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
-2.48%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$141B
AUM Growth
+$141B
Cap. Flow
+$2.98B
Cap. Flow %
2.11%
Top 10 Hldgs %
8.91%
Holding
3,625
New
34
Increased
1,928
Reduced
1,256
Closed
82

Top Buys

1
XOM icon
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$202M
2
T icon
AT&T
T
$140M
3
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
$127M
4
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
$86.6M
5
CVX icon
Chevron
CVX
$75.9M

Sector Composition

1 Financials 17.59%
2 Industrials 12.74%
3 Energy 11.68%
4 Technology 10.9%
5 Healthcare 8.59%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
TWC
26
DELISTED
TIME WARNER CABLE INC NEW COM STK
TWC
$494M 0.35% 3,442,789 -429 -0% -$61.6K
PBR icon
27
Petrobras
PBR
$79.9B
$468M 0.33% 32,957,909 -187,892 -0.6% -$2.67M
CX icon
28
Cemex
CX
$13.2B
$462M 0.33% 35,434,317 -705,854 -2% -$9.2M
MDLZ icon
29
Mondelez International
MDLZ
$79.5B
$451M 0.32% 13,147,941 -637,889 -5% -$21.9M
HSBC icon
30
HSBC
HSBC
$224B
$447M 0.32% 8,790,062 -106,107 -1% -$5.4M
JNJ icon
31
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
$441M 0.31% 4,133,441 +249,099 +6% +$26.6M
VZ icon
32
Verizon
VZ
$186B
$436M 0.31% 8,725,894 +297,041 +4% +$14.8M
PSX icon
33
Phillips 66
PSX
$54B
$425M 0.3% 5,221,246 -316,272 -6% -$25.7M
AIG icon
34
American International
AIG
$45.1B
$419M 0.3% 7,748,352 -1,905,106 -20% -$103M
ESRX
35
DELISTED
Express Scripts Holding Company
ESRX
$400M 0.28% 5,667,765 -29,520 -0.5% -$2.09M
FMX icon
36
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
$30.1B
$393M 0.28% 4,264,550 +88,831 +2% +$8.18M
ELV icon
37
Elevance Health
ELV
$71.8B
$379M 0.27% 3,170,643 -2,688 -0.1% -$322K
TMO icon
38
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$186B
$372M 0.26% 3,057,037 -427,429 -12% -$52M
NSC icon
39
Norfolk Southern
NSC
$62.8B
$369M 0.26% 3,304,725 +60,399 +2% +$6.74M
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40
Goldman Sachs
GS
$226B
$367M 0.26% 2,001,507 +127,312 +7% +$23.4M
MS icon
41
Morgan Stanley
MS
$240B
$348M 0.25% 10,061,392 -1,105,347 -10% -$38.2M
CMCSK
42
DELISTED
COMCAST CORP SPL A (NEW)
CMCSK
$347M 0.25% 6,493,139 +1,110 +0% +$59.4K
CSX icon
43
CSX Corp
CSX
$60.6B
$345M 0.24% 10,763,365 +230,616 +2% +$7.39M
GOOG icon
44
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
$335M 0.24% 573,883 -5,959 -1% -$3.47M
COF icon
45
Capital One
COF
$145B
$328M 0.23% 4,018,652 -108,640 -3% -$8.87M
APA icon
46
APA Corp
APA
$8.31B
$323M 0.23% 3,442,662 +25,142 +0.7% +$2.36M
MET icon
47
MetLife
MET
$54.1B
$315M 0.22% 5,868,651 -1,481,650 -20% -$79.6M
CNO icon
48
CNO Financial Group
CNO
$3.83B
$313M 0.22% 18,448,271 -181,821 -1% -$3.08M
MU icon
49
Micron Technology
MU
$133B
$313M 0.22% 9,125,089 +51,666 +0.6% +$1.77M
AET
50
DELISTED
Aetna Inc
AET
$307M 0.22% 3,794,816 +3,312 +0.1% +$268K