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
+9.99%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$432B
AUM Growth
+$29.6B
Cap. Flow
+$1.74B
Cap. Flow %
0.4%
Top 10 Hldgs %
16.56%
Holding
3,373
New
53
Increased
1,641
Reduced
1,466
Closed
101

Sector Composition

1 Technology 20.97%
2 Financials 18.52%
3 Industrials 12.24%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.39%
5 Healthcare 9.4%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
STC icon
1001
Stewart Information Services
STC
$2.09B
$100M 0.02%
1,541,863
-56,139
-4% -$3.65M
CWST icon
1002
Casella Waste Systems
CWST
$5.81B
$100M 0.02%
869,034
-16,243
-2% -$1.87M
CVCO icon
1003
Cavco Industries
CVCO
$4.33B
$100M 0.02%
230,466
-56,481
-20% -$24.5M
PHIN icon
1004
Phinia Inc
PHIN
$2.3B
$99.9M 0.02%
2,246,032
+60,828
+3% +$2.71M
COLM icon
1005
Columbia Sportswear
COLM
$2.99B
$99.9M 0.02%
1,635,294
+402,351
+33% +$24.6M
BRC icon
1006
Brady Corp
BRC
$3.74B
$99.9M 0.02%
1,469,241
-6,459
-0.4% -$439K
HLI icon
1007
Houlihan Lokey
HLI
$14.5B
$99.8M 0.02%
554,770
-3,029
-0.5% -$545K
PTC icon
1008
PTC
PTC
$24.6B
$99.8M 0.02%
579,335
+58,989
+11% +$10.2M
WDAY icon
1009
Workday
WDAY
$59.6B
$99.7M 0.02%
415,438
+46,431
+13% +$11.1M
ROCK icon
1010
Gibraltar Industries
ROCK
$1.81B
$99.7M 0.02%
1,689,570
-15,996
-0.9% -$944K
ALNY icon
1011
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
ALNY
$61.1B
$99.6M 0.02%
305,563
-4,256
-1% -$1.39M
TER icon
1012
Teradyne
TER
$17.8B
$99.6M 0.02%
1,107,170
+6,026
+0.5% +$542K
CACC icon
1013
Credit Acceptance
CACC
$5.35B
$99.5M 0.02%
195,288
+4,427
+2% +$2.26M
LZB icon
1014
La-Z-Boy
LZB
$1.4B
$99.5M 0.02%
2,676,248
-92,112
-3% -$3.42M
FBNC icon
1015
First Bancorp
FBNC
$2.29B
$99.3M 0.02%
2,252,040
-33,006
-1% -$1.46M
KNF icon
1016
Knife River
KNF
$4.46B
$99.3M 0.02%
1,215,926
+38,948
+3% +$3.18M
GSK icon
1017
GSK
GSK
$81.8B
$99.2M 0.02%
2,582,375
+1,588
+0.1% +$61K
PTEN icon
1018
Patterson-UTI
PTEN
$2.12B
$99M 0.02%
16,695,884
+5,689,354
+52% +$33.7M
BHE icon
1019
Benchmark Electronics
BHE
$1.42B
$98.9M 0.02%
2,546,139
-82,466
-3% -$3.2M
ICUI icon
1020
ICU Medical
ICUI
$3.28B
$98.7M 0.02%
746,921
+115,442
+18% +$15.3M
MRCY icon
1021
Mercury Systems
MRCY
$4.37B
$98.6M 0.02%
1,831,375
-212,842
-10% -$11.5M
MT icon
1022
ArcelorMittal
MT
$26.4B
$98.4M 0.02%
3,115,829
+42,352
+1% +$1.34M
NI icon
1023
NiSource
NI
$19.3B
$98.3M 0.02%
2,436,899
-38,805
-2% -$1.57M
IOSP icon
1024
Innospec
IOSP
$2.06B
$98.3M 0.02%
1,168,925
+10,908
+0.9% +$917K
NTES icon
1025
NetEase
NTES
$96.7B
$98.2M 0.02%
729,622
+12,843
+2% +$1.73M