MFA Financial Ownership | Who Owns MFA Financial?

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MFA Financial Ownership Summary

MFA Financial is owned by 50.52% institutional investors, 1.95% insiders, and 47.53% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.41% of MFA shares. Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest is the top mutual fund, with 3.26% of its assets in MFA Financial shares.

MFA Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	MFA Financial	50.52%	1.95%	47.53%
Sector	Real Estate Stocks	73.63%	9.57%	16.80%
Industry	Mortgage REIT Stocks	53.22%	6.74%	40.04%

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	9.46M	9.12%	$91.67M
Vanguard capital management	4.52M	4.36%	$43.83M
Geode capital management	2.65M	2.55%	$25.65M
State street	2.58M	2.49%	$25.87M
Mirae asset global etfs	2.19M	2.11%	$21.19M
Invesco	1.78M	1.72%	$17.26M
Wolverine asset management	1.71M	1.65%	$16.56M
Sixth street partners management company	1.54M	1.48%	$14.90M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Emg	317.13K	2.45%	$3.07M
Longboard asset management, lp	11.15K	1.81%	$108.07K
Family asset management	74.17K	0.51%	$789.19K
Mariner investment group	210.00K	0.44%	$2.03M
Almitas capital	128.09K	0.30%	$1.24M
Capital square	40.44K	0.17%	$384.14K
Wolverine asset management	1.71M	0.15%	$16.56M
Dark forest capital management lp	291.98K	0.11%	$2.76M
Motiv8 investments	17.04K	0.08%	$156.55K
America first investment advisors	39.73K	0.07%	$384.94K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Sixth street partners management company	1.54M	0.00%	1.54M
First trust advisors lp	687.91K	0.00%	687.91K
Norges bank	349.76K	0.00%	349.76K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	9.46M	0.00%	271.71K
Ubs group	448.09K	0.00%	217.21K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Vaughan nelson investment management	-	-	-6.03M
Natixis advisors	-	-	-1.09M
Mirae asset global investments	-	-	-821.02K
Wellington management group llp	-	-	-720.46K
Nuveen asset management	315.19K	0.00%	-671.75K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Sixth street partners management company	1.54M	0.00%	1.54M	$14.90M
First trust advisors lp	687.91K	0.00%	687.91K	$6.67M
Norges bank	349.76K	0.00%	349.76K	$3.56M
Schonfeld strategic advisors	46.85K	0.00%	46.85K	$430.53K
Arete wealth advisors	25.29K	0.01%	25.29K	$245.03K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Dhjj financial advisors	-5.00
Kilter group	-6.00
Geowealth management	-9.00
First manhattan co. llc.	-15.00
Innealta capital	-28.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2026	216	-4.85%	52,382,508	3.05%	50	2.10%	103	-12.71%	61	10.91%
Mar 31, 2026	218	-0.46%	49,950,907	-4.07%	48	1.91%	113	4.63%	53	-24.29%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest	3.29M	3.26%	43.62K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	3.25M	3.20%	-3.37K
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	3.25M	3.20%	-3.37K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	3.14M	3.06%	-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	2.59M	2.57%	-46.08K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	2.33M	2.30%	5.31K
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
Invesco KBW High Dividend Yld Fincl ETF	1.52M	1.51%	-

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
2026 Q2	-	-
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q3	-	1
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-

MFA Ownership FAQ

Who Owns MFA Financial?

MFA Financial shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 50.52%, followed by 1.95% insiders and 47.53% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in MFA Financial's industry, Mortgage REIT Stocks, is 53.22%, 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 (9.46M shares, 9.12%). Together, they hold 27.79% 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 2.45% of its assets in 317.13K MFA Financial shares, valued at 3.07M$.

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

Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest is the top mutual fund holder of MFA Financial shares, with 3.26% of its total shares outstanding invested in 3.29M MFA Financial shares.

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