Who owns Sprott Physical Gold Trust?
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Institutional ownership of PHYS from SEC Form 13F filings across 654 reporting managers. All positions are from one synchronized reporting period — 2026-06-30 books, filed up to 45 days after quarter end — so every row is comparable.
As of the 2026-06-30 reporting period, 654 institutions disclosed 145.7M shares of Sprott Physical Gold Trust worth $4.40B — about 30.6% of shares outstanding; the largest disclosed holder is ROYAL BANK OF CANADA. Source: SEC Form 13F filings, parsed by EvidInvest.
654
13F holders
$4.40B
value, 2026 filers
30.6%
of shares outstanding (145.7M sh)
59
new positions (2026 filers)
Top institutional holders
ordered by shares owned · positions as of 2026-06-30 · % of fund = share of the manager's own book · % of co. = share of PHYS's shares outstanding
| # | Manager | Shares | Value | % of fund | % of co. | Δ shares QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 9.3M | $280.2M | 0.0% | 1.9% | +2.4% |
| 2 | CENTRAL TRUST Co | 5.9M | $177.8M | 3.2% | 1.2% | +6.3% |
| 3 | Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 5.9M | $177.2M | 0.5% | 1.2% | +1.2% |
| 4 | MORGAN STANLEY | 5.2M | $158.2M | 0.0% | 1.1% | -5.3% |
| 5 | Heritage Wealth Advisors | 4.7M | $142.0M | 4.9% | 1% | -1.8% |
| 6 | Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.NEW | 4.5M | $134.6M | 11.9% | 0.9% | new |
| 7 | Evanson Financial, LLCNEW | 3.6M | $108.6M | 5.3% | 0.8% | new |
| 8 | JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD | 3.4M | $103.8M | 0.5% | 0.7% | +4.8% |
| 9 | IMC-Chicago, LLC | 3.3M | $98.1M | 0.0% | 0.7% | +32.7% |
| 10 | Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 3.1M | $94.0M | 0.2% | 0.7% | +1.1% |
| 11 | CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS | 2.5M | $76.5M | 0.1% | 0.5% | +0.2% |
| 12 | LPL Financial LLC | 2.3M | $69.9M | 0.0% | 0.5% | -1.9% |
| 13 | Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 2.2M | $67.4M | 0.9% | 0.5% | +0.6% |
| 14 | MATAURO, LLC | 2.1M | $64.0M | 8.5% | 0.4% | +2.6% |
| 15 | SPROTT INC. | 2.1M | $62.0M | 2.0% | 0.4% | -2.6% |
| 16 | Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 2.0M | $59.8M | 0.2% | 0.4% | +47.0% |
| 17 | RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | 2.0M | $59.6M | 0.0% | 0.4% | -1.5% |
| 18 | ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | 1.7M | $51.6M | 0.0% | 0.4% | -5.1% |
| 19 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | 1.7M | $50.7M | 0.0% | 0.4% | -5.2% |
| 20 | Cetera Investment Advisers | 1.7M | $50.0M | 0.0% | 0.3% | -4.0% |
| 21 | SouthState Bank Corp | 1.7M | $49.8M | 2.1% | 0.3% | -4.9% |
| 22 | Weiss Asset Management LP | 1.6M | $48.6M | 0.5% | 0.3% | +232.9% |
| 23 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 1.5M | $46.0M | 0.0% | 0.3% | +12.5% |
| 24 | Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 1.5M | $45.6M | 0.2% | 0.3% | -2.9% |
| 25 | Forest Hill Capital, LLC | 1.4M | $43.7M | 33.6% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
Source: SEC Form 13F-HR filings (institutional managers over $100M in US-listed positions). 13Fs disclose long positions only, up to 45 days after quarter end; each manager's latest filed quarter is shown per row and dollar values are the manager's filed marks. Aggregates labeled "2026 filers" count only managers whose latest book is a 2026 quarter. Related: valuation · options positioning · supply chain. Research, not investment advice.