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
AZZ icon
726
AZZ Inc
AZZ
$3.46B
$59.8M 0.04%
1,056,017
-45,821
-4% -$2.59M
ZD icon
727
Ziff Davis
ZD
$1.5B
$59.7M 0.04%
1,115,475
+48,919
+5% +$2.62M
JNPR
728
DELISTED
Juniper Networks
JNPR
$59.7M 0.04%
2,341,418
+4,049
+0.2% +$103K
BRKL
729
DELISTED
Brookline Bancorp
BRKL
$59.7M 0.04%
5,418,571
+196,059
+4% +$2.16M
PLAB icon
730
Photronics
PLAB
$1.32B
$59.5M 0.04%
5,715,637
+47,258
+0.8% +$492K
WFT
731
DELISTED
Weatherford International plc
WFT
$59.5M 0.04%
7,647,776
+229,841
+3% +$1.79M
MLI icon
732
Mueller Industries
MLI
$10.8B
$59.4M 0.04%
4,039,748
+248,700
+7% +$3.66M
SEM icon
733
Select Medical
SEM
$1.54B
$59.4M 0.04%
9,334,694
+380,626
+4% +$2.42M
CINF icon
734
Cincinnati Financial
CINF
$23.8B
$59.3M 0.04%
906,832
+3,910
+0.4% +$256K
SPN
735
DELISTED
Superior Energy Services, Inc.
SPN
$59.1M 0.04%
4,414,666
-434,280
-9% -$5.81M
ENTG icon
736
Entegris
ENTG
$12B
$58.9M 0.04%
4,321,160
+228,063
+6% +$3.11M
NPO icon
737
Enpro
NPO
$4.61B
$58.8M 0.04%
1,019,944
+65,353
+7% +$3.77M
CYH icon
738
Community Health Systems
CYH
$409M
$58.8M 0.04%
3,843,704
-28,202
-0.7% -$431K
MDCO
739
DELISTED
Medicines Co
MDCO
$58.8M 0.04%
1,849,597
-46,396
-2% -$1.47M
AIRM
740
DELISTED
Air Methods Corp
AIRM
$58.7M 0.04%
1,620,819
+297,750
+23% +$10.8M
AMX icon
741
America Movil
AMX
$59.6B
$58.6M 0.04%
3,771,102
-6,950
-0.2% -$108K
RSTI
742
DELISTED
Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc
RSTI
$58.5M 0.04%
1,815,806
+142,164
+8% +$4.58M
WRI
743
DELISTED
Weingarten Realty Investors
WRI
$58.5M 0.04%
1,558,891
+55,349
+4% +$2.08M
SR icon
744
Spire
SR
$4.5B
$58.4M 0.04%
862,107
+31,154
+4% +$2.11M
LSI
745
DELISTED
Life Storage, Inc.
LSI
$58.4M 0.03%
742,497
+48,856
+7% +$3.84M
LCII icon
746
LCI Industries
LCII
$2.47B
$58.4M 0.03%
905,615
+45,368
+5% +$2.92M
FIX icon
747
Comfort Systems
FIX
$26.5B
$58.3M 0.03%
1,836,573
-123,301
-6% -$3.92M
TCO
748
DELISTED
Taubman Centers Inc.
TCO
$58.3M 0.03%
819,187
+19,509
+2% +$1.39M
ITUB icon
749
Itaú Unibanco
ITUB
$75.9B
$58.3M 0.03%
14,937,364
-1,996,869
-12% -$7.8M
EPAM icon
750
EPAM Systems
EPAM
$8.53B
$58.3M 0.03%
780,506
+1,417
+0.2% +$106K