Dimensional Fund Advisors

Dimensional Fund Advisors Portfolio holdings

AUM $432B
1-Year Return 19.15%
 

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
-3.58%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$260B
AUM Growth
-$18.3B
Cap. Flow
-$1.19B
Cap. Flow %
-0.46%
Top 10 Hldgs %
10.56%
Holding
3,606
New
143
Increased
1,920
Reduced
1,330
Closed
119

Sector Composition

1 Financials 17.74%
2 Technology 15.29%
3 Industrials 12.37%
4 Healthcare 11.81%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.98%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
HURN icon
651
Huron Consulting
HURN
$2.36B
$106M 0.04%
1,598,091
-17,937
-1% -$1.19M
USFD icon
652
US Foods
USFD
$17.5B
$106M 0.04%
4,003,693
-4,568
-0.1% -$121K
UCB
653
United Community Banks, Inc.
UCB
$3.95B
$106M 0.04%
3,194,501
+39,164
+1% +$1.3M
TTEK icon
654
Tetra Tech
TTEK
$9.37B
$105M 0.04%
4,103,320
-212,685
-5% -$5.47M
ST icon
655
Sensata Technologies
ST
$4.59B
$105M 0.04%
2,823,285
+14,520
+0.5% +$541K
COOP icon
656
Mr. Cooper
COOP
$14B
$105M 0.04%
2,598,342
-26,885
-1% -$1.09M
AM icon
657
Antero Midstream
AM
$8.79B
$105M 0.04%
11,431,853
+366,163
+3% +$3.36M
ISRG icon
658
Intuitive Surgical
ISRG
$161B
$104M 0.04%
557,298
+7,484
+1% +$1.4M
UNF icon
659
Unifirst Corp
UNF
$3.17B
$104M 0.04%
620,311
+4,182
+0.7% +$704K
TTMI icon
660
TTM Technologies
TTMI
$5.11B
$104M 0.04%
7,895,709
+395
+0% +$5.21K
FRT icon
661
Federal Realty Investment Trust
FRT
$8.67B
$104M 0.04%
1,154,479
+27,362
+2% +$2.47M
DRI icon
662
Darden Restaurants
DRI
$24.7B
$104M 0.04%
822,996
+8,997
+1% +$1.14M
MTRN icon
663
Materion
MTRN
$2.29B
$104M 0.04%
1,298,369
+4,519
+0.3% +$362K
GEF icon
664
Greif
GEF
$3.54B
$104M 0.04%
1,741,682
+12,319
+0.7% +$734K
FR icon
665
First Industrial Realty Trust
FR
$6.77B
$104M 0.04%
2,311,636
-106,523
-4% -$4.77M
J icon
666
Jacobs Solutions
J
$17.3B
$103M 0.04%
1,152,677
-49,148
-4% -$4.41M
A icon
667
Agilent Technologies
A
$35.2B
$103M 0.04%
846,345
-23,567
-3% -$2.86M
SLGN icon
668
Silgan Holdings
SLGN
$4.71B
$103M 0.04%
2,446,692
+76,584
+3% +$3.22M
NWSA icon
669
News Corp Class A
NWSA
$16.2B
$103M 0.04%
6,801,961
+477,212
+8% +$7.21M
CALX icon
670
Calix
CALX
$4.11B
$103M 0.04%
1,679,827
+347
+0% +$21.2K
MAN icon
671
ManpowerGroup
MAN
$1.75B
$103M 0.04%
1,585,783
+90,580
+6% +$5.86M
FSS icon
672
Federal Signal
FSS
$7.65B
$103M 0.04%
2,748,407
-8,256
-0.3% -$308K
IOSP icon
673
Innospec
IOSP
$2.06B
$103M 0.04%
1,197,212
+6,181
+0.5% +$530K
SEM icon
674
Select Medical
SEM
$1.54B
$103M 0.04%
8,609,850
+45,126
+0.5% +$537K
MSI icon
675
Motorola Solutions
MSI
$80.3B
$103M 0.04%
457,658
-49,916
-10% -$11.2M