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
+9.65%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$274B
AUM Growth
+$274B
Cap. Flow
-$3.37B
Cap. Flow %
-1.23%
Top 10 Hldgs %
10.53%
Holding
3,465
New
48
Increased
1,292
Reduced
1,826
Closed
86

Sector Composition

1 Financials 18.98%
2 Technology 14.1%
3 Industrials 13.05%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.58%
5 Healthcare 10.03%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
UNH icon
26
UnitedHealth
UNH
$281B
$887M 0.32% 3,018,134 -75,434 -2% -$22.2M
GOOG icon
27
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
$885M 0.32% 661,972 -2,083 -0.3% -$2.79M
GOOGL icon
28
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$2.57T
$880M 0.32% 656,739 -540 -0.1% -$723K
CCI icon
29
Crown Castle
CCI
$43.2B
$876M 0.32% 6,159,255 -28,770 -0.5% -$4.09M
ELV icon
30
Elevance Health
ELV
$71.8B
$872M 0.32% 2,886,910 -14,794 -0.5% -$4.47M
CSCO icon
31
Cisco
CSCO
$274B
$871M 0.32% 18,164,932 -1,834,849 -9% -$88M
TSM icon
32
TSMC
TSM
$1.2T
$841M 0.31% 14,480,102 -342,975 -2% -$19.9M
PLD icon
33
Prologis
PLD
$106B
$839M 0.31% 9,407,026 -47,070 -0.5% -$4.2M
TMO icon
34
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$186B
$825M 0.3% 2,539,420 -15,645 -0.6% -$5.08M
RTX icon
35
RTX Corp
RTX
$212B
$823M 0.3% 5,494,346 +42,218 +0.8% +$6.32M
MRK icon
36
Merck
MRK
$210B
$819M 0.3% 9,003,431 +257,378 +3% +$23.4M
PG icon
37
Procter & Gamble
PG
$368B
$812M 0.3% 6,498,381 +4,124 +0.1% +$515K
COP icon
38
ConocoPhillips
COP
$124B
$783M 0.29% 12,037,097 +30,197 +0.3% +$1.96M
EQIX icon
39
Equinix
EQIX
$76.9B
$741M 0.27% 1,270,167 +1,986 +0.2% +$1.16M
CI icon
40
Cigna
CI
$80.3B
$727M 0.27% 3,556,618 -251,783 -7% -$51.5M
MU icon
41
Micron Technology
MU
$133B
$725M 0.26% 13,481,538 -432,919 -3% -$23.3M
SPG icon
42
Simon Property Group
SPG
$59B
$683M 0.25% 4,585,309 -27,496 -0.6% -$4.1M
PEP icon
43
PepsiCo
PEP
$204B
$679M 0.25% 4,969,814 +23,435 +0.5% +$3.2M
KO icon
44
Coca-Cola
KO
$297B
$644M 0.23% 11,635,591 +496,512 +4% +$27.5M
HD icon
45
Home Depot
HD
$405B
$642M 0.23% 2,941,373 -35,552 -1% -$7.76M
GS icon
46
Goldman Sachs
GS
$226B
$625M 0.23% 2,717,501 -37,202 -1% -$8.55M
UNP icon
47
Union Pacific
UNP
$133B
$603M 0.22% 3,336,165 -296 -0% -$53.5K
NSC icon
48
Norfolk Southern
NSC
$62.8B
$600M 0.22% 3,091,837 -10,936 -0.4% -$2.12M
BABA icon
49
Alibaba
BABA
$322B
$584M 0.21% 2,751,504 +235,279 +9% +$49.9M
AMGN icon
50
Amgen
AMGN
$155B
$581M 0.21% 2,409,425 +5,811 +0.2% +$1.4M