VanEck Merk Gold ETF OUNZ Institutional Ownership

Updated Oct 30, 2026

VanEck Merk Gold ETF (NYSE:OUNZ) was held by 269 institutional investors that filed 13F reports for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

• Their combined stake equaled 55.34% of outstanding shares in Q2 2026, up from 52.21% in Q1 2026.
• Total shares held in OUNZ rose 8.16% from Q1 2026; the number of holders rose 31.86% from Q2 2025.
• Looking at the 269 holders of OUNZ individually, 123 added to their positions, 83 reduced their stakes and 63 left their positions unchanged.
• Altogether, institutional holders owned 35.21Mn OUNZ shares at the end of Q2 2026, up 2.66Mn from the prior quarter and up 8.48Mn from a year earlier.
• As of June 30, 2026, Van Eck Associates Corp held the largest stake in VanEck Merk Gold ETF with 5.47Mn shares, or 8.60% of shares outstanding.
• Holders that added the most shares of VanEck Merk Gold ETF in Q2 2026 were Van Eck Associates Corp (+1.65Mn shares), Modern Wealth Management, LLC (+493.7K shares), Shufro Rose & Co LLC (+266.69K shares), Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC (+235.67K shares) and Osaic Holdings, Inc. (+200.03K shares).
• The biggest cuts to OUNZ positions during Q2 2026 came from SFG Wealth Management, LLC (-96.79K shares), LPL Financial LLC (-71.36K shares), Sbe LLC Dba Cedar Cove Wealth Partners (-65.87K shares), AE Wealth Management LLC (-64.66K shares) and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. (-63.3K shares).
• Per Business Quant data, the 10 largest holders of VanEck Merk Gold ETF at the end of Q2 2026 were Van Eck Associates Corp (5.47Mn shares), Morton Capital Management LLC (3.52Mn shares), LPL Financial LLC (3.17Mn shares), Pitcairn Wealth Advisors LLC (1.32Mn shares), Raymond James Financial Inc (1.31Mn shares), Envestnet Asset Management Inc (1.05Mn shares), Modern Wealth Management, LLC (1.04Mn shares), Cetera Investment Advisers (1.01Mn shares), Ameriprise Financial Inc (814.22K shares) and Asset One Wealth Management LLC (786K shares).