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
+6.54%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$152B
AUM Growth
+$11.2B
Cap. Flow
+$5.79B
Cap. Flow %
3.8%
Top 10 Hldgs %
8.92%
Holding
3,614
New
69
Increased
2,264
Reduced
893
Closed
98

Top Buys

1
XOM icon
Exxon Mobil
XOM
+$317M
2
SAN icon
Banco Santander
SAN
+$169M
3
T icon
AT&T
T
+$167M
4
F icon
Ford
F
+$101M
5
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
+$93.8M

Sector Composition

1 Financials 18.07%
2 Industrials 13.06%
3 Technology 11.2%
4 Energy 9.42%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.31%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
CSV icon
1301
Carriage Services
CSV
$670M
$30.2M 0.02%
1,442,785
+22,517
+2% +$472K
FORM icon
1302
FormFactor
FORM
$2.32B
$30.2M 0.02%
3,513,966
+22,349
+0.6% +$192K
PKG icon
1303
Packaging Corp of America
PKG
$19.4B
$30.2M 0.02%
386,852
+38,076
+11% +$2.97M
MPW icon
1304
Medical Properties Trust
MPW
$3.08B
$30.2M 0.02%
2,190,855
+58,491
+3% +$806K
AL icon
1305
Air Lease Corp
AL
$7.1B
$30.1M 0.02%
877,281
+293,916
+50% +$10.1M
LFCR icon
1306
Lifecore Biomedical
LFCR
$281M
$30.1M 0.02%
2,179,311
+28,416
+1% +$392K
RRTS
1307
DELISTED
RoadRunner Transportation Systems, Inc.
RRTS
$30.1M 0.02%
51,526
+4,495
+10% +$2.62M
ATI icon
1308
ATI
ATI
$10.5B
$30M 0.02%
864,107
-231,346
-21% -$8.04M
TSS
1309
DELISTED
Total System Services, Inc.
TSS
$30M 0.02%
884,772
+47,924
+6% +$1.63M
TILE icon
1310
Interface
TILE
$1.66B
$30M 0.02%
1,821,911
+93,959
+5% +$1.55M
MCS icon
1311
Marcus Corp
MCS
$504M
$30M 0.02%
1,619,428
-32,641
-2% -$604K
SUI icon
1312
Sun Communities
SUI
$16.3B
$30M 0.02%
495,500
+34,671
+8% +$2.1M
SRE icon
1313
Sempra
SRE
$54.8B
$29.9M 0.02%
537,214
+19,610
+4% +$1.09M
OVV icon
1314
Ovintiv
OVV
$10.8B
$29.9M 0.02%
431,097
+331,836
+334% +$23M
RMBS icon
1315
Rambus
RMBS
$9.26B
$29.8M 0.02%
2,689,564
+139,701
+5% +$1.55M
EXAR
1316
DELISTED
Exar Corporation
EXAR
$29.8M 0.02%
2,924,347
-132,867
-4% -$1.36M
BLKB icon
1317
Blackbaud
BLKB
$3.38B
$29.8M 0.02%
688,420
+89,368
+15% +$3.87M
CUZ icon
1318
Cousins Properties
CUZ
$4.94B
$29.7M 0.02%
922,668
+47,106
+5% +$1.52M
KW icon
1319
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings
KW
$1.24B
$29.7M 0.02%
1,174,558
+37,020
+3% +$937K
EBF icon
1320
Ennis
EBF
$463M
$29.7M 0.02%
2,205,706
-9,862
-0.4% -$133K
IPG icon
1321
Interpublic Group of Companies
IPG
$9.67B
$29.7M 0.02%
1,429,196
+168,726
+13% +$3.5M
CVLG icon
1322
Covenant Logistics
CVLG
$576M
$29.6M 0.02%
2,187,120
+83,342
+4% +$1.13M
ODFL icon
1323
Old Dominion Freight Line
ODFL
$30.5B
$29.6M 0.02%
1,144,503
+2,388
+0.2% +$61.8K
PES
1324
DELISTED
Pioneer Energy Services Corp.
PES
$29.6M 0.02%
5,342,108
-23,939
-0.4% -$133K
SM icon
1325
SM Energy
SM
$3.07B
$29.6M 0.02%
766,838
+82,548
+12% +$3.18M