Aflac Incorporated (AFL) Ownership
AFL ownership summary
as of October 18, 2026- Institutions
- 60.0% of shares outstanding
- Insiders
- 10.87% of shares outstanding
- Shares outstanding
- 501.3M
- Float
- 497.0M shares available to trade
- Short interest
- 3.01% 11.6M shares short
- Days to cover
- 5.19 short interest up 5.8% vs prior month
- Institutions 59.98%
- Insiders 10.87%
- Other investors 29.15%
AFL top institutional holders
20 largest| # | Holder | % of shares | Shares | Value | Change | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd | 10.13% | 50.9M | $6.11B | −1.1M (−2.1%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 2 | BlackRock Inc | 6.95% | 34.9M | $4.19B | −1.3M (−3.6%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 3 | Vanguard Capital Management, LLC | 5.95% | 29.9M | $3.59B | −351,487 (−1.2%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 4 | Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC | 4.85% | 24.4M | $2.92B | +6.1M (+33.5%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 5 | State Street Corp | 4.68% | 23.5M | $2.82B | −86,826 (−0.4%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 6 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2.11% | 10.6M | $1.27B | −117,032 (−1.1%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 7 | Wells Fargo & Co | 1.72% | 8.6M | $1.04B | −1.9M (−18.1%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 8 | Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts | 1.60% | 8.0M | $964.6M | +139,262 (+1.8%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 9 | Northern Trust Corp | 1.25% | 6.3M | $753.8M | −267,968 (−4.1%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 10 | The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1.06% | 5.3M | $638.7M | +1.2M (+28.9%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 11 | UBS Asset Mgmt Americas Inc | 1.04% | 5.2M | $624.0M | +1.1M (+27.8%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 12 | Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. | 0.91% | 4.6M | $550.3M | +36,068 (+0.8%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 13 | Amvescap Plc. | 0.80% | 4.0M | $481.9M | −332,487 (−7.6%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 14 | Legal & General Group PLC | 0.69% | 3.5M | $414.0M | −359,938 (−9.4%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 15 | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 0.63% | 3.1M | $377.5M | −3,096 (−0.1%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 16 | Amundi | 0.56% | 2.8M | $338.5M | −446,684 (−13.7%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 17 | NORGES BANK | 0.55% | 2.8M | $331.0M | −1.1M (−27.6%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 18 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 0.54% | 2.7M | $324.7M | +23,362 (+0.9%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 19 | First Trust Advisors L.P. | 0.53% | 2.6M | $316.5M | −546,693 (−17.2%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 20 | Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 0.51% | 2.6M | $308.5M | −54,577 (−2.1%) | June 30, 2026 |
Value at the latest close. Change = shares bought or sold in the latest quarterly filing (13F). In the top 20, 6 holders added 8.6M shares and 14 cut 7.9M.
AFL top mutual fund and ETF holders
20 largest| # | Holder | % of shares | Shares | Value | Change | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest | 2.90% | 14.6M | $1.75B | −27,750 (−0.2%) | August 31, 2026 |
| 2 | Vanguard 500 Index Investor | 2.33% | 11.7M | $1.41B | −451,997 (−3.7%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 3 | Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Index Instl | 1.92% | 9.7M | $1.16B | −246,599 (−2.5%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 4 | Fidelity 500 Index | 1.18% | 5.9M | $713.4M | +22,832 (+0.4%) | August 31, 2026 |
| 5 | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.18% | 5.9M | $713.3M | −9,583 (−0.2%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 6 | State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF | 1.09% | 5.5M | $656.8M | — | September 30, 2026 |
| 7 | Vanguard MStar Value Index Investor | 0.86% | 4.3M | $515.4M | −80,096 (−1.8%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 8 | First Trust Rising Dividend Achiev ETF | 0.65% | 3.3M | $391.2M | +5,632 (+0.2%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 9 | State Street®FinSelSectSPDR®ETF | 0.60% | 3.0M | $362.3M | −19,118 (−0.6%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 10 | Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Value ETF | 0.56% | 2.8M | $338.0M | −148,569 (−5.0%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 11 | Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF | 0.50% | 2.5M | $302.9M | −68,644 (−2.6%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 12 | Vanguard Institutional Index I | 0.47% | 2.4M | $283.1M | −88,157 (−3.6%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 13 | Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF | 0.37% | 1.9M | $222.1M | +4,920 (+0.3%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 14 | Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF | 0.34% | 1.7M | $204.5M | −3,515 (−0.2%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 15 | State Street® SPDR® S&P® Dividend ETF | 0.31% | 1.6M | $188.1M | — | September 30, 2026 |
| 16 | ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats | 0.27% | 1.3M | $159.7M | — | September 30, 2026 |
| 17 | First Trust Capital Strength ETF | 0.24% | 1.2M | $146.9M | −777 (−0.1%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 18 | State Street® SPDR® Port S&P 500® ETF | 0.23% | 1.2M | $140.7M | −780 (−0.1%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 19 | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF USD Acc | 0.21% | 1.1M | $127.6M | +248 (+0.0%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 20 | iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF | 0.20% | 1.0M | $121.1M | −1,550 (−0.2%) | September 30, 2026 |
Funds report holdings monthly or quarterly; dates differ by fund.
AFL insider transactions
latest 20| Date | Name | Transaction | Price | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $113.24 | 86,155 | $9.8M |
| 2026-04-08 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $112.38 | 166,000 | $18.7M |
| 2026-04-07 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $110.45 | 24,200 | $2.7M |
| 2026-04-06 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $110.34 | 21,500 | $2.4M |
| 2026-04-02 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $110.20 | 20,100 | $2.2M |
| 2026-04-01 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $109.85 | 19,600 | $2.2M |
| 2026-03-25 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $107.03 | 14,200 | $1.5M |
| 2026-03-23 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $106.78 | 15,000 | $1.6M |
| 2026-03-23 | Ro Khanna | Buy | $106.55 | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $106.47 | 16,800 | $1.8M |
| 2026-03-19 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $107.41 | 10,100 | $1.1M |
| 2026-03-18 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $108.43 | 12,200 | $1.3M |
| 2026-03-17 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $109.77 | 15,700 | $1.7M |
| 2026-03-13 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $109.14 | 17,400 | $1.9M |
| 2026-03-12 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $109.60 | 17,900 | $2.0M |
| 2026-03-11 | Charles D Lake II | Sell | $109.93 | 15,590 | $1.7M |
| 2026-03-11 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $109.53 | 18,100 | $2.0M |
| 2026-03-10 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $110.47 | 19,000 | $2.1M |
| 2026-03-09 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $109.62 | 17,300 | $1.9M |
| 2026-03-06 | Post Holdings Co. Ltd. Japan | Sell | $110.77 | 19,100 | $2.1M |
Reported trades by company officers, directors and other filers (including disclosures by members of Congress where EODHD lists them). "—" where the filing gives no share count.
AFL shares outstanding
Year-end shares outstanding, adjusted for splits.
Who owns AFL
Institutional investors own 60.0% of Aflac's shares and insiders 10.87%. The largest holder is Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd with 10.13% of the shares (50.9M), as of June 30, 2026. Among the top 20 institutions, 6 added shares and 14 reduced their stake in the latest filings. Short interest is 3.01% of the float, or 5.19 days of average trading volume. The share count fell 40.8% since 2014.
Related: AFL analyst forecast, AFL key metrics, AFL dividend history. See the AFL stock overview for the latest quote and news.
AFL ownership FAQ
Who owns the most Aflac stock?
The largest shareholders of Aflac are Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (10.13%), BlackRock Inc (6.95%), Vanguard Capital Management, LLC (5.95%), Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC (4.85%), State Street Corp (4.68%).
What percentage of Aflac is owned by institutions?
Institutions hold 60.0% of Aflac's shares outstanding; insiders hold 10.87%.
Which funds own Aflac?
The largest fund holders of Aflac are Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest (2.90%), Vanguard 500 Index Investor (2.33%), Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Index Instl (1.92%), Fidelity 500 Index (1.18%), iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (1.18%).
What is Aflac's short interest?
11.6M shares of Aflac were sold short, 3.01% of the float; at the average daily volume it would take 5.19 days to cover.
Are insiders buying or selling Aflac?
Of the latest 20 reported insider transactions in Aflac (since March 6, 2026), 1 were purchases and 19 were sales.
How many shares of Aflac are outstanding?
Aflac has 501.3M shares outstanding, of which 497.0M are in the public float.