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
+3.65%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$258B
AUM Growth
+$6.46B
Cap. Flow
+$965M
Cap. Flow %
0.37%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.9%
Holding
3,525
New
80
Increased
1,925
Reduced
1,177
Closed
58

Top Buys

1
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$245M
2
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$193M
3
DOW icon
Dow Inc
DOW
+$175M
4
CVX icon
Chevron
CVX
+$118M
5
JPM icon
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
+$113M

Sector Composition

1 Financials 18.84%
2 Industrials 13.37%
3 Technology 13.3%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.57%
5 Healthcare 9.79%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
AIN icon
726
Albany International
AIN
$1.79B
$95.6M 0.04%
1,153,140
-174,963
-13% -$14.5M
BRKL
727
DELISTED
Brookline Bancorp
BRKL
$95.3M 0.04%
6,197,132
-117,782
-2% -$1.81M
ALV icon
728
Autoliv
ALV
$9.58B
$95.3M 0.04%
1,351,235
+5,278
+0.4% +$372K
NLSN
729
DELISTED
Nielsen Holdings plc
NLSN
$95.2M 0.04%
4,214,484
+478,432
+13% +$10.8M
GES icon
730
Guess, Inc.
GES
$868M
$95.1M 0.04%
5,890,726
-482,313
-8% -$7.79M
FLEX icon
731
Flex
FLEX
$21.3B
$95.1M 0.04%
13,190,560
+354,338
+3% +$2.56M
CORE
732
DELISTED
Core Mark Holding Co., Inc.
CORE
$95.1M 0.04%
2,394,662
-124,833
-5% -$4.96M
NTAP icon
733
NetApp
NTAP
$24.7B
$95.1M 0.04%
1,540,647
+6,191
+0.4% +$382K
AMD icon
734
Advanced Micro Devices
AMD
$260B
$95M 0.04%
3,128,199
-247,723
-7% -$7.52M
HA
735
DELISTED
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.
HA
$95M 0.04%
3,462,227
+177,479
+5% +$4.87M
CONE
736
DELISTED
CyrusOne Inc Common Stock
CONE
$94.9M 0.04%
1,644,102
+76,469
+5% +$4.41M
NOVT icon
737
Novanta
NOVT
$4.16B
$94.8M 0.04%
1,004,981
-77,911
-7% -$7.35M
TREE icon
738
LendingTree
TREE
$985M
$94.6M 0.04%
225,319
-3,911
-2% -$1.64M
LPLA icon
739
LPL Financial
LPLA
$27.2B
$94.6M 0.04%
1,159,991
-34,872
-3% -$2.84M
KEYS icon
740
Keysight
KEYS
$29.2B
$94.5M 0.04%
1,052,107
-19,930
-2% -$1.79M
WTW icon
741
Willis Towers Watson
WTW
$32.2B
$94.5M 0.04%
493,203
+10,341
+2% +$1.98M
XEC
742
DELISTED
CIMAREX ENERGY CO
XEC
$94.2M 0.04%
1,588,720
+23,472
+1% +$1.39M
FRME icon
743
First Merchants
FRME
$2.33B
$94.1M 0.04%
2,483,344
-488
-0% -$18.5K
VST icon
744
Vistra
VST
$69.2B
$94M 0.04%
4,153,316
+170,731
+4% +$3.86M
ILMN icon
745
Illumina
ILMN
$15.2B
$94M 0.04%
262,538
-7,568
-3% -$2.71M
NTRS icon
746
Northern Trust
NTRS
$24.6B
$93.9M 0.04%
1,043,246
+24,026
+2% +$2.16M
SCHL icon
747
Scholastic
SCHL
$648M
$93.8M 0.04%
2,821,668
+7,294
+0.3% +$242K
CTVA icon
748
Corteva
CTVA
$49.4B
$93.7M 0.04%
+3,168,361
New +$93.7M
RBC icon
749
RBC Bearings
RBC
$11.9B
$93.7M 0.04%
561,542
-7,010
-1% -$1.17M
GSK icon
750
GSK
GSK
$81.6B
$93.6M 0.04%
1,871,039
+218,617
+13% +$10.9M