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
+3.16%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$167B
AUM Growth
+$6.62B
Cap. Flow
+$4.56B
Cap. Flow %
2.73%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9%
Holding
3,387
New
58
Increased
2,018
Reduced
918
Closed
88

Top Buys

1
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$277M
2
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$169M
3
QCOM icon
Qualcomm
QCOM
+$159M
4
C icon
Citigroup
C
+$130M
5
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$116M

Sector Composition

1 Financials 17.43%
2 Industrials 13.68%
3 Technology 12.18%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.79%
5 Healthcare 9.03%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
ECL icon
676
Ecolab
ECL
$76.3B
$64.1M 0.04%
574,689
+13,565
+2% +$1.51M
SSB icon
677
SouthState Bank Corporation
SSB
$10.3B
$64.1M 0.04%
997,547
+58,059
+6% +$3.73M
NFX
678
DELISTED
Newfield Exploration
NFX
$63.9M 0.04%
1,923,190
-641,965
-25% -$21.3M
BBT
679
Beacon Financial Corporation
BBT
$2.2B
$63.7M 0.04%
2,367,988
+106,648
+5% +$2.87M
HOMB icon
680
Home BancShares
HOMB
$5.82B
$63.6M 0.04%
3,108,000
+138,642
+5% +$2.84M
ESE icon
681
ESCO Technologies
ESE
$5.3B
$63.6M 0.04%
1,630,996
+91,184
+6% +$3.55M
OSIS icon
682
OSI Systems
OSIS
$3.97B
$63.6M 0.04%
970,383
+86,812
+10% +$5.69M
DECK icon
683
Deckers Outdoor
DECK
$16.9B
$63.5M 0.04%
6,356,640
+440,058
+7% +$4.39M
FN icon
684
Fabrinet
FN
$13.3B
$63.5M 0.04%
1,961,888
+286,358
+17% +$9.26M
CLC
685
DELISTED
Clarcor
CLC
$63M 0.04%
1,089,336
+154,042
+16% +$8.9M
LAD icon
686
Lithia Motors
LAD
$8.64B
$62.8M 0.04%
719,499
-819
-0.1% -$71.5K
GPC icon
687
Genuine Parts
GPC
$19.4B
$62.8M 0.04%
632,326
+12,085
+2% +$1.2M
MCY icon
688
Mercury Insurance
MCY
$4.31B
$62.7M 0.04%
1,129,661
+26,449
+2% +$1.47M
AIT icon
689
Applied Industrial Technologies
AIT
$9.95B
$62.6M 0.04%
1,442,197
+139,575
+11% +$6.06M
GHC icon
690
Graham Holdings Company
GHC
$4.97B
$62.6M 0.04%
130,363
-4,173
-3% -$2M
STJ
691
DELISTED
St Jude Medical
STJ
$62.5M 0.04%
1,135,749
+311,859
+38% +$17.2M
GBCI icon
692
Glacier Bancorp
GBCI
$5.76B
$62.3M 0.04%
2,450,763
+167,374
+7% +$4.25M
TTWO icon
693
Take-Two Interactive
TTWO
$45B
$62.3M 0.04%
1,653,359
-32,567
-2% -$1.23M
MZTI
694
The Marzetti Company Common Stock
MZTI
$4.97B
$62.1M 0.04%
561,843
+34,240
+6% +$3.79M
HUN icon
695
Huntsman Corp
HUN
$1.88B
$62.1M 0.04%
4,667,364
+628,629
+16% +$8.36M
COHR icon
696
Coherent
COHR
$16.1B
$62.1M 0.04%
2,858,864
+379,331
+15% +$8.24M
IVZ icon
697
Invesco
IVZ
$9.88B
$62M 0.04%
2,015,763
+212,906
+12% +$6.55M
HRC
698
DELISTED
HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.
HRC
$61.9M 0.04%
1,230,914
+50,488
+4% +$2.54M
QEP
699
DELISTED
QEP RESOURCES, INC.
QEP
$61.9M 0.04%
4,388,146
+2,249,076
+105% +$31.7M
CTSH icon
700
Cognizant
CTSH
$33.8B
$61.9M 0.04%
987,334
+80,508
+9% +$5.05M