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
+5.03%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$144B
AUM Growth
+$144B
Cap. Flow
+$6.3B
Cap. Flow %
4.38%
Top 10 Hldgs %
8.41%
Holding
3,651
New
56
Increased
2,291
Reduced
889
Closed
60

Sector Composition

1 Financials 17.59%
2 Industrials 12.94%
3 Energy 12.15%
4 Technology 10.65%
5 Consumer Discretionary 8.44%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
WTS icon
351
Watts Water Technologies
WTS
$9.33B
$91.2M 0.06%
1,477,976
-151,303
-9% -$9.34M
HAL icon
352
Halliburton
HAL
$19.2B
$90.8M 0.06%
1,278,416
+114,968
+10% +$8.16M
AF
353
DELISTED
Astoria Financial Corporation
AF
$90.7M 0.06%
6,744,554
+256,728
+4% +$3.45M
PAC icon
354
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico
PAC
$12.2B
$89.6M 0.06%
1,324,598
-2,048
-0.2% -$138K
PNFP icon
355
Pinnacle Financial Partners
PNFP
$7.62B
$89.2M 0.06%
2,259,200
-23,275
-1% -$919K
EXXI
356
DELISTED
ENERGY XXI LTD COM SHS
EXXI
$89M 0.06%
3,768,217
+1,356,706
+56% +$32.1M
SCHL icon
357
Scholastic
SCHL
$673M
$88.9M 0.06%
2,609,242
+46,926
+2% +$1.6M
AOL
358
DELISTED
AOL INC COMMON STOCK
AOL
$88.6M 0.06%
2,228,004
+18,138
+0.8% +$722K
PFS icon
359
Provident Financial Services
PFS
$2.61B
$88.6M 0.06%
5,117,493
+50,963
+1% +$883K
OMG
360
DELISTED
OM GROUP INC.
OMG
$88.6M 0.06%
2,730,514
+25,875
+1% +$839K
UGI icon
361
UGI
UGI
$7.36B
$88.5M 0.06%
1,752,162
+114,582
+7% +$5.79M
CL icon
362
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
$67.3B
$88.1M 0.06%
1,292,659
+219,990
+21% +$15M
VMC icon
363
Vulcan Materials
VMC
$38.6B
$87.9M 0.06%
1,378,478
-40,453
-3% -$2.58M
FTR
364
DELISTED
Frontier Communications Corp.
FTR
$87.9M 0.06%
15,044,955
+1,188,661
+9% +$6.94M
ASB icon
365
Associated Banc-Corp
ASB
$4.4B
$87.8M 0.06%
4,857,821
+492,906
+11% +$8.91M
BIIB icon
366
Biogen
BIIB
$21B
$87.8M 0.06%
278,279
+9,065
+3% +$2.86M
PARA
367
DELISTED
Paramount Global Class B
PARA
$87.7M 0.06%
1,411,730
+19,841
+1% +$1.23M
AGCO icon
368
AGCO
AGCO
$7.98B
$87.6M 0.06%
1,558,965
+73,451
+5% +$4.13M
DNR
369
DELISTED
Denbury Resources, Inc.
DNR
$87.2M 0.06%
4,723,363
+835,479
+21% +$15.4M
ODP icon
370
ODP
ODP
$624M
$87.2M 0.06%
15,323,100
+1,177,541
+8% +$6.7M
AVNT icon
371
Avient
AVNT
$3.37B
$86.7M 0.06%
2,057,504
-20,208
-1% -$852K
OLN icon
372
Olin
OLN
$2.7B
$86.6M 0.06%
3,216,952
+867,539
+37% +$23.4M
UDR icon
373
UDR
UDR
$12.7B
$86.5M 0.06%
3,021,546
+147,362
+5% +$4.22M
SHLM
374
DELISTED
Schulman (A.) Inc
SHLM
$86.1M 0.06%
2,223,770
+51,497
+2% +$1.99M
CEO
375
DELISTED
CNOOC Limited
CEO
$85.9M 0.06%
479,313
+70,165
+17% +$12.6M