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
+10.27%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$369B
AUM Growth
+$369B
Cap. Flow
+$1.27B
Cap. Flow %
0.35%
Top 10 Hldgs %
13.34%
Holding
3,470
New
58
Increased
1,819
Reduced
1,328
Closed
83

Top Buys

1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
$1.06B
2
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
$625M
3
WMT icon
Walmart
WMT
$616M
4
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
$201M
5
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
$192M

Sector Composition

1 Technology 18.69%
2 Financials 17.09%
3 Industrials 13.06%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.1%
5 Healthcare 10.13%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
LEN icon
101
Lennar Class A
LEN
$34.5B
$546M 0.15% 3,172,962 -201,178 -6% -$34.6M
COF icon
102
Capital One
COF
$145B
$545M 0.15% 3,661,411 -188,812 -5% -$28.1M
EOG icon
103
EOG Resources
EOG
$68.2B
$539M 0.15% 4,215,165 +51,309 +1% +$6.56M
HON icon
104
Honeywell
HON
$139B
$539M 0.15% 2,625,290 +151,663 +6% +$31.1M
GM icon
105
General Motors
GM
$55.8B
$537M 0.15% 11,830,884 -279,602 -2% -$12.7M
BLDR icon
106
Builders FirstSource
BLDR
$15.3B
$518M 0.14% 2,482,479 -516,695 -17% -$108M
BP icon
107
BP
BP
$90.8B
$511M 0.14% 13,557,941 +1,393,896 +11% +$52.5M
ADP icon
108
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$123B
$506M 0.14% 2,026,358 +55,893 +3% +$14M
TMHC icon
109
Taylor Morrison
TMHC
$6.66B
$504M 0.14% 8,101,655 -246,057 -3% -$15.3M
PRU icon
110
Prudential Financial
PRU
$38.6B
$496M 0.13% 4,221,726 +221,061 +6% +$26M
FCX icon
111
Freeport-McMoran
FCX
$63.7B
$494M 0.13% 10,497,776 -229,600 -2% -$10.8M
DOW icon
112
Dow Inc
DOW
$17.5B
$493M 0.13% 8,512,992 +35,330 +0.4% +$2.05M
CMI icon
113
Cummins
CMI
$54.9B
$492M 0.13% 1,669,561 -4,176 -0.2% -$1.23M
DFS
114
DELISTED
Discover Financial Services
DFS
$485M 0.13% 3,699,383 +43,825 +1% +$5.75M
AIG icon
115
American International
AIG
$45.1B
$482M 0.13% 6,166,057 +27,538 +0.4% +$2.15M
NSC icon
116
Norfolk Southern
NSC
$62.8B
$482M 0.13% 1,889,395 -108,932 -5% -$27.8M
OXY icon
117
Occidental Petroleum
OXY
$46.9B
$480M 0.13% 7,383,783 -7,682 -0.1% -$499K
LMT icon
118
Lockheed Martin
LMT
$106B
$478M 0.13% 1,050,171 +12,010 +1% +$5.46M
PXD
119
DELISTED
Pioneer Natural Resource Co.
PXD
$477M 0.13% 1,815,803 +18,572 +1% +$4.88M
TGT icon
120
Target
TGT
$43.6B
$475M 0.13% 2,679,171 +34,489 +1% +$6.11M
AMKR icon
121
Amkor Technology
AMKR
$5.98B
$467M 0.13% 14,487,504 -373,081 -3% -$12M
LYB icon
122
LyondellBasell Industries
LYB
$18.1B
$463M 0.13% 4,524,897 +20,454 +0.5% +$2.09M
MCD icon
123
McDonald's
MCD
$224B
$461M 0.12% 1,634,147 -4,873 -0.3% -$1.37M
EXR icon
124
Extra Space Storage
EXR
$30.5B
$453M 0.12% 3,081,295 +15,255 +0.5% +$2.24M
ETN icon
125
Eaton
ETN
$136B
$450M 0.12% 1,439,938 -266,433 -16% -$83.3M