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
-12.61%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$279B
AUM Growth
-$45.8B
Cap. Flow
+$735M
Cap. Flow %
0.26%
Top 10 Hldgs %
10.15%
Holding
3,610
New
98
Increased
1,935
Reduced
1,303
Closed
147

Sector Composition

1 Financials 16.93%
2 Technology 15.17%
3 Industrials 11.99%
4 Healthcare 11.63%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.55%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
KKR icon
1101
KKR & Co
KKR
$128B
$62.1M 0.02%
1,341,121
-16,182
-1% -$749K
CHH icon
1102
Choice Hotels
CHH
$5.23B
$62M 0.02%
555,106
-14,110
-2% -$1.58M
NSP icon
1103
Insperity
NSP
$2.01B
$61.9M 0.02%
620,490
-593
-0.1% -$59.2K
IBP icon
1104
Installed Building Products
IBP
$7.23B
$61.9M 0.02%
744,151
+6,713
+0.9% +$558K
MERC icon
1105
Mercer International
MERC
$205M
$61.9M 0.02%
4,704,304
+143,961
+3% +$1.89M
LILAK icon
1106
Liberty Latin America Class C
LILAK
$1.53B
$61.8M 0.02%
7,932,687
+939,663
+13% +$7.32M
OPCH icon
1107
Option Care Health
OPCH
$4.75B
$61.8M 0.02%
2,223,439
+38,345
+2% +$1.07M
SCSC icon
1108
Scansource
SCSC
$986M
$61.7M 0.02%
1,981,968
+91,174
+5% +$2.84M
BANC icon
1109
Banc of California
BANC
$2.62B
$61.7M 0.02%
3,501,894
+57,229
+2% +$1.01M
PRIM icon
1110
Primoris Services
PRIM
$6.6B
$61.7M 0.02%
2,835,198
+225,501
+9% +$4.91M
ZTO icon
1111
ZTO Express
ZTO
$15.3B
$61.6M 0.02%
2,251,190
-660,409
-23% -$18.1M
WMS icon
1112
Advanced Drainage Systems
WMS
$11.1B
$61.6M 0.02%
683,896
-153,787
-18% -$13.9M
PFC
1113
DELISTED
Premier Financial Corp. Common Stock
PFC
$61.4M 0.02%
2,423,820
+104,639
+5% +$2.65M
ROCK icon
1114
Gibraltar Industries
ROCK
$1.81B
$61.4M 0.02%
1,584,175
+45,859
+3% +$1.78M
TM icon
1115
Toyota
TM
$255B
$61.3M 0.02%
397,797
-87,335
-18% -$13.5M
CFFN icon
1116
Capitol Federal Financial
CFFN
$842M
$61.3M 0.02%
6,676,413
+43,641
+0.7% +$401K
SEIC icon
1117
SEI Investments
SEIC
$10.8B
$61.3M 0.02%
1,134,077
+37,938
+3% +$2.05M
MED icon
1118
Medifast
MED
$152M
$61.3M 0.02%
339,330
-6,955
-2% -$1.26M
KALU icon
1119
Kaiser Aluminum
KALU
$1.23B
$61.2M 0.02%
773,833
-840
-0.1% -$66.4K
FOXF icon
1120
Fox Factory Holding Corp
FOXF
$1.17B
$61.1M 0.02%
759,128
-18,211
-2% -$1.47M
TDC icon
1121
Teradata
TDC
$2.01B
$61.1M 0.02%
1,651,879
+2,327
+0.1% +$86.1K
SMTC icon
1122
Semtech
SMTC
$5.35B
$61.1M 0.02%
1,111,286
+2,953
+0.3% +$162K
HZO icon
1123
MarineMax
HZO
$564M
$61.1M 0.02%
1,690,928
+78,760
+5% +$2.84M
AWR icon
1124
American States Water
AWR
$2.83B
$61M 0.02%
748,949
-6,641
-0.9% -$541K
MZTI
1125
The Marzetti Company Common Stock
MZTI
$5.06B
$61M 0.02%
473,679
-5,423
-1% -$698K