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
+6.94%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$314B
AUM Growth
+$16.9B
Cap. Flow
+$2.4B
Cap. Flow %
0.76%
Top 10 Hldgs %
12.02%
Holding
3,572
New
111
Increased
1,840
Reduced
1,367
Closed
91

Top Buys

1
XOM icon
Exxon Mobil
XOM
+$267M
2
CVX icon
Chevron
CVX
+$202M
3
TSLA icon
Tesla
TSLA
+$201M
4
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$182M
5
PFE icon
Pfizer
PFE
+$123M

Sector Composition

1 Technology 17.96%
2 Financials 15.55%
3 Industrials 13.45%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.05%
5 Healthcare 10.92%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
SPSC icon
951
SPS Commerce
SPSC
$4.18B
$86.8M 0.03%
452,000
-2,980
-0.7% -$572K
STRL icon
952
Sterling Infrastructure
STRL
$9.16B
$86.7M 0.03%
1,554,187
+34,692
+2% +$1.94M
ES icon
953
Eversource Energy
ES
$23.8B
$86.6M 0.03%
1,221,008
+30,257
+3% +$2.15M
FDS icon
954
Factset
FDS
$13.7B
$86.1M 0.03%
214,974
+3,625
+2% +$1.45M
TOWN icon
955
Towne Bank
TOWN
$2.84B
$85.9M 0.03%
3,696,232
+70,535
+2% +$1.64M
FLO icon
956
Flowers Foods
FLO
$3.02B
$85.8M 0.03%
3,450,482
+32,683
+1% +$813K
CVE icon
957
Cenovus Energy
CVE
$30.7B
$85.7M 0.03%
5,046,669
+296,379
+6% +$5.03M
AOS icon
958
A.O. Smith
AOS
$10.2B
$85.7M 0.03%
1,176,987
+25,245
+2% +$1.84M
XYZ
959
Block, Inc.
XYZ
$45B
$85.2M 0.03%
1,279,830
+416,381
+48% +$27.7M
AMWD icon
960
American Woodmark
AMWD
$950M
$84.9M 0.03%
1,111,742
+22,093
+2% +$1.69M
WWD icon
961
Woodward
WWD
$14.3B
$84.8M 0.03%
713,099
+2,227
+0.3% +$265K
LILAK icon
962
Liberty Latin America Class C
LILAK
$1.54B
$84.8M 0.03%
9,832,717
+66,947
+0.7% +$577K
WAT icon
963
Waters Corp
WAT
$17.4B
$84.7M 0.03%
317,632
+15,513
+5% +$4.13M
CNXN icon
964
PC Connection
CNXN
$1.6B
$84.6M 0.03%
1,875,900
-2,334
-0.1% -$105K
PLUS icon
965
ePlus
PLUS
$1.93B
$84.4M 0.03%
1,498,345
-13,860
-0.9% -$780K
RELX icon
966
RELX
RELX
$82.4B
$84.2M 0.03%
2,518,579
+105,646
+4% +$3.53M
ADC icon
967
Agree Realty
ADC
$7.96B
$84.1M 0.03%
1,285,736
+27,927
+2% +$1.83M
FWRD icon
968
Forward Air
FWRD
$913M
$83.6M 0.03%
787,898
+7,121
+0.9% +$756K
LAUR icon
969
Laureate Education
LAUR
$4.09B
$83.4M 0.03%
6,895,875
+180,991
+3% +$2.19M
TRU icon
970
TransUnion
TRU
$17.5B
$83.3M 0.03%
1,064,079
+129,007
+14% +$10.1M
CEG icon
971
Constellation Energy
CEG
$100B
$83.3M 0.03%
910,275
+42,673
+5% +$3.91M
JBTM
972
JBT Marel Corporation
JBTM
$7.09B
$83.1M 0.03%
684,958
+20,205
+3% +$2.45M
FHI icon
973
Federated Hermes
FHI
$4.1B
$82.8M 0.03%
2,310,809
+31,285
+1% +$1.12M
BEN icon
974
Franklin Resources
BEN
$12.6B
$82.8M 0.03%
3,097,832
+102,444
+3% +$2.74M
CBT icon
975
Cabot Corp
CBT
$4.21B
$82.7M 0.03%
1,236,356
-20,279
-2% -$1.36M