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
-0.63%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$325B
AUM Growth
+$325B
Cap. Flow
+$5.28B
Cap. Flow %
1.63%
Top 10 Hldgs %
10.62%
Holding
3,635
New
98
Increased
2,071
Reduced
1,162
Closed
123
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
SHLS icon
3551
Shoals Technologies Group
SHLS
$1.09B
-17,433 Closed -$424K
SKM icon
3552
SK Telecom
SKM
$8.27B
-8,652 Closed -$231K
SNOA icon
3553
Sonoma Pharmaceuticals
SNOA
$7.31M
-15,006 Closed -$68K
SPT icon
3554
Sprout Social
SPT
$929M
-8,547 Closed -$775K
STEP icon
3555
StepStone Group
STEP
$4.87B
-70,579 Closed -$2.93M
TAL icon
3556
TAL Education Group
TAL
$6.46B
-81,686 Closed -$321K
TAP.A icon
3557
Molson Coors Class A
TAP.A
$10.7B
-4,112 Closed -$238K
UBX
3558
DELISTED
Unity Biotechnology
UBX
-36,171 Closed -$53K
UUU icon
3559
Universal Safety Products, Inc.
UUU
$7.63M
-11,524 Closed -$39K
VEON icon
3560
VEON
VEON
$4.05B
-4,360,987 Closed -$7.46M
VERU icon
3561
Veru
VERU
$47.6M
-111,767 Closed -$658K
VRM icon
3562
Vroom, Inc. Common Stock
VRM
$148M
-17,944 Closed -$194K
WINT
3563
DELISTED
Windtree Therapeutics
WINT
-12,906 Closed -$21K
XAIR icon
3564
Beyond Air
XAIR
$11.6M
-13,567 Closed -$128K
XBIO icon
3565
Xenetic Biosciences
XBIO
$4.4M
-48,755 Closed -$63K
XCUR icon
3566
Exicure
XCUR
$35.4M
-49,310 Closed -$10K
XIN
3567
Xinyuan Real Estate
XIN
$13.9M
-224,717 Closed -$141K
XP icon
3568
XP
XP
$9.56B
-10,537 Closed -$303K
YCBD icon
3569
cbdMD
YCBD
$6.59M
-38,282 Closed -$41K
ZIM icon
3570
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
ZIM
$1.64B
-9,112 Closed -$536K
BNT
3571
Brookfield Wealth Solutions Ltd.
BNT
$18.7B
-3,329 Closed -$208K
ENG
3572
DELISTED
ENGlobal Corp
ENG
-31,625 Closed -$42K
OPGN
3573
DELISTED
OpGen, Inc
OPGN
-53,612 Closed -$54K
NURO
3574
DELISTED
NeuroMetrix, Inc. Common Stock
NURO
-50,975 Closed -$256K
AFIB
3575
DELISTED
Acutus Medical, Inc. Common Stock
AFIB
-10,916 Closed -$37K