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
-3.58%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$260B
AUM Growth
-$18.3B
Cap. Flow
-$1.19B
Cap. Flow %
-0.46%
Top 10 Hldgs %
10.56%
Holding
3,606
New
143
Increased
1,920
Reduced
1,330
Closed
119

Sector Composition

1 Financials 17.74%
2 Technology 15.29%
3 Industrials 12.37%
4 Healthcare 11.81%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.98%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
WSO icon
1051
Watsco
WSO
$16.1B
$61.6M 0.02%
239,275
+3,916
+2% +$1.01M
AVNS icon
1052
Avanos Medical
AVNS
$576M
$61.6M 0.02%
2,827,807
+188,035
+7% +$4.1M
AEO icon
1053
American Eagle Outfitters
AEO
$3.4B
$61.6M 0.02%
6,327,131
-1,105,811
-15% -$10.8M
STBA icon
1054
S&T Bancorp
STBA
$1.49B
$61.5M 0.02%
2,096,534
+96,620
+5% +$2.83M
SBNY
1055
DELISTED
Signature Bank
SBNY
$61.3M 0.02%
406,048
+38,421
+10% +$5.8M
CHH icon
1056
Choice Hotels
CHH
$5.2B
$61.1M 0.02%
557,580
+2,474
+0.4% +$271K
VC icon
1057
Visteon
VC
$3.42B
$61M 0.02%
575,389
-4,298
-0.7% -$456K
ENTG icon
1058
Entegris
ENTG
$12.6B
$61M 0.02%
734,216
+109,923
+18% +$9.13M
TRMB icon
1059
Trimble
TRMB
$19.1B
$61M 0.02%
1,123,323
+13,031
+1% +$707K
VNO icon
1060
Vornado Realty Trust
VNO
$8.07B
$61M 0.02%
2,631,931
-274,120
-9% -$6.35M
LFUS icon
1061
Littelfuse
LFUS
$6.54B
$60.8M 0.02%
306,029
+22,282
+8% +$4.43M
MKSI icon
1062
MKS Inc. Common Stock
MKSI
$7.79B
$60.8M 0.02%
735,221
+43,159
+6% +$3.57M
LZB icon
1063
La-Z-Boy
LZB
$1.43B
$60.7M 0.02%
2,691,171
+131,195
+5% +$2.96M
AVNT icon
1064
Avient
AVNT
$3.34B
$60.7M 0.02%
2,004,033
+9,371
+0.5% +$284K
HALO icon
1065
Halozyme
HALO
$9.07B
$60.6M 0.02%
1,533,500
+184,486
+14% +$7.29M
RDUS
1066
DELISTED
Radius Recycling
RDUS
$60.5M 0.02%
2,125,826
+30,259
+1% +$861K
LBRT icon
1067
Liberty Energy
LBRT
$1.76B
$60.4M 0.02%
4,761,674
+795,503
+20% +$10.1M
FOXF icon
1068
Fox Factory Holding Corp
FOXF
$1.2B
$60.3M 0.02%
762,448
+3,320
+0.4% +$263K
IBP icon
1069
Installed Building Products
IBP
$7.21B
$60.2M 0.02%
743,793
-358
-0% -$29K
BRKL
1070
DELISTED
Brookline Bancorp
BRKL
$60.1M 0.02%
5,162,417
+119,910
+2% +$1.4M
MERC icon
1071
Mercer International
MERC
$204M
$60.1M 0.02%
4,886,172
+181,868
+4% +$2.24M
ATR icon
1072
AptarGroup
ATR
$8.98B
$60M 0.02%
631,259
+4,774
+0.8% +$454K
PPL icon
1073
PPL Corp
PPL
$26.5B
$60M 0.02%
2,364,573
+35,297
+2% +$895K
HLIT icon
1074
Harmonic Inc
HLIT
$1.15B
$59.9M 0.02%
4,583,853
-140,010
-3% -$1.83M
SSP icon
1075
E.W. Scripps
SSP
$246M
$59.9M 0.02%
5,315,669
+57,571
+1% +$649K