| Benford Chart for OUNZ 10Q Filed 6/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total numbers found: 136 Recent share count: 52,835,257 (5's column) ■ = Typical range across full coverage universe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On this page of Benford's Law Stocks.com we present our study of VANECK MERK GOLD TRUST — ticker symbol OUNZ. SEC filings have been screened by our Benford's Law software, for quarterly 10Q and annual 10K filings from 3/29/2024 to 6/6/2025
for VANECK MERK GOLD TRUST under CIK number 0001546652.
For filings made in XBRL (eXtensible
Business Reporting Language) format, our algorithm extracts all "tagged" numbers presented by the company; for any non-XBRL
filings our algorithm uses its own interal set of rules to extract what it believes to be numbers as found throughout the filings. The format
found for each filing is presented below together with the results for OUNZ, with the percentage of found numbers beginning with each digit
(1's, 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's, and 9's) charted against the "normal" range observed throughout our coverage universe, as
well as the "normal" range for VANECK MERK GOLD TRUST based on the past OUNZ filings our system processed in the past.
| Benford's Law Stocks Score for OUNZ = 6 | ||
Starting from a possible score of 100, we made the following score deductions: • The 5's percentage was higher than the 4's percentage, increasing the penalty multiplier. • However, because we observed that the company's shares outstanding count begins with the digit 5, we canceled the penalty multiplier. • We deducted points upon observing the 6's percentage was below the typical coverage universe range. • We deducted points upon observing the 6's percentage was below the company's typical historical range. • We deducted points upon observing the 7's percentage was below the typical coverage universe range. • We deducted points upon observing the 7's percentage was below the company's typical historical range. • The 8's percentage was higher than the 7's percentage, increasing the penalty multiplier. • We deducted points (includes the impact of penalty multiplier) upon observing the 8's percentage was above the typical coverage universe range. • We deducted points (includes the impact of penalty multiplier) upon observing the 8's percentage was above the company's typical historical range. • We deducted points upon observing the 9's percentage was above the typical coverage universe range. |
| OUNZ's Score Vs. Typical Stock | |||
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Check our work! We provide our VANECK MERK GOLD TRUST Benford's Law analysis for informational purposes only, and our software should be expected to
make mistakes and contain errors (nothing you see on this website should be relied upon for any decision-making without first repeating
the analysis yourself independently), and so below we present to you all of the numbers our system detected, for the OUNZ filing
above. This way, you can open the filing on your own and compare what you see below against what you yourself find. This can also
be helpful for exploring any columns in particular that caught your eye.
| 1's | 2's | 3's |
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| We found 43 numbers that start with the digit 1. Here they are: 1,662,219,706 1,314,597,403 13,758,562 1,662,219,706 1,328,355,965 13,506,499 13,758,576 1,662,219,685 1,314,597,389 1,662,219,685 1,314,597,389 1,314,597,389 118,514,599 1,662,219,685 1,662,219,706 100.00 1,662,219,706 100.00 1,662,219,685 100.00 1,314,597,403 100.00 1,314,597,403 100.00 14 1,314,597,389 100.00 1,000 100,000 1,306.25 1,662,219,706 1,662,219,706 1,314,597,403 1,314,597,403 118,514,599 1,314,597,403 117,620,633 1,662,219,706 1,314,597,403 100,000 19.69 17.59 12.44 | We found 24 numbers that start with the digit 2. Here they are: 21 252,077 21 27.01 235,630,882 238,854,677 237,960,710 26,788,189 235,630,882 21 230,560,739 2,944 235,630,882 227,982,044 2,788,531 25 27.01 2.46 2.45 22.14 25 25 25 25 | We found 14 numbers that start with the digit 3. Here they are: 31.76 3,223,795 309,453 3,223,795 3,979,998 305,292 39,626,030 368,969 38,091 3,223,795 383,204 3,561 312,938,300 31.76 |
| 4's | 5's | 6's |
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| We found 10 numbers that start with the digit 4. Here they are: 436,223,205 48,664,686 469,450 469,450 48,664,686 48,664,686 469,450 469,450 4.77 4.75 | We found 12 numbers that start with the digit 5. Here they are: 52,835,257 52,339,392 516,393 516,393 516,393 516,393 504,597 504,597 50,000 500 52,339,392 504,597 | We found 4 numbers that start with the digit 6. Here they are: 674,183,915 62,679 62,679 657,109,274 |
| 7's | 8's | 9's |
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| We found 2 numbers that start with the digit 7. Here they are: 780,184,347 780,184,353 | We found 14 numbers that start with the digit 8. Here they are: 880,891,128 878,374,184 893,967 893,967 893,967 8,853,013 893,967 880,891,128 880,891,128 878,374,184 8,853,013 878,374,184 8,853,007 89,807 | We found 13 numbers that start with the digit 9. Here they are: 992,882,549 988,035,770 97,950,683 98,013,362 97,496,969 97,950,683 904,160,052 992,882,549 992,882,549 988,035,770 9,407,625 9,295,829 9,295,825 |
While the above OUNZ 10Q Filed 6/6/2025 is interesting in isolation, we have found that it is also useful to take a look at older
VANECK MERK GOLD TRUST filings processed by our Benford's Law Stocks algorithm, to see how the company's filings "typically look" on a
Benford's Law analysis. Below we repeat the 10Q Filed 6/6/2025 but instead of the chart comparing against the typical company across
our coverage universe, below we show the same chart compared against the typical OUNZ 10Q and 10K filings that we have processed
historically. This is followed by similar charts for each of those historical filings.
| 10Q Filed 6/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ❌ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 136 ■ = Typical OUNZ range from 3/29/2024 to 6/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 9/6/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ❌ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 179 ■ = Typical OUNZ range from 3/29/2024 to 6/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10K Filed 3/28/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ❌ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 195 ■ = Typical OUNZ range from 3/29/2024 to 6/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 6/7/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ❌ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 140 ■ = Typical OUNZ range from 3/29/2024 to 6/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 12/6/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ❌ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 182 ■ = Typical OUNZ range from 3/29/2024 to 6/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10K Filed 3/29/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ❌ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 197 ■ = Typical OUNZ range from 3/29/2024 to 6/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||