Brighthouse Financial Ownership | Who Owns Brighthouse Financial?

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Brighthouse Financial Ownership Summary

Brighthouse Financial is owned by 19.92% institutional investors, 1.21% insiders, and 78.86% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.44% of BHF shares. Dodge & Cox Stock I is the top mutual fund, with 8.54% of its assets in Brighthouse Financial shares.

BHF Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Brighthouse Financial	19.92%	1.21%	78.86%
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
Blackrock	5.95M	9.44%	$257.90M
Vanguard group	5.41M	9.42%	$350.55M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	5.36M	9.34%	$347.45M
Ubs group	3.73M	6.53%	$223.62M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	3.56M	6.22%	$212.93M
Dme capital management, lp	2.79M	4.86%	$148.20M
Pentwater capital management lp	2.29M	3.98%	$121.29M
American century companies	2.21M	3.85%	$117.32M
State street	2.11M	3.68%	$112.22M
Fmr	1.78M	3.10%	$94.37M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Sonic gp	100.00K	10.59%	$4.80M
Dme capital management, lp	2.79M	5.83%	$148.20M
M3f	280.00K	4.16%	$16.77M
Kestrel investment management	90.40K	3.23%	$5.41M
Mariner investment group	136.00K	2.18%	$7.22M
Grace & white inc /ny	187.64K	1.98%	$11.24M
Tig advisors	536.22K	1.69%	$28.46M
Alpine associates management	453.95K	1.60%	$27.18M
Syquant capital sas	169.87K	1.59%	$10.17M
Gardner lewis asset management l p	91.01K	1.18%	$5.45M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Pentwater capital management lp	2.29M	0.68%	1.33M
Ubs group	3.73M	0.03%	1.19M
Morgan stanley	1.26M	0.00%	758.01K
Freestone grove partners lp	592.78K	0.23%	592.78K
Aqr capital management	656.46K	0.04%	400.92K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Dodge & cox	-	-	-6.67M
Canada pension plan investment board	-	-	-1.82M
Woodline partners lp	-	-	-933.47K
Balyasny asset management	898.87K	0.07%	-749.65K
Royal bank of canada	193.72K	0.00%	-699.58K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Calamos advisors	391.77K	0.08%	391.77K	$23.46M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	356.12K	0.01%	356.12K	$21.32M
M3f	280.00K	4.16%	280.00K	$16.77M
Highbridge capital management	275.39K	0.57%	275.39K	$17.84M
Allianz asset management gmbh	213.43K	0.01%	213.43K	$13.83M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Householder group estate & retirement specialist	-1.00
Loring wolcott & coolidge fiduciary advisors llp/ma	-1.00
Gps wealth strategies group	-1.00
Activest wealth management	-1.00
Ridgewood investments	-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	200	-58.07%	11,437,790	-77.08%	19	0.26%	59	-66.29%	52	-62.59%
Sep 30, 2025	224	-50.77%	9,237,213	-80.32%	16	0.24%	66	-63.93%	66	-50.75%
Jun 30, 2025	461	1.10%	48,891,732	5.15%	85	2.00%	183	-4.19%	135	13.45%
Mar 31, 2025	3	-99.27%	408,153	-99.16%	-	0.01%	3	-98.22%	-	-100.00%
Dec 31, 2024	401	-1.96%	48,539,823	4.11%	68	1.59%	162	24.62%	116	-14.71%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Dodge & Cox Stock I	5.07M	8.54%	-5.10K
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	2.11M	3.68%	-
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	1.93M	3.36%	-976.00
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.88M	3.24%	-114.45K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.82M	3.18%	8.98K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	1.32M	2.31%	23.04K
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	840.16K	1.47%	6.32K
DFA US Small Cap Value I	761.91K	1.33%	-
BGF World Financials A2	716.28K	1.25%	-
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	639.11K	1.12%	16.74K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jun 03, 2025	Lambert Myles	EVP,Chief Mktg.& Dist. Officer	Sell	$77.36K
Jun 03, 2025	Lambert Myles	EVP,Chief Mktg.& Dist. Officer	Sell	$415.39K
Jun 02, 2025	Huss Vonda	EVP & Chief HR Officer	Sell	$178.53K
May 27, 2025	Steigerwalt Eric T	President and CEO	Sell	$1.47M
Mar 03, 2025	Huss Vonda	EVP & Chief HR Officer	Sell	$177.99K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	-
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	-	4
2025 Q1	-	6

BHF Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Brighthouse Financial?

Brighthouse Financial shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 19.92%, followed by 1.21% insiders and 78.87% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Brighthouse Financial's industry, Life Insurance Stocks , is 38.04%, which Brighthouse Financial falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Brighthouse Financial?

Brighthouse Financial’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (5.95M shares, 9.44%), Vanguard group (5.41M shares, 9.42%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (5.36M shares, 9.34%). Together, they hold 28.20% of Brighthouse Financial’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Brighthouse Financial?

Yes, BlackRock owns 9.44% of Brighthouse Financial, totaling 5.95M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 257.9M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -189K shares, a -3.08% change.

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

Sonic gp is Brighthouse Financial’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 10.59% of its assets in 100K Brighthouse Financial shares, valued at 4.8M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Brighthouse Financial shares?

Dodge & Cox Stock I is the top mutual fund holder of Brighthouse Financial shares, with 8.54% of its total shares outstanding invested in 5.07M Brighthouse Financial shares.

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