Sprott Physical Gold Trust PHYS Institutional Ownership

NYSE PHYS

$30.20 -0.20 (-0.66%)

At close: Oct 23, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Institutions by Trading Activity

650 Institutions

Increased 252 38.8%

Unchanged 210 32.3%

Reduced 188 28.9%

Ownership Statistics

13F · as of 30 Jun, 2026

Institutional Ownership

31.70%

▲+1.89 pp QoQ

Shares Held by Institutions

144.98Mn

of 457.31Mn outstanding

▲+6.35% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

457.31Mn

312.34Mn held outside 13F filers

Institutional Investors

650

filed 13F for Jun 2026

▼-27 vs prior quarter

Net Shares Added (QoQ)

+8.65Mn

accumulated since last quarter

Value of Holdings

$4.38Bn

reported market value

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Ownership Summary

Updated Oct 22, 2026

Sprott Physical Gold Trust (NYSE:PHYS) was reported as a holding by 650 institutional investors in 13F filings for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

Their combined stake equaled 31.70% of outstanding shares in Q2 2026, up from 29.81% in Q1 2026.
Total holdings of Sprott Physical Gold Trust shares rose 6.35% from Q1 2026, and the number of holders rose 17.12% from Q2 2025.
Of the 650 holders of PHYS in Q2 2026, 252 added to their positions, 188 reduced their stakes and 210 left their positions unchanged.
The aggregate institutional position in Sprott Physical Gold Trust was 144.98Mn shares at the end of Q2 2026, up 8.65Mn from the prior quarter and up 10.44Mn from a year earlier.
As of June 30, 2026, Royal Bank of Canada held the largest stake in Sprott Physical Gold Trust with 9.29Mn shares, or 2.03% of shares outstanding.
The largest position increases in PHYS for Q2 2026 were by Weiss Asset Management LP (+1.13Mn shares), Susquehanna International Group, LLP (+867.64K shares), JPMorgan Chase & Co (+819.84K shares), IMC-Chicago, LLC (+801.1K shares) and Kestra Advisory Services, LLC (+633.76K shares).
Among holders that kept a stake in Sprott Physical Gold Trust, the biggest sellers in Q2 2026 were Jane Street Group, LLC (-651.45K shares), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC (-449.33K shares), Scotia Capital Inc. (-375.46K shares), Morgan Stanley (-295.55K shares) and Blueprint Investment Partners LLC (-273.9K shares).
Per Business Quant, the top 10 investors in PHYS for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 were Royal Bank of Canada (9.29Mn shares), Central Trust Co (5.89Mn shares), Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec (5.89Mn shares), Morgan Stanley (5.24Mn shares), Heritage Wealth Advisors (4.71Mn shares), Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. (4.46Mn shares), Evanson Financial, LLC (3.6Mn shares), Jupiter Asset Management LTD (3.43Mn shares), IMC-Chicago, LLC (3.25Mn shares) and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. (3.12Mn shares).

Form 13F Holdings

651 Institutional Holders

Report period 30 Jun, 2026

Total shares held 144.98Mn

Of outstanding 31.70%

#	Institution	CIK	Shares Held	% of Outstanding	Change (QoQ)	Change (%)	Value (USD)
1	Royal Bank Of Canada	0001000275	9,287,092	2.03%	▲222,049	+2.45%	$280.19Mn
2	CENTRAL TRUST Co	0000044365	5,891,785	1.29%	▲349,130	+6.30%	$177.76Mn
3	Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec	0002022297	5,889,428	1.29%	▲68,101	+1.17%	$177.18Mn
4	Morgan Stanley	0000895421	5,242,209	1.15%	▼295,553	-5.34%	$158.16Mn
5	Heritage Wealth Advisors	0001591122	4,706,640	1.03%	▼87,815	-1.83%	$142.00Mn
6	Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.	0001020317	4,460,932	0.98%	▲4,460,932	0.00%	$134.59Mn
7	Evanson Financial, LLC	0002140235	3,598,792	0.79%	▲3,598,792	0.00%	$108.58Mn
8	JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD	0001215838	3,426,260	0.75%	▲155,987	+4.77%	$103.80Mn
9	IMC-Chicago, LLC	0001452861	3,250,316	0.71%	▲801,098	+32.71%	$98.06Mn
10	Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.	0001419186	3,116,362	0.68%	▲34,033	+1.10%	$94.02K
11	CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS	0001512024	2,536,730	0.55%	▲4,790	+0.19%	$76.53Mn
12	LPL Financial LLC	0001403438	2,315,840	0.51%	▼45,758	-1.94%	$69.87Mn
13	Bleakley Financial Group, LLC	0001936953	2,234,144	0.49%	▲14,328	+0.65%	$67.40Mn
14	MATAURO, LLC	0002052964	2,119,854	0.46%	▲54,436	+2.64%	$63.96Mn
15	Sprott Inc.	0001512920	2,054,043	0.45%	▼55,445	-2.63%	$61.97Mn
16	Kestra Advisory Services, LLC	0001830819	1,980,953	0.43%	▲633,760	+47.04%	$59.77Mn
17	Raymond James Financial Inc	0000720005	1,976,995	0.43%	▼30,135	-1.50%	$59.65Mn
18	ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC	0001407543	1,711,864	0.37%	▼91,524	-5.08%	$51.65Mn
19	Wells Fargo & Company/Mn	0000072971	1,680,632	0.37%	▼91,773	-5.18%	$50.67Mn
20	Cetera Investment Advisers	0001666741	1,658,246	0.36%	▼68,543	-3.97%	$50.03Mn

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