MFA Financial Ownership | Who Owns MFA Financial?

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MFA Financial Ownership Summary

MFA Financial is owned by 12.44% institutional investors, 0.92% insiders, and 86.65% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.41% of MFA shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.16% of its assets in MFA Financial shares.

MFA Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	MFA Financial	12.44%	0.92%	86.65%
Sector	Real Estate Stocks	42.56%	9.05%	48.39%
Industry	Mortgage REIT Stocks	26.66%	5.00%	68.34%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	9.76M	9.41%	$90.84M
Blackrock	9.55M	9.26%	$101.61M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	9.41M	9.07%	$87.56M
Balyasny asset management	2.82M	2.72%	$26.68M
Geode capital management	2.50M	2.41%	$23.24M
State street	2.45M	2.36%	$23.36M
Wolverine asset management	1.65M	1.59%	$15.39M
Invesco	1.62M	1.57%	$14.93M
Charles schwab investment management	1.46M	1.41%	$13.57B
Mirae asset global etfs	1.29M	1.24%	$11.82M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Emg	1.06M	3.67%	$9.76M
Gratia capital	225.47K	1.49%	$2.07M
Delphi financial group	144.00K	0.67%	$1.34M
Family asset management	74.17K	0.51%	$789.19K
Capital square	42.62K	0.20%	$396.82K
America first investment advisors	103.22K	0.17%	$961.02K
Almitas capital	77.44K	0.16%	$711.67K
Entrypoint capital	35.27K	0.13%	$328.33K
Wolverine asset management	1.65M	0.12%	$15.39M
Dark forest capital management lp	291.98K	0.11%	$2.76M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Balyasny asset management	2.82M	0.04%	977.82K
Two sigma investments, lp	778.02K	0.01%	411.13K
Norges bank	349.76K	0.00%	349.76K
Goldman sachs group	718.94K	0.00%	308.49K
Jane street group	467.49K	0.00%	270.40K

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
Citigroup	365.03K	0.00%	-980.53K
Mirae asset global investments	-	-	-821.02K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	349.76K	0.00%	349.76K	$3.56M
Simplify asset management	202.50K	0.03%	202.50K	$1.89M
Jennison associates	72.86K	0.00%	72.86K	$678.28K
Gsa capital partners llp	66.08K	0.05%	66.08K	$615.00K
Schonfeld strategic advisors	46.85K	0.00%	46.85K	$430.53K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Financial life planners	-3.00
Geowealth management	-9.00
First manhattan co. llc.	-15.00
Innealta capital	-28.00
Signaturefd	-30.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	64	-70.64%	12,892,983	-75.48%	12	0.48%	35	-71.77%	16	-67.35%
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	-

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	3.23M	3.16%	24.26K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	3.14M	3.06%	-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	2.55M	2.50%	288.04K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	2.32M	2.27%	-3.42K
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	1.49M	1.46%	-12.57K
Invesco KBW High Dividend Yld Fincl ETF	1.47M	1.44%	5.48K
iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF	1.29M	1.26%	-170.73K

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 12.44%, followed by 0.92% insiders and 86.64% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in MFA Financial's industry, Mortgage REIT Stocks, is 26.66%, which MFA Financial falls below.

Who owns the most shares of MFA Financial?

MFA Financial’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (9.76M shares, 9.41%), Blackrock (9.55M shares, 9.26%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (9.41M shares, 9.07%). Together, they hold 27.74% 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 3.16% of its total shares outstanding invested in 3.23M MFA Financial shares.

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