MFA Financial Ownership | Who Owns MFA Financial?

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MFA Financial Ownership Summary

MFA Financial is owned by 18.49% institutional investors, 0.92% insiders, and 80.59% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.63% of MFA shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.17% of its assets in MFA Financial shares.

MFA Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	MFA Financial	18.49%	0.92%	80.59%
Sector	Real Estate Stocks	49.33%	9.10%	41.57%
Industry	Mortgage REIT Stocks	32.29%	4.95%	62.75%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	9.98M	9.63%	$91.76M
Blackrock	9.55M	9.26%	$101.61M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	9.26M	8.93%	$85.07M
Balyasny asset management	2.82M	2.72%	$26.68M
Geode capital management	2.50M	2.41%	$22.94M
State street	2.45M	2.36%	$23.36M
Invesco	1.62M	1.57%	$14.93M
Charles schwab investment management	1.55M	1.50%	$14.25M
Wolverine asset management	1.51M	1.46%	$13.91M
Citigroup	1.35M	1.30%	$12.37M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Emg	1.06M	3.67%	$9.76M
Graniteshares advisors	303.46K	1.61%	$2.79M
Gratia capital	225.47K	1.49%	$2.07M
Delphi financial group	144.00K	0.74%	$1.32M
Family asset management	74.17K	0.51%	$789.19K
Capital square	44.20K	0.22%	$413.67K
America first investment advisors	103.22K	0.18%	$948.64K
Almitas capital	77.44K	0.16%	$711.67K
Entrypoint capital	35.27K	0.13%	$324.10K
Dark forest capital management lp	291.98K	0.11%	$2.76M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Citigroup	1.35M	0.01%	1.10M
Balyasny asset management	2.82M	0.04%	977.82K
Wolverine asset management	1.51M	0.10%	552.52K
Two sigma investments, lp	778.02K	0.01%	411.13K
Norges bank	349.76K	0.00%	349.76K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Vaughan nelson investment management	-	-	-6.03M
Wellington management group llp	608.19K	0.00%	-2.87M
Natixis advisors	-	-	-1.09M
Mirae asset global investments	-	-	-821.02K
Nuveen asset management	315.19K	0.00%	-671.75K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	349.76K	0.00%	349.76K	$3.56M
Schonfeld strategic advisors	46.85K	0.00%	46.85K	$430.53K
Marshall wace, llp	45.41K	0.00%	45.41K	$417.35K
Xtx topco	34.70K	0.02%	34.70K	$318.87K
Cerity partners	33.85K	0.00%	33.85K	$311.05K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Geowealth management	-9.00
First manhattan co. llc.	-15.00
Innealta capital	-28.00
Signaturefd	-30.00
Stephens consulting	-35.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	79	-57.98%	19,178,106	-64.98%	18	0.66%	44	-56.86%	17	-64.58%
Jun 30, 2025	196	-1.01%	57,073,240	-5.08%	55	1.64%	105	1.94%	52	-1.89%
Mar 31, 2025	196	-1.01%	60,035,212	-6.84%	57	1.50%	101	-4.72%	53	10.42%
Dec 31, 2024	185	-4.15%	61,339,217	-6.24%	59	1.49%	95	-6.86%	48	-
Sep 30, 2024	192	10.34%	65,420,223	4.15%	63	1.70%	102	9.68%	48	17.07%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	3.25M	3.17%	-66.12K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	3.14M	3.06%	-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	2.54M	2.48%	-
Vanguard Small Cap Index	2.49M	2.43%	-16.49K
Natixis Vaughan Nelson Small Cap A	2.07M	2.02%	287.74K
Fuh Hwa FTSE Mortgage REITs ETF	2.05M	2.00%	209.52K
Natixis Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value A	1.79M	1.74%	33.98K
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	1.61M	1.57%	8.48K
Invesco KBW High Dividend Yld Fincl ETF	1.49M	1.45%	-
iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF	1.31M	1.28%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Sep 15, 2025	Lin Mei	Sr. VP & Co-Controller	Sell	$28.03K
Jan 09, 2023	STARWOOD CAPITAL GROUP GLOBAL II, L.P.	-	Sell	$102.63M
Jan 06, 2023	STARWOOD CAPITAL GROUP GLOBAL II, L.P.	-	Sell	$4.72M
Sep 14, 2022	Yarad Stephen D.	Chief Financial Officer	Buy	$24.57K
Sep 15, 2022	Wulfsohn Bryan	SVP & Co-Chief Invest. Ofcr	Buy	$32.25K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q3	-	1
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q3	-	-
2024 Q2	-	-

MFA Ownership FAQ

Who Owns MFA Financial?

MFA Financial shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 18.49%, followed by 0.92% insiders and 80.59% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in MFA Financial's industry, Mortgage REIT Stocks, is 32.29%, which MFA Financial falls below.

Who owns the most shares of MFA Financial?

MFA Financial’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (9.98M shares, 9.63%), Blackrock (9.55M shares, 9.26%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (9.26M shares, 8.93%). Together, they hold 27.81% of MFA Financial’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own MFA Financial?

Yes, BlackRock owns 9.26% of MFA Financial, totaling 9.55M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 101.61M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 142.18K shares, a 1.51% change.

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

Emg is MFA Financial’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 3.67% of its assets in 1.06M MFA Financial shares, valued at 9.76M$.

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

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of MFA Financial shares, with 3.17% of its total shares outstanding invested in 3.25M MFA Financial shares.

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