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
+0.03%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$310B
AUM Growth
-$5.4B
Cap. Flow
-$1.21B
Cap. Flow %
-0.39%
Top 10 Hldgs %
10.67%
Holding
3,591
New
132
Increased
1,522
Reduced
1,726
Closed
93

Sector Composition

1 Financials 17.76%
2 Technology 16.31%
3 Industrials 12.61%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.38%
5 Healthcare 10.98%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
ALGN icon
726
Align Technology
ALGN
$9.64B
$115M 0.04%
172,899
-4,655
-3% -$3.1M
POOL icon
727
Pool Corp
POOL
$11.9B
$115M 0.04%
263,989
-1,265
-0.5% -$550K
MSI icon
728
Motorola Solutions
MSI
$80.3B
$114M 0.04%
492,065
+1,724
+0.4% +$401K
VMI icon
729
Valmont Industries
VMI
$7.45B
$114M 0.04%
486,031
-28,219
-5% -$6.64M
ARGO
730
DELISTED
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
ARGO
$114M 0.04%
2,187,312
-6,294
-0.3% -$329K
BX icon
731
Blackstone
BX
$139B
$114M 0.04%
981,476
+5,032
+0.5% +$586K
COOP icon
732
Mr. Cooper
COOP
$14B
$114M 0.04%
2,770,494
-27,292
-1% -$1.12M
SNPS icon
733
Synopsys
SNPS
$71.8B
$114M 0.04%
380,749
-82,959
-18% -$24.8M
BKR icon
734
Baker Hughes
BKR
$46.3B
$114M 0.04%
4,607,384
+246,706
+6% +$6.1M
HP icon
735
Helmerich & Payne
HP
$2.07B
$114M 0.04%
4,144,319
-393,475
-9% -$10.8M
STOR
736
DELISTED
STORE Capital Corporation
STOR
$114M 0.04%
3,545,951
-31,260
-0.9% -$1M
NLSN
737
DELISTED
Nielsen Holdings plc
NLSN
$113M 0.04%
5,905,035
+13,672
+0.2% +$262K
OMI icon
738
Owens & Minor
OMI
$423M
$113M 0.04%
3,621,532
+14,669
+0.4% +$459K
FTV icon
739
Fortive
FTV
$16.2B
$113M 0.04%
1,605,320
+6,152
+0.4% +$434K
SCL icon
740
Stepan Co
SCL
$1.09B
$113M 0.04%
1,002,834
+12,808
+1% +$1.45M
CLX icon
741
Clorox
CLX
$15.1B
$113M 0.04%
683,191
+10,190
+2% +$1.69M
SASR
742
DELISTED
Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc
SASR
$113M 0.04%
2,464,751
-50,877
-2% -$2.33M
PRTA icon
743
Prothena Corp
PRTA
$447M
$113M 0.04%
1,579,648
-5,713
-0.4% -$407K
GEF icon
744
Greif
GEF
$3.54B
$112M 0.04%
1,735,734
-646
-0% -$41.7K
AMG icon
745
Affiliated Managers Group
AMG
$6.6B
$112M 0.04%
740,585
-2,057
-0.3% -$311K
TDY icon
746
Teledyne Technologies
TDY
$25.6B
$112M 0.04%
259,731
-17,371
-6% -$7.46M
D icon
747
Dominion Energy
D
$50.7B
$111M 0.04%
1,524,571
+19,666
+1% +$1.44M
JD icon
748
JD.com
JD
$47.2B
$111M 0.04%
1,536,262
-76,414
-5% -$5.52M
AKAM icon
749
Akamai
AKAM
$11B
$111M 0.04%
1,060,493
-16,019
-1% -$1.68M
UTHR icon
750
United Therapeutics
UTHR
$17.9B
$111M 0.04%
600,659
-56,936
-9% -$10.5M