |
| Evanson Asset Management, LLC | 3,839,307 | $136.1M | 7.39% | −240,703−5.9% | Reduced |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 3,270,273 | $115.7M | 0.62% | −187,097−5.4% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 3,082,329 | $109.2M | 0.28% | +47,028+1.5% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 2,531,940 | $89.7M | 0.16% | −12,977−0.5% | Reduced |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | 2,449,218 | $86.8M | 1.32% | +2,037,133+494.3% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 2,361,598 | $83.7M | 0.02% | +40,893+1.8% | Added |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 2,219,816 | $78.7M | 1.23% | −61,431−2.7% | Reduced |
| Sprott Inc. | 2,109,488 | $74.8M | 2.27% | −101,925−4.6% | Reduced |
| Matauro, LLC | 2,065,418 | $73.2M | 10.58% | +4,846+0.2% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 2,007,130 | $71.1M | 0.02% | +213,961+11.9% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 1,803,388 | $63.9M | 0.02% | +289,499+19.1% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1,772,405 | $62.8M | 0.01% | +12,888+0.7% | Added |
| South State Corp. | 1,735,437 | $61.5M | 2.87% | −57,203−3.2% | Reduced |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 1,726,789 | $61.2M | 0.07% | +91,695+5.6% | Added |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 1,556,314 | $55.2M | 0.29% | +80,102+5.4% | Added |
| Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1,448,500 | $51.3M | 33.71% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 1,430,221 | $50.7M | 0.07% | −79,587−5.3% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 1,376,380 | $48.8M | 0.05% | +1,046,193+316.8% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,355,749 | $48.0M | 0.01% | +1,299,907+2,327.8% | Added |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 1,347,193 | $47.7M | 0.18% | +382,603+39.7% | Added |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 1,285,906 | $45.6M | 0.05% | +184,466+16.7% | Added |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 1,112,010 | $39.4M | 0.09% | −59,441−5.1% | Reduced |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 1,007,737 | $35.7M | 7.12% | −11,874−1.2% | Reduced |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 956,566 | $33.9M | 15.34% | +2,470+0.3% | Added |
| WIT Partners Advisory Pte. Ltd. | 941,220 | $33.4M | 9.75% | +727,533+340.5% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 858,339 | $30.4M | 0.03% | +42,310+5.2% | Added |
| Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC | 853,305 | $30.2M | 6.28% | −3,918−0.5% | Reduced |
| Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | 834,961 | $29.6M | 6.78% | −19,887−2.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 832,843 | $29.5M | 0.00% | −45,163−5.1% | Reduced |
| 3EDGE Asset Management, LP | 863,368 | $29.5M | 1.42% | −89,732−9.4% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 815,517 | $28.9M | 0.04% | −261,087−24.3% | Reduced |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 799,576 | $28.3M | 0.02% | −179,845−18.4% | Reduced |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 788,317 | $27.9M | 15.98% | −213,486−21.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 762,956 | $27.1M | 0.01% | −169,508−18.2% | Reduced |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 750,250 | $26.3M | 0.11% | −185,802−19.8% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 724,494 | $25.7M | 0.05% | +19,088+2.7% | Added |
| National Bank of Canada | 692,869 | $24.3M | 0.02% | +100,063+16.9% | Added |
| TCP Asset Management, LLC | 657,916 | $23.3M | 3.00% | +118,711+22.0% | Added |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 638,594 | $22.6M | 0.11% | +7,361+1.2% | Added |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 637,542 | $22.6M | 0.18% | +117,464+22.6% | Added |
| Marex Group plc | 635,056 | $22.5M | 0.23% | −27,050−4.1% | Reduced |
| Spears Abacus Advisors LLC | 617,290 | $21.9M | 0.43% | +2,500+0.4% | Added |
| Leavell Investment Management, Inc. | 601,703 | $21.3M | 0.87% | +84,392+16.3% | Added |
| O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc | 581,416 | $20.6M | 5.83% | +15,800+2.8% | Added |
| Cyndeo Wealth Partners, LLC | 563,098 | $20.0M | 1.05% | −133,333−19.1% | Reduced |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 548,744 | $19.4M | 10.45% | −44,217−7.5% | Reduced |
| Fidelis Capital Partners, LLC | 543,915 | $19.3M | 1.37% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 542,013 | $19.2M | 0.42% | −26,630−4.7% | Reduced |
| Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC | 539,041 | $19.1M | 0.37% | +32,560+6.4% | Added |
| Kingsview Wealth Management, LLC | 536,503 | $19.0M | 0.26% | +198,014+58.5% | Added |
| BIP Wealth, LLC | 506,722 | $18.0M | 0.73% | +15,372+3.1% | Added |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 505,278 | $17.9M | 2.94% | +237,072+88.4% | Added |
| Intesa Sanpaolo Wealth Management | 503,249 | $17.8M | 4.35% | +301,249+149.1% | Added |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc | 489,776 | $17.4M | 0.28% | +9,735+2.0% | Added |
| Weiss Asset Management LP | 484,101 | $17.2M | 0.31% | +484,101 | New |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 481,001 | $17.0M | 0.03% | +14,576+3.1% | Added |
| Wealthcare Capital Management LLC | 469,559 | $16.6M | 1.66% | −72,687−13.4% | Reduced |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 461,475 | $16.6M | 0.05% | +77,832+20.3% | Added |
| Sanctuary Advisors, LLC | 467,109 | $16.6M | 0.09% | +40,130+9.4% | Added |
| Johnson Investment Counsel Inc | 456,672 | $16.2M | 0.13% | +456,672 | New |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 454,474 | $16.1M | 0.05% | −308,094−40.4% | Reduced |
| Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC | 450,344 | $16.0M | 10.31% | −839−0.2% | Reduced |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 445,593 | $15.8M | 0.13% | +81,747+22.5% | Added |
| Hengehold Capital Management LLC | 443,281 | $15.7M | 1.37% | −22,471−4.8% | Reduced |
| JP Wealth Management, Inc. | 432,610 | $15.3M | 10.40% | +2,840+0.7% | Added |
| Essential Partners LLC | 419,852 | $14.9M | 5.01% | +4,022+1.0% | Added |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 405,027 | $14.4M | 0.81% | +2,773+0.7% | Added |
| Summit Financial, LLC | 399,311 | $14.2M | 0.18% | −19,997−4.8% | Reduced |
| Global Endowment Management, LP | 396,000 | $14.0M | 1.57% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Harbour Wealth Management Group, Inc. | 387,894 | $13.7M | 10.35% | −6,835−1.7% | Reduced |
| Knoll Capital Management, LLC | 387,055 | $13.7M | 7.61% | +387,055 | New |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 378,878 | $13.7M | 0.13% | −3,391−0.9% | Reduced |
| Accordant Advisory Group Inc | 378,692 | $13.4M | 8.31% | +18,975+5.3% | Added |
| Tiaa-Cref Individual & Institutional Services, LLC | 375,567 | $13.3M | 0.05% | +375,567 | New |
| Asset One Wealth Management LLC | 373,285 | $13.2M | 1.46% | +9,179+2.5% | Added |
| Transcend Wealth Collective, LLC | 373,174 | $13.2M | 1.06% | +5,196+1.4% | Added |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 362,870 | $12.9M | 9.19% | −975−0.3% | Reduced |
| Kera Capital Partners, Inc. | 361,380 | $12.8M | 1.57% | +5,187+1.5% | Added |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 347,932 | $12.3M | 0.26% | −606−0.2% | Reduced |
| LexAurum Advisors, LLC | 345,284 | $12.2M | 1.59% | +345,284 | New |
| Fulcrum Wealth Advisors, LLC | 341,152 | $12.1M | 10.02% | −3,588−1.0% | Reduced |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 332,325 | $11.8M | 0.16% | +20,056+6.4% | Added |
| TrustWell Financial Advisors, LLC | 329,001 | $11.7M | 10.97% | −23,763−6.7% | Reduced |
| Blueprint Investment Partners LLC | 328,489 | $11.6M | 1.19% | +30,940+10.4% | Added |
| Blueprint Financial Advisors LLC | 328,489 | $11.6M | 1.72% | +30,940+10.4% | Added |
| Pacific Sage Partners, LLC | 327,776 | $11.6M | 1.83% | +5,788+1.8% | Added |
| SMI Advisory Services, LLC | 312,744 | $11.0M | 1.82% | −10,900−3.4% | Reduced |
| Philadelphia Trust Co | 304,569 | $10.8M | 0.76% | −24,834−7.5% | Reduced |
| MAI Capital Management | 303,304 | $10.7M | 0.06% | +513+0.2% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 298,901 | $10.6M | 0.03% | +3,400+1.2% | Added |
| Mariner, LLC | 295,081 | $10.5M | 0.01% | −47,189−13.8% | Reduced |
| Proactive Wealth Strategies LLC | 286,988 | $10.2M | 1.91% | +143,494+100.0% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 289,787 | $9.89M | 0.00% | −58,984−16.9% | Reduced |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 276,345 | $9.79M | 0.54% | +25,056+10.0% | Added |
| Biltmore Family Office, LLC | 274,990 | $9.75M | 1.36% | −15,500−5.3% | Reduced |