Aflac Ownership | Who Owns Aflac?

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Aflac Ownership Summary

Aflac is owned by 27.40% institutional investors, 10.87% insiders, and 61.74% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 10.78% of AFL shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.25% of its assets in Aflac shares.

AFL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Aflac	27.40%	10.87%	61.74%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	32.19%	15.44%	52.37%
Industry	Life Insurance Stocks	38.04%	11.38%	50.58%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	57.14M	10.78%	$6.30B
Japan post	52.30M	9.87%	$5.77B
Blackrock	40.06M	6.97%	$3.58B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	36.78M	6.94%	$4.06B
State street	24.32M	4.53%	$2.72B
Wells fargo & company/mn	11.09M	2.07%	$1.24B
Geode capital management	10.47M	1.98%	$1.15B
Morgan stanley	8.22M	1.55%	$906.91M
Northern trust	6.80M	1.27%	$759.73M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	4.48M	0.85%	$494.39M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Japan post	52.30M	100.00%	$5.77B
Philosmith capital	267.80K	8.12%	$29.53M
Greatmark investment partners	588.57K	7.68%	$64.90M
Paces ferry wealth advisors	124.44K	5.57%	$13.72M
Tanaka capital management	20.37K	4.10%	$2.27M
Guinness asset management	2.30M	4.09%	$252.41M
Lawson kroeker investment management inc/ne	123.86K	4.06%	$13.66M
Edmp	42.96K	3.89%	$4.74M
Bluepath capital management	78.51K	3.66%	$8.77M
Peninsula asset management	59.96K	3.39%	$6.61M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Vanguard group	57.14M	0.09%	6.76M
Norges bank	3.81M	0.04%	3.81M
Qube research	1.67M	0.19%	915.95K
Deutsche bank ag\	2.13M	0.08%	571.79K
Two sigma investments, lp	653.85K	0.11%	523.85K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Wells fargo & company/mn	11.09M	0.24%	-3.63M
First trust advisors lp	2.03M	0.17%	-1.83M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	36.78M	0.07%	-1.81M
Blackrock	40.06M	0.08%	-1.02M
National pension service	850.10K	0.07%	-690.13K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	3.81M	0.04%	3.81M	$420.08M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	198.27K	0.20%	198.27K	$17.71M
Axa investment managers	141.93K	0.04%	141.93K	$15.85M
Union bancaire privee, ubp sa	132.54K	0.17%	132.54K	$14.56M
Trexquant investment lp	115.79K	0.13%	115.79K	$12.93M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Robinson value management	-1.00
Mendota financial group	-1.00
Legacy bridge	-2.00
Parallax volatility advisers	-3.00
Bear mountain capital	-4.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	869	-47.84%	145,215,329	-58.31%	27	0.65%	366	-41.72%	285	-55.81%
Sep 30, 2025	1,032	-37.49%	158,597,755	-56.38%	29	0.64%	385	-38.69%	401	-38.50%
Jun 30, 2025	1,620	-2.59%	363,082,569	-0.42%	67	1.51%	616	-7.78%	639	1.27%
Mar 31, 2025	12	-99.25%	1,113,923	-99.70%	-	0.00%	3	-99.55%	3	-99.48%
Dec 31, 2024	1,543	-2.77%	369,565,236	-0.66%	66	1.49%	633	-4.24%	557	-4.79%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	17.73M	3.25%	-249.22K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	17.00M	3.18%	-395.40K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	12.04M	2.25%	-1.76M
Fidelity 500 Index	6.17M	1.15%	2.65K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	6.16M	1.13%	-157.03K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	5.99M	1.10%	-31.43K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	5.86M	1.10%	72.36K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	5.86M	1.09%	-
Vanguard Value Index Inv	4.79M	0.90%	-7.26K
The Financial Select Sector SPDR® ETF	3.46M	0.65%	-11.01K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 20, 2026	BEAVER STEVEN KENT	EVP, CFO Aflac Japan	Sell	$839.02K
Feb 06, 2026	Broden Max	Sr. EVP, CFO	Sell	$1.53M
Dec 12, 2025	BEAVER STEVEN KENT	EVP, CFO Aflac Japan	Sell	$601.52K
Dec 05, 2025	BEAVER STEVEN KENT	EVP, CFO Aflac Japan	Sell	$377.17K
Nov 18, 2025	TILLMAN AUDREY B	Sr. Executive Vice President	Sell	$1.78M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	1
2025 Q4	-	7
2025 Q3	-	1
2025 Q2	-	4
2025 Q1	-	6

AFL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Aflac?

Aflac shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 27.40%, followed by 10.87% insiders and 61.73% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Aflac's industry, Life Insurance Stocks , is 38.04%, which Aflac falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Aflac?

Aflac’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (57.14M shares, 10.78%), Japan post (52.3M shares, 9.87%), and Blackrock (40.06M shares, 6.97%). Together, they hold 27.62% of Aflac’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Aflac?

Yes, BlackRock owns 6.97% of Aflac, totaling 40.06M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.08% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 3.58B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -1.023M shares, a -2.49% change.

Who is Aflac’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Japan post is Aflac’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 100.00% of its assets in 52.3M Aflac shares, valued at 5.77B$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Aflac shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Aflac shares, with 3.25% of its total shares outstanding invested in 17.73M Aflac shares.

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