Dimensional Fund Advisors

Dimensional Fund Advisors Portfolio holdings

AUM $432B
 

Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), founded in 1981 by David Booth and Rex Sinquefield and headquartered in Austin, Texas, is an investment management firm renowned for its evidence-based, low-cost approach to investing, grounded in academic research from Nobel laureates like Eugene Fama and Kenneth French. Managing hundreds of billions in assets, DFA focuses on systematic, passive strategies that tilt toward factors like small-cap, value, and profitability stocks, primarily through mutual funds and institutional portfolios rather than retail brokerage services. The firm’s philosophy eschews market timing and stock picking, instead emphasizing diversification and efficient market exposure, often requiring investors to access its funds through approved financial advisors. With a global presence and a reputation for disciplined, data-driven investing, DFA has carved a unique niche in the industry, blending academic rigor with practical application.

This Quarter Return
+10.27%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$369B
AUM Growth
+$369B
Cap. Flow
+$1.27B
Cap. Flow %
0.35%
Top 10 Hldgs %
13.34%
Holding
3,470
New
58
Increased
1,819
Reduced
1,328
Closed
83

Top Buys

1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
$1.06B
2
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
$625M
3
WMT icon
Walmart
WMT
$616M
4
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
$201M
5
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
$192M

Sector Composition

1 Technology 18.69%
2 Financials 17.09%
3 Industrials 13.06%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.1%
5 Healthcare 10.13%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
MIST icon
3301
Milestone Pharmaceuticals
MIST
$156M
$70.6K ﹤0.01% 39,450 -34,254 -46% -$61.3K
FKWL icon
3302
Franklin Wireless
FKWL
$52.3M
$70.3K ﹤0.01% 23,499
CBIO
3303
Crescent Biopharma, Inc. Common Stock
CBIO
$200M
$69.5K ﹤0.01% +23,156 New +$69.5K
DTST icon
3304
Data Storage Corp
DTST
$33M
$69.2K ﹤0.01% +12,098 New +$69.2K
TKNO icon
3305
Alpha Teknova
TKNO
$231M
$69.2K ﹤0.01% 27,351 -192 -0.7% -$486
VRCA icon
3306
Verrica Pharmaceuticals
VRCA
$52.8M
$69K ﹤0.01% 11,654
BRFS icon
3307
BRF SA
BRFS
$6.12B
$68.1K ﹤0.01% 20,893 +1,062 +5% +$3.46K
VERI icon
3308
Veritone
VERI
$169M
$68.1K ﹤0.01% 12,947 -12 -0.1% -$63
MEIP icon
3309
MEI Pharma
MEIP
$160M
$67.8K ﹤0.01% 16,962 +6,016 +55% +$24.1K
PRLD icon
3310
Prelude Therapeutics
PRLD
$68.5M
$67.8K ﹤0.01% 14,305
SPCE icon
3311
Virgin Galactic
SPCE
$179M
$66.2K ﹤0.01% 44,736 -4,660 -9% -$6.9K
ANIX icon
3312
Anixa Biosciences
ANIX
$96.3M
$66.1K ﹤0.01% 21,177
VTYX icon
3313
Ventyx Biosciences
VTYX
$171M
$66.1K ﹤0.01% 12,010 -5,013 -29% -$27.6K
ASRT icon
3314
Assertio
ASRT
$80.4M
$63.3K ﹤0.01% 65,997
ARTW icon
3315
Arts-Way Manufacturing Co
ARTW
$16.1M
$63.1K ﹤0.01% 30,943 -1,256 -4% -$2.56K
SURG icon
3316
SurgePays
SURG
$53.3M
$62.9K ﹤0.01% 16,333 +5,901 +57% +$22.7K
PNBK icon
3317
Patriot National Bancorp
PNBK
$157M
$62.1K ﹤0.01% 16,980
BMTX
3318
DELISTED
BM Technologies, Inc.
BMTX
$61.3K ﹤0.01% 37,122 -91 -0.2% -$150
SOPH icon
3319
SOPHiA GENETICS
SOPH
$234M
$60.9K ﹤0.01% +12,354 New +$60.9K
ORMP icon
3320
Oramed Pharmaceuticals
ORMP
$90.2M
$60.4K ﹤0.01% +20,696 New +$60.4K
LCTX icon
3321
Lineage Cell Therapeutics
LCTX
$267M
$59.9K ﹤0.01% 40,449
IAUX
3322
i-80 Gold Corp
IAUX
$653M
$59.7K ﹤0.01% +44,547 New +$59.7K
VOR icon
3323
Vor Biopharma
VOR
$250M
$59.1K ﹤0.01% 24,919 +4,433 +22% +$10.5K
SYPR icon
3324
Sypris Solutions
SYPR
$44.4M
$58.3K ﹤0.01% 36,695 -15,337 -29% -$24.4K
PMCB icon
3325
PharmaCyte Biotech
PMCB
$6.45M
$58.2K ﹤0.01% 24,563 -4,744 -16% -$11.2K