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
+13.44%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$342B
AUM Growth
+$342B
Cap. Flow
+$2.93B
Cap. Flow %
0.86%
Top 10 Hldgs %
12.11%
Holding
3,516
New
49
Increased
1,946
Reduced
1,245
Closed
104

Sector Composition

1 Technology 18.21%
2 Financials 17.12%
3 Industrials 13%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.26%
5 Healthcare 10.16%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
ABBV icon
26
AbbVie
ABBV
$372B
$1.24B 0.36% 8,018,252 +217,306 +3% +$33.7M
TSLA icon
27
Tesla
TSLA
$1.08T
$1.24B 0.36% 4,978,005 -194,298 -4% -$48.3M
PFE icon
28
Pfizer
PFE
$141B
$1.21B 0.35% 41,974,387 -3,264,945 -7% -$94M
BAC icon
29
Bank of America
BAC
$376B
$1.2B 0.35% 35,710,157 -1,633,247 -4% -$55M
INTC icon
30
Intel
INTC
$107B
$1.2B 0.35% 23,813,680 +353,808 +2% +$17.8M
PEP icon
31
PepsiCo
PEP
$204B
$1.13B 0.33% 6,644,059 +375,963 +6% +$63.9M
EQIX icon
32
Equinix
EQIX
$76.9B
$1.04B 0.3% 1,294,583 -6,733 -0.5% -$5.42M
ACN icon
33
Accenture
ACN
$162B
$933M 0.27% 2,658,707 +2,045 +0.1% +$718K
WFC icon
34
Wells Fargo
WFC
$263B
$932M 0.27% 18,941,772 +596,521 +3% +$29.4M
ADBE icon
35
Adobe
ADBE
$151B
$928M 0.27% 1,555,097 +121,934 +9% +$72.7M
TMO icon
36
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$186B
$908M 0.27% 1,710,166 -989 -0.1% -$525K
CSCO icon
37
Cisco
CSCO
$274B
$896M 0.26% 17,727,214 +3,989,543 +29% +$202M
KO icon
38
Coca-Cola
KO
$297B
$894M 0.26% 15,171,216 +814,779 +6% +$48M
ELV icon
39
Elevance Health
ELV
$71.8B
$877M 0.26% 1,860,723 +11,093 +0.6% +$5.23M
AMD icon
40
Advanced Micro Devices
AMD
$264B
$871M 0.25% 5,908,745 +202,138 +4% +$29.8M
BMY icon
41
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$96B
$870M 0.25% 16,959,807 +1,246,066 +8% +$63.9M
CAT icon
42
Caterpillar
CAT
$196B
$838M 0.24% 2,833,681 +131,755 +5% +$39M
COST icon
43
Costco
COST
$418B
$838M 0.24% 1,268,981 -208,877 -14% -$138M
GS icon
44
Goldman Sachs
GS
$226B
$831M 0.24% 2,154,945 -19,128 -0.9% -$7.38M
MS icon
45
Morgan Stanley
MS
$240B
$810M 0.24% 8,683,688 -508,544 -6% -$47.4M
QCOM icon
46
Qualcomm
QCOM
$173B
$810M 0.24% 5,597,479 +171,083 +3% +$24.7M
WMT icon
47
Walmart
WMT
$774B
$806M 0.24% 5,113,569 -130,110 -2% -$20.5M
UNP icon
48
Union Pacific
UNP
$133B
$800M 0.23% 3,256,086 +69,918 +2% +$17.2M
LIN icon
49
Linde
LIN
$224B
$799M 0.23% 1,945,422 -324,662 -14% -$133M
T icon
50
AT&T
T
$209B
$795M 0.23% 47,377,267 +1,137,792 +2% +$19.1M