Dimensional Fund Advisors

Dimensional Fund Advisors Portfolio holdings

AUM $432B
 

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
+22.8%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$277B
AUM Growth
+$277B
Cap. Flow
-$3.48B
Cap. Flow %
-1.26%
Top 10 Hldgs %
10.53%
Holding
3,414
New
83
Increased
1,313
Reduced
1,786
Closed
72

Sector Composition

1 Financials 16.83%
2 Technology 16.36%
3 Industrials 13.32%
4 Consumer Discretionary 12.13%
5 Healthcare 10.9%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
BKNG icon
101
Booking.com
BKNG
$181B
$359M 0.13% 161,354 -5,751 -3% -$12.8M
EQR icon
102
Equity Residential
EQR
$25.3B
$358M 0.13% 6,044,651 +98,338 +2% +$5.83M
LAD icon
103
Lithia Motors
LAD
$8.63B
$358M 0.13% 1,223,396 -9,560 -0.8% -$2.8M
F icon
104
Ford
F
$46.8B
$358M 0.13% 40,721,289 +925,484 +2% +$8.14M
DE icon
105
Deere & Co
DE
$129B
$356M 0.13% 1,324,620 +36,868 +3% +$9.92M
TFC icon
106
Truist Financial
TFC
$60.4B
$354M 0.13% 7,381,878 +46,506 +0.6% +$2.23M
O icon
107
Realty Income
O
$53.7B
$347M 0.13% 5,579,478 +92,938 +2% +$5.78M
AN icon
108
AutoNation
AN
$8.26B
$344M 0.12% 4,926,001 -57,438 -1% -$4.01M
BK icon
109
Bank of New York Mellon
BK
$74.5B
$339M 0.12% 7,981,847 +208,846 +3% +$8.86M
FCX icon
110
Freeport-McMoran
FCX
$63.7B
$335M 0.12% 12,868,641 -128,895 -1% -$3.35M
KR icon
111
Kroger
KR
$44.9B
$334M 0.12% 10,505,747 +630,889 +6% +$20M
HPQ icon
112
HP
HPQ
$26.7B
$332M 0.12% 13,517,454 +22,693 +0.2% +$558K
TT icon
113
Trane Technologies
TT
$92.5B
$326M 0.12% 2,246,302 +11,506 +0.5% +$1.67M
SBUX icon
114
Starbucks
SBUX
$100B
$326M 0.12% 3,044,324 +13,555 +0.4% +$1.45M
AXP icon
115
American Express
AXP
$231B
$324M 0.12% 2,682,663 -66,983 -2% -$8.1M
NEM icon
116
Newmont
NEM
$81.7B
$324M 0.12% 5,410,551 +116,987 +2% +$7.01M
AMAT icon
117
Applied Materials
AMAT
$128B
$322M 0.12% 3,734,424 -25,242 -0.7% -$2.18M
GLW icon
118
Corning
GLW
$57.4B
$319M 0.12% 8,853,266 -79,786 -0.9% -$2.87M
CMI icon
119
Cummins
CMI
$54.9B
$317M 0.11% 1,397,712 -3,691 -0.3% -$838K
ADP icon
120
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$123B
$315M 0.11% 1,785,870 +28,003 +2% +$4.93M
CRM icon
121
Salesforce
CRM
$245B
$311M 0.11% 1,398,114 +58,643 +4% +$13M
LMT icon
122
Lockheed Martin
LMT
$106B
$311M 0.11% 875,068 +10,298 +1% +$3.66M
SWK icon
123
Stanley Black & Decker
SWK
$11.5B
$310M 0.11% 1,733,499 -4,619 -0.3% -$825K
XPO icon
124
XPO
XPO
$15.3B
$309M 0.11% 2,592,966 -446,803 -15% -$53.3M
TEL icon
125
TE Connectivity
TEL
$61B
$307M 0.11% 2,533,594 -46,112 -2% -$5.58M