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
+5.83%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$229B
AUM Growth
+$12.2B
Cap. Flow
+$2.24B
Cap. Flow %
0.98%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.08%
Holding
3,413
New
102
Increased
1,905
Reduced
1,154
Closed
78

Sector Composition

1 Financials 19.98%
2 Industrials 13.37%
3 Technology 12.82%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.08%
5 Healthcare 9.54%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
BCPC
1101
Balchem Corporation
BCPC
$5.09B
$59.1M 0.03%
727,055
+3,551
+0.5% +$289K
THS icon
1102
Treehouse Foods
THS
$886M
$59M 0.03%
870,756
+106,632
+14% +$7.22M
ATW
1103
DELISTED
Atwood Oceanics
ATW
$58.9M 0.03%
6,276,878
-139,387
-2% -$1.31M
RGLD icon
1104
Royal Gold
RGLD
$12.4B
$58.9M 0.03%
684,332
+38,500
+6% +$3.31M
BALL icon
1105
Ball Corp
BALL
$13.8B
$58.9M 0.03%
1,425,565
+16,374
+1% +$676K
WSM icon
1106
Williams-Sonoma
WSM
$24B
$58.8M 0.03%
2,360,364
+100,912
+4% +$2.52M
COTY icon
1107
Coty
COTY
$3.58B
$58.8M 0.03%
3,558,468
+238,781
+7% +$3.95M
FRC
1108
DELISTED
First Republic Bank
FRC
$58.8M 0.03%
562,884
-3,712
-0.7% -$388K
IPAR icon
1109
Interparfums
IPAR
$3.44B
$58.8M 0.03%
1,424,957
+33,230
+2% +$1.37M
AVY icon
1110
Avery Dennison
AVY
$13B
$58.8M 0.03%
597,395
+121
+0% +$11.9K
ZD icon
1111
Ziff Davis
ZD
$1.52B
$58.7M 0.03%
914,066
-7,712
-0.8% -$495K
NVR icon
1112
NVR
NVR
$23.4B
$58.7M 0.03%
20,559
-84
-0.4% -$240K
MKL icon
1113
Markel Group
MKL
$24.8B
$58.7M 0.03%
54,940
-62
-0.1% -$66.2K
BLDR icon
1114
Builders FirstSource
BLDR
$15.9B
$58.6M 0.03%
3,257,642
+63,672
+2% +$1.15M
VEDL
1115
DELISTED
Vedanta Limited American Depostary Shares (Each representing four equity shares)
VEDL
$58.4M 0.03%
3,016,655
-255,311
-8% -$4.94M
PSMT icon
1116
Pricesmart
PSMT
$3.53B
$58.4M 0.03%
654,058
+12,039
+2% +$1.07M
FICO icon
1117
Fair Isaac
FICO
$36.6B
$58.3M 0.03%
415,265
-81,258
-16% -$11.4M
WPX
1118
DELISTED
WPX Energy, Inc.
WPX
$58.3M 0.03%
5,068,412
+308,368
+6% +$3.55M
NPO icon
1119
Enpro
NPO
$4.68B
$58.3M 0.03%
723,406
+22,349
+3% +$1.8M
CRL icon
1120
Charles River Laboratories
CRL
$7.66B
$58M 0.03%
536,988
-10,869
-2% -$1.17M
MSCI icon
1121
MSCI
MSCI
$45.2B
$58M 0.03%
496,057
+51
+0% +$5.96K
MGEE icon
1122
MGE Energy Inc
MGEE
$3.12B
$58M 0.03%
897,452
-1,747
-0.2% -$113K
CPRI icon
1123
Capri Holdings
CPRI
$2.53B
$57.9M 0.03%
1,210,424
+277,810
+30% +$13.3M
STNG icon
1124
Scorpio Tankers
STNG
$3.01B
$57.8M 0.03%
1,686,254
+87,510
+5% +$3M
JJSF icon
1125
J&J Snack Foods
JJSF
$2.06B
$57.8M 0.03%
440,260
-1,007
-0.2% -$132K