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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kera Capital Partners, Inc. | 361,380 | $12.8M | 1.57% | +5,187+1.5% | Added |
| Guild Investment Management, Inc. | 362,870 | $12.9M | 9.19% | −975−0.3% | Reduced |
| Transcend Wealth Collective, LLC | 373,174 | $13.2M | 1.06% | +5,196+1.4% | Added |
| Asset One Wealth Management LLC | 373,285 | $13.2M | 1.46% | +9,179+2.5% | Added |
| Tiaa-Cref Individual & Institutional Services, LLC | 375,567 | $13.3M | 0.05% | +375,567 | New |
| Accordant Advisory Group Inc | 378,692 | $13.4M | 8.31% | +18,975+5.3% | Added |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 378,878 | $13.7M | 0.13% | −3,391−0.9% | Reduced |
| Knoll Capital Management, LLC | 387,055 | $13.7M | 7.61% | +387,055 | New |
| Harbour Wealth Management Group, Inc. | 387,894 | $13.7M | 10.35% | −6,835−1.7% | Reduced |
| Global Endowment Management, LP | 396,000 | $14.0M | 1.57% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Summit Financial, LLC | 399,311 | $14.2M | 0.18% | −19,997−4.8% | Reduced |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 405,027 | $14.4M | 0.81% | +2,773+0.7% | Added |
| Essential Partners LLC | 419,852 | $14.9M | 5.01% | +4,022+1.0% | Added |
| JP Wealth Management, Inc. | 432,610 | $15.3M | 10.40% | +2,840+0.7% | Added |
| Hengehold Capital Management LLC | 443,281 | $15.7M | 1.37% | −22,471−4.8% | Reduced |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 445,593 | $15.8M | 0.13% | +81,747+22.5% | Added |
| Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC | 450,344 | $16.0M | 10.31% | −839−0.2% | Reduced |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 454,474 | $16.1M | 0.05% | −308,094−40.4% | Reduced |
| Johnson Investment Counsel Inc | 456,672 | $16.2M | 0.13% | +456,672 | New |
| Sanctuary Advisors, LLC | 467,109 | $16.6M | 0.09% | +40,130+9.4% | Added |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 461,475 | $16.6M | 0.05% | +77,832+20.3% | Added |
| Wealthcare Capital Management LLC | 469,559 | $16.6M | 1.66% | −72,687−13.4% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 481,001 | $17.0M | 0.03% | +14,576+3.1% | Added |
| Weiss Asset Management LP | 484,101 | $17.2M | 0.31% | +484,101 | New |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc | 489,776 | $17.4M | 0.28% | +9,735+2.0% | Added |
| Intesa Sanpaolo Wealth Management | 503,249 | $17.8M | 4.35% | +301,249+149.1% | Added |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 505,278 | $17.9M | 2.94% | +237,072+88.4% | Added |
| BIP Wealth, LLC | 506,722 | $18.0M | 0.73% | +15,372+3.1% | Added |
| Kingsview Wealth Management, LLC | 536,503 | $19.0M | 0.26% | +198,014+58.5% | Added |
| Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC | 539,041 | $19.1M | 0.37% | +32,560+6.4% | Added |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 542,013 | $19.2M | 0.42% | −26,630−4.7% | Reduced |
| Fidelis Capital Partners, LLC | 543,915 | $19.3M | 1.37% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 548,744 | $19.4M | 10.45% | −44,217−7.5% | Reduced |
| Cyndeo Wealth Partners, LLC | 563,098 | $20.0M | 1.05% | −133,333−19.1% | Reduced |
| O'Brien Greene & Co. Inc | 581,416 | $20.6M | 5.83% | +15,800+2.8% | Added |
| Leavell Investment Management, Inc. | 601,703 | $21.3M | 0.87% | +84,392+16.3% | Added |
| Spears Abacus Advisors LLC | 617,290 | $21.9M | 0.43% | +2,500+0.4% | Added |
| Marex Group plc | 635,056 | $22.5M | 0.23% | −27,050−4.1% | Reduced |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 637,542 | $22.6M | 0.18% | +117,464+22.6% | Added |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 638,594 | $22.6M | 0.11% | +7,361+1.2% | Added |
| TCP Asset Management, LLC | 657,916 | $23.3M | 3.00% | +118,711+22.0% | Added |
| National Bank of Canada | 692,869 | $24.3M | 0.02% | +100,063+16.9% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 724,494 | $25.7M | 0.05% | +19,088+2.7% | Added |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 750,250 | $26.3M | 0.11% | −185,802−19.8% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 762,956 | $27.1M | 0.01% | −169,508−18.2% | Reduced |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 788,317 | $27.9M | 15.98% | −213,486−21.3% | Reduced |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 799,576 | $28.3M | 0.02% | −179,845−18.4% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 815,517 | $28.9M | 0.04% | −261,087−24.3% | Reduced |
| 3EDGE Asset Management, LP | 863,368 | $29.5M | 1.42% | −89,732−9.4% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 832,843 | $29.5M | 0.00% | −45,163−5.1% | Reduced |
| Van Den Berg Management I, Inc | 834,961 | $29.6M | 6.78% | −19,887−2.3% | Reduced |
| Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC | 853,305 | $30.2M | 6.28% | −3,918−0.5% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 858,339 | $30.4M | 0.03% | +42,310+5.2% | Added |
| WIT Partners Advisory Pte. Ltd. | 941,220 | $33.4M | 9.75% | +727,533+340.5% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 956,566 | $33.9M | 15.34% | +2,470+0.3% | Added |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 1,007,737 | $35.7M | 7.12% | −11,874−1.2% | Reduced |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 1,112,010 | $39.4M | 0.09% | −59,441−5.1% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 1,285,906 | $45.6M | 0.05% | +184,466+16.7% | Added |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 1,347,193 | $47.7M | 0.18% | +382,603+39.7% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,355,749 | $48.0M | 0.01% | +1,299,907+2,327.8% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 1,376,380 | $48.8M | 0.05% | +1,046,193+316.8% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 1,430,221 | $50.7M | 0.07% | −79,587−5.3% | Reduced |
| Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1,448,500 | $51.3M | 33.71% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 1,556,314 | $55.2M | 0.29% | +80,102+5.4% | Added |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 1,726,789 | $61.2M | 0.07% | +91,695+5.6% | Added |
| South State Corp. | 1,735,437 | $61.5M | 2.87% | −57,203−3.2% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1,772,405 | $62.8M | 0.01% | +12,888+0.7% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 1,803,388 | $63.9M | 0.02% | +289,499+19.1% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 2,007,130 | $71.1M | 0.02% | +213,961+11.9% | Added |
| Matauro, LLC | 2,065,418 | $73.2M | 10.58% | +4,846+0.2% | Added |
| Sprott Inc. | 2,109,488 | $74.8M | 2.27% | −101,925−4.6% | Reduced |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 2,219,816 | $78.7M | 1.23% | −61,431−2.7% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 2,361,598 | $83.7M | 0.02% | +40,893+1.8% | Added |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | 2,449,218 | $86.8M | 1.32% | +2,037,133+494.3% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 2,531,940 | $89.7M | 0.16% | −12,977−0.5% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 3,082,329 | $109.2M | 0.28% | +47,028+1.5% | Added |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 3,270,273 | $115.7M | 0.62% | −187,097−5.4% | Reduced |
| Evanson Asset Management, LLC | 3,839,307 | $136.1M | 7.39% | −240,703−5.9% | Reduced |
| Heritage Wealth Advisors | 4,794,455 | $169.9M | 6.64% | −344,117−6.7% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 5,537,762 | $196.3M | 0.01% | +163,749+3.0% | Added |
| Central Trust Co | 5,542,655 | $196.4M | 3.87% | +1,154,326+26.3% | Added |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 5,821,327 | $205.6M | 0.74% | +231,481+4.1% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 9,065,043 | $321.3M | 0.06% | −451,010−4.7% | Reduced |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,058,832−100.0% | Sold out |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,318,119−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −522,155−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tiaa Trust, National Association | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −374,029−100.0% | Sold out |
| Quilter Plc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −236,134−100.0% | Sold out |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −129,406−100.0% | Sold out |
| True North Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −30,659−100.0% | Sold out |
| McAlvany Wealth Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,055−100.0% | Sold out |
| Asset Allocation Strategies LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,875−100.0% | Sold out |
| IFG Advisory, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −16,072−100.0% | Sold out |
| Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −14,835−100.0% | Sold out |
| Principal Securities, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,600−100.0% | Sold out |
| WS Portfolio Advisory, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,521−100.0% | Sold out |
| Sovran Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,586−100.0% | Sold out |
| Innovative Advisory Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,149−100.0% | Sold out |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tiemann Investment Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,000−100.0% | Sold out |