Sprott Physical Gold Trust
Hedge Funds Holdings

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Sprott Physical Gold Trust‘s stocks are currently a part of 301 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 20.91% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 80.68M shares of Sprott Physical Gold Trust. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -24.78% or -26.58M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 28.24% (85) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 24.58% (74) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 7.64% (23) closed the holdings completely. 25 hedge funds are new holders of Sprott Physical Gold Trust stock in Q1 2023, it is 8.31% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding Sprott Physical Gold Trust (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2018 177
Q3 2018 176
Q4 2018 185
Q1 2019 186
Q2 2019 182
Q3 2019 191
Q4 2019 202
Q1 2020 220
Q2 2020 256
Q3 2020 272
Q4 2020 290
Q1 2021 304
Q2 2021 311
Q3 2021 321
Q4 2021 348
Q1 2022 365
Q2 2022 373
Q3 2022 356
Q4 2022 379
Q1 2023 301

Hedge funds changes in Sprott Physical Gold Trust positions (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Changes in positions
Q2 2018 2031531657
Q3 2018 1728491666
Q4 2018 3039422054
Q1 2019 1643481366
Q2 2019 2037442358
Q3 2019 1846421075
Q4 2019 3444442060
Q1 2020 4166382154
Q2 2020 5794302154
Q3 2020 35115421763
Q4 2020 4795612364
Q1 2021 37100772268
Q2 2021 3387732395
Q3 2021 2982941799
Q4 2021 5085942495
Q1 2022 481226926100
Q2 2022 371108229115
Q3 2022 25941143786
Q4 2022 578510328106
Q1 2023 2585742394

Top 50 hedge fund holders of Sprott Physical Gold Trust (NYSE:PHYS)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
CENTRAL TRUST CO 103.95M 7.33M 3.428%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 92.75M 7.24M 0.029%
EVANSON ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 91.64M 7.16M 10.762%
POLAR ASSET MANAGEMENT PARTNERS INC. 76.51M 5.97M 0.918%
MORGAN STANLEY 69.64M 5.44M 0.009%
JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 60.41M 4.72M 0.934%
PEKIN HARDY STRAUSS, INC. 51.88M 4.05M 8.276%
SMI ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 42.82M 3.34M 13.924%
SOUTHSTATE CORP 24.18M 1.88M 2.411%
TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 20.47M 1.59M 0.039%
FOREST HILL CAPITAL, LLC 18.54M 1.44M 7.915%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 17.85M 1.39M 0.006%
COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 17.31M 1.35M 0.045%
OTA FINANCIAL GROUP L.P. 17.13M 1.33M 14.706%
O'BRIEN GREENE & CO. INC 16.32M 1.27M 2.163%
INTEGRATED WEALTH CONCEPTS LLC 15.67M 1.22M 0.501%
MONACO ASSET MANAGEMENT SAM 15.30M 1.19M 5.872%
HOWLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 15.14M 1.18M 0.974%
LAIRD NORTON TRUST COMPANY, LLC 14.74M 1.15M 3.354%
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC 13.69M 1.06M 0.170%
CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 13.67M 1.06M 0.080%
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 13.54M 1.05M 0.008%
ADVISOR GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. 13.06M 1.02M 0.030%
BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 12.69M 963.69K 0.005%
NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 12.55M 984.35K 0.067%
AUXANO ADVISORS, LLC 11.90M 929.95K 5.473%
CONCORDE FINANCIAL CORP 11.55M 902.44K 7.790%
MEIXLER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LTD. 11.44M 894.34K 13.501%
CANNELL & CO. 11.23M 877.97K 0.431%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 11.13M 869.72K 0.001%
HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC 11.04M 862.69K 0.030%
CAPITAL WEALTH ALLIANCE, LLC 10.58M 826.74K 8.768%
BRIDGE ADVISORY, LLC 10.54M 823.80K 5.142%
CHEVIOT VALUE MANAGEMENT, LLC 10.53M 676.39K 2.878%
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC 9.96M 778.17K 0.043%
SENTINEL PENSION ADVISORS INC 9.68M 756.94K 3.379%
KOSS-OLINGER CONSULTING, LLC 9.5M 742.22K 1.616%
SCHWARZ DYGOS WHEELER INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC 9.27M 724.32K 4.111%
LPL FINANCIAL LLC 8.70M 679.73K 0.008%
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 8.69M 678.97K 0.009%
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC. 8.58M 670.55K 0.048%
BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLC 8.29M 647.46K 0.186%
RED DOOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC 7.60M 594.46K 2.883%
ATRIA WEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC. 7.02M 535.19K 0.112%
VAN DEN BERG MANAGEMENT I, INC 6.89M 538.46K 2.046%
QUILTER PLC 6.52M 509.88K 0.234%
GLOBAL ENDOWMENT MANAGEMENT, LP 6.09M 476K 0.615%
GUILD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 5.92M 462.59K 10.155%
JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 5.29M 413.64K 0.002%
ESSEX FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. 5.27M 412.37K 0.629%