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
+10.27%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$369B
AUM Growth
+$369B
Cap. Flow
+$1.27B
Cap. Flow %
0.35%
Top 10 Hldgs %
13.34%
Holding
3,470
New
58
Increased
1,819
Reduced
1,328
Closed
83

Top Buys

1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
$1.06B
2
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
$625M
3
WMT icon
Walmart
WMT
$616M
4
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
$201M
5
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
$192M

Sector Composition

1 Technology 18.69%
2 Financials 17.09%
3 Industrials 13.06%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.1%
5 Healthcare 10.13%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
T icon
51
AT&T
T
$209B
$825M 0.22% 46,900,965 -476,302 -1% -$8.38M
MS icon
52
Morgan Stanley
MS
$240B
$809M 0.22% 8,591,476 -92,212 -1% -$8.68M
UNP icon
53
Union Pacific
UNP
$133B
$808M 0.22% 3,284,741 +28,655 +0.9% +$7.05M
AMAT icon
54
Applied Materials
AMAT
$128B
$804M 0.22% 3,900,592 -364,309 -9% -$75.1M
TSLA icon
55
Tesla
TSLA
$1.08T
$799M 0.22% 4,546,827 -431,178 -9% -$75.8M
QCOM icon
56
Qualcomm
QCOM
$173B
$796M 0.22% 4,701,745 -895,734 -16% -$152M
ASML icon
57
ASML
ASML
$292B
$792M 0.21% 815,624 +2,508 +0.3% +$2.43M
CVS icon
58
CVS Health
CVS
$92.8B
$774M 0.21% 9,709,484 -35,323 -0.4% -$2.82M
TXN icon
59
Texas Instruments
TXN
$184B
$770M 0.21% 4,419,382 +83,205 +2% +$14.5M
DE icon
60
Deere & Co
DE
$129B
$767M 0.21% 1,866,814 +270,869 +17% +$111M
ADBE icon
61
Adobe
ADBE
$151B
$765M 0.21% 1,516,798 -38,299 -2% -$19.3M
MRK icon
62
Merck
MRK
$210B
$761M 0.21% 5,770,852 -168,673 -3% -$22.3M
NUE icon
63
Nucor
NUE
$34.1B
$757M 0.2% 3,824,830 -555,247 -13% -$110M
DIS icon
64
Walt Disney
DIS
$213B
$753M 0.2% 6,149,898 +149,798 +2% +$18.3M
GILD icon
65
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$140B
$743M 0.2% 10,144,205 +361,010 +4% +$26.4M
KR icon
66
Kroger
KR
$44.9B
$735M 0.2% 12,867,631 +275,260 +2% +$15.7M
SPG icon
67
Simon Property Group
SPG
$59B
$726M 0.2% 4,640,430 -2,327 -0.1% -$364K
WELL icon
68
Welltower
WELL
$113B
$724M 0.2% 7,751,799 +161,118 +2% +$15.1M
AMGN icon
69
Amgen
AMGN
$155B
$722M 0.2% 2,539,408 +62,626 +3% +$17.8M
MU icon
70
Micron Technology
MU
$133B
$709M 0.19% 6,012,060 -171,308 -3% -$20.2M
TMUS icon
71
T-Mobile US
TMUS
$284B
$698M 0.19% 4,275,071 +16,685 +0.4% +$2.72M
VLO icon
72
Valero Energy
VLO
$47.2B
$697M 0.19% 4,082,089 -82,238 -2% -$14M
GE icon
73
GE Aerospace
GE
$292B
$690M 0.19% 3,928,658 -256,114 -6% -$45M
DHI icon
74
D.R. Horton
DHI
$50.5B
$689M 0.19% 4,185,511 -795,254 -16% -$131M
URI icon
75
United Rentals
URI
$61.5B
$686M 0.19% 951,817 -294,275 -24% -$212M