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
+14.03%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$251B
AUM Growth
+$251B
Cap. Flow
+$2.95B
Cap. Flow %
1.17%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.63%
Holding
3,518
New
70
Increased
1,943
Reduced
1,176
Closed
73

Sector Composition

1 Financials 18.19%
2 Technology 13.26%
3 Industrials 12.97%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.65%
5 Healthcare 9.94%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
COP icon
26
ConocoPhillips
COP
$124B
$788M 0.31% 11,800,476 +412,728 +4% +$27.5M
V icon
27
Visa
V
$683B
$779M 0.31% 4,986,581 -118,367 -2% -$18.5M
GOOG icon
28
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
$763M 0.3% 650,496 +1,071 +0.2% +$1.26M
ABT icon
29
Abbott
ABT
$231B
$758M 0.3% 9,486,955 -37,406 -0.4% -$2.99M
UNH icon
30
UnitedHealth
UNH
$281B
$758M 0.3% 3,065,835 +1,480 +0% +$366K
CHTR icon
31
Charter Communications
CHTR
$36.3B
$746M 0.3% 2,151,375 -32,357 -1% -$11.2M
GOOGL icon
32
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$2.57T
$742M 0.3% 630,721 +2,563 +0.4% +$3.02M
TMO icon
33
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$186B
$740M 0.29% 2,702,055 -4,271 -0.2% -$1.17M
HD icon
34
Home Depot
HD
$405B
$711M 0.28% 3,706,964 +37,833 +1% +$7.26M
MA icon
35
Mastercard
MA
$538B
$706M 0.28% 2,999,308 +35,287 +1% +$8.31M
RTX icon
36
RTX Corp
RTX
$212B
$704M 0.28% 5,459,155 +1,075,481 +25% +$139M
CVS icon
37
CVS Health
CVS
$92.8B
$697M 0.28% 12,915,464 -875,289 -6% -$47.2M
PG icon
38
Procter & Gamble
PG
$368B
$695M 0.28% 6,681,864 -9,306 -0.1% -$968K
PLD icon
39
Prologis
PLD
$106B
$678M 0.27% 9,429,108 +10,366 +0.1% +$746K
BP icon
40
BP
BP
$90.8B
$660M 0.26% 15,086,863 -1,931,672 -11% -$84.5M
GS icon
41
Goldman Sachs
GS
$226B
$596M 0.24% 3,104,761 -7,287 -0.2% -$1.4M
TSM icon
42
TSMC
TSM
$1.2T
$595M 0.24% 14,517,855 -23,824 -0.2% -$976K
MRK icon
43
Merck
MRK
$210B
$590M 0.23% 7,089,197 +369,456 +5% +$30.7M
NSC icon
44
Norfolk Southern
NSC
$62.8B
$589M 0.23% 3,153,389 -57,504 -2% -$10.7M
CI icon
45
Cigna
CI
$80.3B
$582M 0.23% 3,617,725 +78,403 +2% +$12.6M
MU icon
46
Micron Technology
MU
$133B
$563M 0.22% 13,620,725 +50,656 +0.4% +$2.09M
EQIX icon
47
Equinix
EQIX
$76.9B
$553M 0.22% 1,221,355 +23,063 +2% +$10.5M
GM icon
48
General Motors
GM
$55.8B
$553M 0.22% 14,913,922 -19,941 -0.1% -$740K
UNP icon
49
Union Pacific
UNP
$133B
$552M 0.22% 3,299,472 -125,599 -4% -$21M
PEP icon
50
PepsiCo
PEP
$204B
$550M 0.22% 4,491,903 +56,486 +1% +$6.92M