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
+11.17%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$338M
AUM Growth
+$338M
Cap. Flow
-$1.38B
Cap. Flow %
-407.92%
Top 10 Hldgs %
19.68%
Holding
3,580
New
92
Increased
1,914
Reduced
1,324
Closed
89
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
GILD icon
51
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$140B
$770K 0.23% 8,972,729 -116,113 -1% -$9.97K
INTC icon
52
Intel
INTC
$107B
$769K 0.23% 29,098,431 -5,159,186 -15% -$136K
CCI icon
53
Crown Castle
CCI
$43.2B
$760K 0.22% 5,603,709 -200,295 -3% -$27.2K
COST icon
54
Costco
COST
$418B
$740K 0.22% 1,621,100 -7,760 -0.5% -$3.54K
LIN icon
55
Linde
LIN
$224B
$729K 0.22% 2,235,188 +79,210 +4% +$25.8K
NUE icon
56
Nucor
NUE
$34.1B
$690K 0.2% 5,235,900 +21,579 +0.4% +$2.84K
ACN icon
57
Accenture
ACN
$162B
$690K 0.2% 2,584,498 -54,479 -2% -$14.5K
TXN icon
58
Texas Instruments
TXN
$184B
$663K 0.2% 4,012,970 -13,340 -0.3% -$2.2K
MPC icon
59
Marathon Petroleum
MPC
$54.6B
$651K 0.19% 5,594,517 +123,745 +2% +$14.4K
CSCO icon
60
Cisco
CSCO
$274B
$648K 0.19% 13,612,489 -394,881 -3% -$18.8K
RTX icon
61
RTX Corp
RTX
$212B
$641K 0.19% 6,352,769 -111,353 -2% -$11.2K
AMGN icon
62
Amgen
AMGN
$155B
$626K 0.18% 2,381,907 -96,299 -4% -$25.3K
DIS icon
63
Walt Disney
DIS
$213B
$625K 0.18% 7,188,495 +291,108 +4% +$25.3K
UNP icon
64
Union Pacific
UNP
$133B
$622K 0.18% 3,005,560 -89,949 -3% -$18.6K
NVDA icon
65
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.24T
$620K 0.18% 4,243,184 -758,811 -15% -$111K
IBM icon
66
IBM
IBM
$227B
$604K 0.18% 4,286,940 -510,191 -11% -$71.9K
PSA icon
67
Public Storage
PSA
$51.7B
$596K 0.18% 2,126,299 +1,385 +0.1% +$388
HUM icon
68
Humana
HUM
$36.5B
$575K 0.17% 1,122,113 -3,889 -0.3% -$1.99K
CAT icon
69
Caterpillar
CAT
$196B
$574K 0.17% 2,396,741 -30,455 -1% -$7.3K
TMUS icon
70
T-Mobile US
TMUS
$284B
$570K 0.17% 4,073,963 -20,218 -0.5% -$2.83K
NSC icon
71
Norfolk Southern
NSC
$62.8B
$564K 0.17% 2,287,614 -7,680 -0.3% -$1.89K
QCOM icon
72
Qualcomm
QCOM
$173B
$564K 0.17% 5,126,677 +80,852 +2% +$8.89K
STLD icon
73
Steel Dynamics
STLD
$19.3B
$559K 0.17% 5,721,810 -405,918 -7% -$39.7K
UPS icon
74
United Parcel Service
UPS
$74.1B
$551K 0.16% 3,166,966 +63,730 +2% +$11.1K
DE icon
75
Deere & Co
DE
$129B
$550K 0.16% 1,283,480 -6,198 -0.5% -$2.66K