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
CW icon
851
Curtiss-Wright
CW
$18.7B
$84.8M 0.03%
667,164
+495
+0.1% +$62.9K
NPO icon
852
Enpro
NPO
$4.61B
$84.7M 0.03%
1,327,119
+8,280
+0.6% +$529K
EA icon
853
Electronic Arts
EA
$42.6B
$84.7M 0.03%
836,750
+81,287
+11% +$8.23M
MSA icon
854
Mine Safety
MSA
$6.63B
$84.7M 0.03%
803,711
+6,372
+0.8% +$672K
SXT icon
855
Sensient Technologies
SXT
$4.51B
$84.7M 0.03%
1,152,168
+2,426
+0.2% +$178K
TNET icon
856
TriNet
TNET
$3.3B
$84.6M 0.03%
1,247,163
-1,111
-0.1% -$75.3K
COKE icon
857
Coca-Cola Consolidated
COKE
$10.5B
$84.5M 0.03%
2,824,180
-70,150
-2% -$2.1M
UL icon
858
Unilever
UL
$154B
$84.4M 0.03%
1,362,363
+240,557
+21% +$14.9M
NSP icon
859
Insperity
NSP
$1.93B
$84.2M 0.03%
689,649
-256,707
-27% -$31.4M
KHC icon
860
Kraft Heinz
KHC
$31.5B
$84.2M 0.03%
2,712,773
-129,393
-5% -$4.02M
SHOO icon
861
Steven Madden
SHOO
$2.22B
$84.1M 0.03%
2,478,659
-1,065
-0% -$36.2K
WRLD icon
862
World Acceptance Corp
WRLD
$904M
$84.1M 0.03%
512,340
-10,322
-2% -$1.69M
PAYC icon
863
Paycom
PAYC
$12.4B
$84.1M 0.03%
370,853
-1,515
-0.4% -$343K
AWR icon
864
American States Water
AWR
$2.82B
$84M 0.03%
1,116,890
-97,622
-8% -$7.34M
CDNS icon
865
Cadence Design Systems
CDNS
$92.2B
$83.9M 0.03%
1,185,048
+14,128
+1% +$1M
TGNA icon
866
TEGNA Inc
TGNA
$3.37B
$83.9M 0.03%
5,534,940
+430,430
+8% +$6.52M
RHT
867
DELISTED
Red Hat Inc
RHT
$83.8M 0.03%
446,485
-814
-0.2% -$153K
HII icon
868
Huntington Ingalls Industries
HII
$10.7B
$83.8M 0.03%
372,764
+1,497
+0.4% +$336K
KRA
869
DELISTED
Kraton Corporation
KRA
$83.6M 0.03%
2,691,672
+32,765
+1% +$1.02M
CM icon
870
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
CM
$73.3B
$83.5M 0.03%
2,126,804
+646,202
+44% +$25.4M
BCO icon
871
Brink's
BCO
$4.76B
$83.5M 0.03%
1,029,024
-53,843
-5% -$4.37M
MRTN icon
872
Marten Transport
MRTN
$949M
$83.4M 0.03%
6,895,347
+91,875
+1% +$1.11M
FLR icon
873
Fluor
FLR
$6.69B
$83.3M 0.03%
2,473,157
+371,150
+18% +$12.5M
EVR icon
874
Evercore
EVR
$12.8B
$83.3M 0.03%
940,548
-11,063
-1% -$980K
AEP icon
875
American Electric Power
AEP
$57.9B
$83.2M 0.03%
945,504
+15,622
+2% +$1.37M