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
+1.12%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$383B
AUM Growth
+$13.5B
Cap. Flow
+$16.2B
Cap. Flow %
4.22%
Top 10 Hldgs %
15.87%
Holding
3,454
New
67
Increased
1,988
Reduced
1,222
Closed
81

Top Buys

1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$2.08B
2
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$699M
3
XOM icon
Exxon Mobil
XOM
+$614M
4
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$587M
5
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
+$448M

Sector Composition

1 Technology 20.72%
2 Financials 16.94%
3 Industrials 12.24%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.5%
5 Healthcare 10%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
TTEK icon
1051
Tetra Tech
TTEK
$9.51B
$88.9M 0.02%
2,172,840
+200,530
+10% +$8.2M
NBTB icon
1052
NBT Bancorp
NBTB
$2.26B
$88.7M 0.02%
2,297,333
+46,498
+2% +$1.79M
AZZ icon
1053
AZZ Inc
AZZ
$3.46B
$88.6M 0.02%
1,147,513
+53,188
+5% +$4.11M
VAL icon
1054
Valaris
VAL
$3.75B
$88.6M 0.02%
1,188,973
+225,283
+23% +$16.8M
DNOW icon
1055
DNOW Inc
DNOW
$1.61B
$88.5M 0.02%
6,446,637
+390,671
+6% +$5.36M
GFF icon
1056
Griffon
GFF
$3.65B
$88.1M 0.02%
1,379,000
+19,644
+1% +$1.25M
GFI icon
1057
Gold Fields
GFI
$34B
$88M 0.02%
5,898,563
-814,679
-12% -$12.2M
LNC icon
1058
Lincoln National
LNC
$7.88B
$88M 0.02%
2,828,513
+348,601
+14% +$10.8M
SCSC icon
1059
Scansource
SCSC
$948M
$87.9M 0.02%
1,983,625
+39,533
+2% +$1.75M
BANF icon
1060
BancFirst
BANF
$4.46B
$87.9M 0.02%
1,002,160
+16,664
+2% +$1.46M
MWA icon
1061
Mueller Water Products
MWA
$3.86B
$87.8M 0.02%
4,901,338
-413,994
-8% -$7.42M
HXL icon
1062
Hexcel
HXL
$4.93B
$87.8M 0.02%
1,406,287
+103,679
+8% +$6.48M
WEX icon
1063
WEX
WEX
$5.81B
$87.8M 0.02%
495,527
+126,663
+34% +$22.4M
VIPS icon
1064
Vipshop
VIPS
$8.85B
$87.8M 0.02%
6,739,378
+343,739
+5% +$4.48M
LTH icon
1065
Life Time Group Holdings
LTH
$6.46B
$87.7M 0.02%
4,658,902
+770,766
+20% +$14.5M
WEC icon
1066
WEC Energy
WEC
$35.2B
$87.7M 0.02%
1,117,931
+160,128
+17% +$12.6M
NTCT icon
1067
NETSCOUT
NTCT
$1.8B
$87.5M 0.02%
4,785,386
-463,401
-9% -$8.48M
HI icon
1068
Hillenbrand
HI
$1.75B
$87.4M 0.02%
2,184,077
+253,730
+13% +$10.2M
SLF icon
1069
Sun Life Financial
SLF
$33B
$87M 0.02%
1,775,042
+431,418
+32% +$21.1M
CORT icon
1070
Corcept Therapeutics
CORT
$7.83B
$87M 0.02%
2,676,335
+108,658
+4% +$3.53M
SKY icon
1071
Champion Homes, Inc.
SKY
$4.31B
$86.9M 0.02%
1,282,655
-26,969
-2% -$1.83M
GSK icon
1072
GSK
GSK
$83.5B
$86.9M 0.02%
2,256,320
+569,614
+34% +$21.9M
LITE icon
1073
Lumentum
LITE
$11.5B
$86.8M 0.02%
1,703,969
+130,838
+8% +$6.66M
VRRM icon
1074
Verra Mobility
VRRM
$3.87B
$86.5M 0.02%
3,180,519
+193,686
+6% +$5.27M
SOFI icon
1075
SoFi Technologies
SOFI
$31.1B
$86.5M 0.02%
13,083,606
+9,482,683
+263% +$62.7M