MetLife Ownership | Who Owns MetLife?

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MetLife Ownership Summary

MetLife is owned by 75.01% institutional investors, 16.35% insiders, and 8.63% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 10.92% of MET shares. Dodge & Cox Stock I is the top mutual fund, with 5.38% of its assets in MetLife shares.

MET Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	MetLife	75.01%	16.35%	8.63%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	493.55%	13.79%	-407.34%
Industry	Life Insurance Stocks	64.80%	12.08%	23.12%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	72.56M	10.92%	$5.73B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	51.79M	7.94%	$4.38B
Dodge & cox	48.43M	7.43%	$4.10B
Blackrock	47.52M	6.57%	$3.34B
Vanguard capital management	35.48M	5.44%	$3.00B
State street	25.34M	3.89%	$2.14B
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	21.28M	3.26%	$1.80B
Geode capital management	13.31M	2.04%	$1.14B
Morgan stanley	12.53M	1.92%	$1.06B
Pzena investment management	11.13M	1.71%	$941.79M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Cutler capital management	171.53K	3.77%	$14.51M
Pzena investment management	11.13M	2.76%	$941.79M
Lumbard & kellner	107.44K	2.76%	$9.09M
Aquila investment management	40.00K	2.63%	$2.81M
Wealthbridge investment counsel	112.22K	2.54%	$9.49M
Gillson capital lp	335.60K	2.40%	$27.64M
Fukoku mutual life insurance	444.94K	2.19%	$37.65M
Rba wealth management	70.55K	2.19%	$5.97M
Dodge & cox	48.43M	2.15%	$4.10B
Silver lake advisory	70.08K	2.12%	$5.93M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Vanguard group	72.56M	0.08%	7.81M
Norges bank	6.82M	0.06%	6.82M
Sixth street partners management company	3.88M	0.04%	3.88M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	5.81M	0.22%	2.71M
Morgan stanley	12.53M	0.06%	1.41M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Ameriprise financial	3.47M	0.06%	-3.29M
Dodge & cox	48.43M	2.15%	-2.68M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	21.28M	0.18%	-1.50M
Qube research	71.58K	0.01%	-1.30M
Diamond hill capital management	1.12M	0.76%	-1.23M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	6.82M	0.06%	6.82M	$577.01M
Sixth street partners management company	3.88M	0.04%	3.88M	$328.49M
Freestone grove partners lp	1.18M	0.64%	1.18M	$100.16M
Gillson capital lp	335.60K	2.40%	335.60K	$27.64M
Alyeska investment group	293.17K	0.06%	293.17K	$24.81M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Murphy & mullick capital management	-1.00
Kingdom financial group llc.	-1.00
Orion capital management	-1.00
Trunorth capital management	-3.00
Human investing	-3.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2026	1,496	4.40%	489,096,793	1.24%	75	1.42%	725	20.03%	492	-11.99%
Mar 31, 2026	895	-39.97%	172,965,066	-64.75%	26	0.48%	362	-46.29%	358	-32.71%
Dec 31, 2025	1,128	-20.56%	333,653,415	-30.76%	50	0.97%	486	-21.23%	422	-18.85%
Sep 30, 2025	1,369	-6.36%	475,984,419	-2.38%	70	1.34%	592	-13.58%	504	0.20%
Jun 30, 2025	1,432	-1.58%	485,798,576	0.54%	72	1.44%	669	-1.18%	497	-1.78%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Dodge & Cox Stock I	34.63M	5.38%	-2.97M
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	18.89M	2.77%	-260.82K
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest	17.42M	2.74%	49.56K
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	17.37M	2.70%	-274.17K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	17.37M	2.70%	-274.17K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	14.19M	2.23%	148.90K
Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Index Instl	11.84M	1.86%	-16.12K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	11.85M	1.84%	-172.08K
Vanguard Morn Mid Cap Index Instl	11.85M	1.84%	-172.08K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	7.29M	1.15%	11.62K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
May 12, 2025	PAPPAS BILL	EVP, Global Tech. & Ops.	Sell	$2.09M
Dec 13, 2024	DEBEL MARLENE	EVP & Chief Risk Officer	Sell	$1.89M
Dec 13, 2024	Khalaf Michel	President & CEO	Sell	$1.73M
Mar 18, 2024	PAPPAS BILL	EVP, Global Tech. & Ops.	Sell	$1.95M
Mar 13, 2024	TADROS RAMY	President, U.S. Business	Sell	$289.48K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q3	-	-
2026 Q2	-	-
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	-

MET Ownership FAQ

Who Owns MetLife?

MetLife shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 75.01%, followed by 16.35% insiders and 8.64% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in MetLife's industry, Life Insurance Stocks , is 64.80%, which MetLife exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of MetLife?

MetLife’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (72.56M shares, 10.92%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (51.79M shares, 7.94%), and Dodge & cox (48.43M shares, 7.43%). Together, they hold 26.29% of MetLife’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own MetLife?

Yes, BlackRock owns 6.57% of MetLife, totaling 47.52M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.08% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 3.34B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -1.004M shares, a -2.07% change.

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

Cutler capital management is MetLife’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 3.77% of its assets in 171.54K MetLife shares, valued at 14.51M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of MetLife shares?

Dodge & Cox Stock I is the top mutual fund holder of MetLife shares, with 5.38% of its total shares outstanding invested in 34.63M MetLife shares.

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