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
+8.5%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$412B
AUM Growth
+$29.4B
Cap. Flow
+$2.97B
Cap. Flow %
0.72%
Top 10 Hldgs %
15.23%
Holding
3,437
New
64
Increased
1,708
Reduced
1,462
Closed
88

Sector Composition

1 Technology 19.73%
2 Financials 17.51%
3 Industrials 12.44%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.71%
5 Healthcare 10.22%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
THS icon
801
Treehouse Foods
THS
$906M
$133M 0.03%
3,159,105
-85,482
-3% -$3.59M
STC icon
802
Stewart Information Services
STC
$2.1B
$133M 0.03%
1,773,788
-58,798
-3% -$4.39M
HII icon
803
Huntington Ingalls Industries
HII
$10.8B
$132M 0.03%
500,770
-1,672
-0.3% -$442K
SW
804
Smurfit Westrock plc
SW
$23.8B
$132M 0.03%
+2,676,609
New +$132M
AWI icon
805
Armstrong World Industries
AWI
$8.61B
$132M 0.03%
1,004,908
-29,486
-3% -$3.88M
FRME icon
806
First Merchants
FRME
$2.33B
$132M 0.03%
3,548,584
+73,531
+2% +$2.74M
PLUS icon
807
ePlus
PLUS
$1.99B
$131M 0.03%
1,336,124
-82,568
-6% -$8.12M
MTRN icon
808
Materion
MTRN
$2.36B
$131M 0.03%
1,174,499
-38,868
-3% -$4.35M
SLM icon
809
SLM Corp
SLM
$6.05B
$131M 0.03%
5,735,831
+47,911
+0.8% +$1.1M
LZB icon
810
La-Z-Boy
LZB
$1.44B
$131M 0.03%
3,055,456
-77,343
-2% -$3.32M
NYT icon
811
New York Times
NYT
$9.53B
$131M 0.03%
2,350,617
-74,083
-3% -$4.12M
AFG icon
812
American Financial Group
AFG
$11.7B
$131M 0.03%
971,953
-26,396
-3% -$3.55M
PLTR icon
813
Palantir
PLTR
$390B
$131M 0.03%
3,515,134
+634,524
+22% +$23.6M
GRBK icon
814
Green Brick Partners
GRBK
$3.28B
$131M 0.03%
1,565,508
-43,614
-3% -$3.64M
FRT icon
815
Federal Realty Investment Trust
FRT
$8.78B
$131M 0.03%
1,136,865
-2,102
-0.2% -$242K
EPC icon
816
Edgewell Personal Care
EPC
$1.02B
$131M 0.03%
3,596,246
-24,619
-0.7% -$895K
COLB icon
817
Columbia Banking Systems
COLB
$7.87B
$131M 0.03%
5,002,274
+1,819,619
+57% +$47.5M
CSW
818
CSW Industrials, Inc.
CSW
$4.28B
$131M 0.03%
356,191
-6,668
-2% -$2.44M
KMT icon
819
Kennametal
KMT
$1.6B
$131M 0.03%
5,032,892
+349,407
+7% +$9.06M
TRMK icon
820
Trustmark
TRMK
$2.44B
$130M 0.03%
4,097,845
+47,058
+1% +$1.5M
RNST icon
821
Renasant Corp
RNST
$3.63B
$130M 0.03%
4,011,015
+123,409
+3% +$4.01M
WKC icon
822
World Kinect Corp
WKC
$1.44B
$130M 0.03%
4,200,766
+73,982
+2% +$2.29M
VAC icon
823
Marriott Vacations Worldwide
VAC
$2.75B
$130M 0.03%
1,766,343
+166,554
+10% +$12.2M
ALLE icon
824
Allegion
ALLE
$15.2B
$130M 0.03%
889,952
-6,009
-0.7% -$876K
CNO icon
825
CNO Financial Group
CNO
$3.83B
$130M 0.03%
3,694,513
-119,335
-3% -$4.19M