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
-1.95%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$402B
AUM Growth
-$14.1B
Cap. Flow
+$2.33B
Cap. Flow %
0.58%
Top 10 Hldgs %
15.5%
Holding
3,398
New
59
Increased
1,740
Reduced
1,410
Closed
78

Sector Composition

1 Technology 18.85%
2 Financials 18.69%
3 Industrials 11.91%
4 Healthcare 10.42%
5 Consumer Discretionary 10.19%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
PLAB icon
1076
Photronics
PLAB
$1.3B
$89.3M 0.02%
4,302,189
-200,055
-4% -$4.15M
MOD icon
1077
Modine Manufacturing
MOD
$7.95B
$89M 0.02%
1,159,197
-336,227
-22% -$25.8M
ACHC icon
1078
Acadia Healthcare
ACHC
$1.94B
$89M 0.02%
2,934,090
-248,639
-8% -$7.54M
MT icon
1079
ArcelorMittal
MT
$26.7B
$88.7M 0.02%
3,073,477
+44,449
+1% +$1.28M
UGI icon
1080
UGI
UGI
$7.38B
$88.6M 0.02%
2,678,858
+349,611
+15% +$11.6M
OLED icon
1081
Universal Display
OLED
$6.52B
$88.6M 0.02%
635,042
+135,953
+27% +$19M
STBA icon
1082
S&T Bancorp
STBA
$1.49B
$88.5M 0.02%
2,387,500
-32,677
-1% -$1.21M
NTCT icon
1083
NETSCOUT
NTCT
$1.8B
$88.4M 0.02%
4,207,001
-74,104
-2% -$1.56M
CE icon
1084
Celanese
CE
$4.84B
$88.2M 0.02%
1,553,720
-45,895
-3% -$2.61M
CHH icon
1085
Choice Hotels
CHH
$5.2B
$88.2M 0.02%
664,221
-4,672
-0.7% -$620K
MRCY icon
1086
Mercury Systems
MRCY
$4.38B
$88.1M 0.02%
2,044,217
-157,907
-7% -$6.8M
AMR icon
1087
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
AMR
$1.85B
$88M 0.02%
702,763
-33,616
-5% -$4.21M
HR icon
1088
Healthcare Realty
HR
$6.44B
$87.9M 0.02%
5,198,759
-263,787
-5% -$4.46M
ENTG icon
1089
Entegris
ENTG
$12B
$87.8M 0.02%
1,003,629
+71,722
+8% +$6.27M
ICUI icon
1090
ICU Medical
ICUI
$3.3B
$87.7M 0.02%
631,479
+91,498
+17% +$12.7M
MTRN icon
1091
Materion
MTRN
$2.29B
$87.6M 0.02%
1,073,452
-53,585
-5% -$4.37M
HCC icon
1092
Warrior Met Coal
HCC
$3.08B
$87.5M 0.02%
1,834,143
-3,940
-0.2% -$188K
HDB icon
1093
HDFC Bank
HDB
$180B
$87.3M 0.02%
1,314,583
+255,429
+24% +$17M
NWG icon
1094
NatWest
NWG
$58B
$87.2M 0.02%
7,315,254
-7,464
-0.1% -$89K
FE icon
1095
FirstEnergy
FE
$25B
$87.1M 0.02%
2,155,777
+137,073
+7% +$5.54M
OI icon
1096
O-I Glass
OI
$1.95B
$87M 0.02%
7,584,038
+134,566
+2% +$1.54M
THS icon
1097
Treehouse Foods
THS
$886M
$87M 0.02%
3,209,875
-86,974
-3% -$2.36M
CCL icon
1098
Carnival Corp
CCL
$44B
$86.6M 0.02%
4,432,545
-1,112,983
-20% -$21.7M
SGRY icon
1099
Surgery Partners
SGRY
$2.75B
$86.4M 0.02%
3,639,656
+61,795
+2% +$1.47M
VCYT icon
1100
Veracyte
VCYT
$2.42B
$86.3M 0.02%
2,910,902
+28,168
+1% +$835K