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
+4.88%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$160B
AUM Growth
+$8.09B
Cap. Flow
+$3.6B
Cap. Flow %
2.24%
Top 10 Hldgs %
8.97%
Holding
3,421
New
53
Increased
2,021
Reduced
959
Closed
92

Sector Composition

1 Financials 19.04%
2 Industrials 13.18%
3 Technology 11.68%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.68%
5 Healthcare 9.65%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
GHL
1676
DELISTED
Greenhill & Co., Inc.
GHL
$22.6M 0.01%
790,290
-68,255
-8% -$1.95M
HAS icon
1677
Hasbro
HAS
$11B
$22.6M 0.01%
335,447
+18,511
+6% +$1.25M
TOWN icon
1678
Towne Bank
TOWN
$2.83B
$22.6M 0.01%
1,082,318
+4,392
+0.4% +$91.7K
LMNX
1679
DELISTED
Luminex Corp
LMNX
$22.6M 0.01%
1,054,266
+162,753
+18% +$3.48M
LNN icon
1680
Lindsay Corp
LNN
$1.52B
$22.5M 0.01%
311,253
-387
-0.1% -$28K
LXP icon
1681
LXP Industrial Trust
LXP
$2.72B
$22.5M 0.01%
2,816,297
+48,468
+2% +$388K
USCR
1682
DELISTED
U S Concrete, Inc.
USCR
$22.5M 0.01%
427,365
+138,018
+48% +$7.27M
COBZ
1683
DELISTED
CoBiz Financial,Inc
COBZ
$22.5M 0.01%
1,676,704
+66,242
+4% +$889K
TCBK icon
1684
TriCo Bancshares
TCBK
$1.48B
$22.5M 0.01%
818,975
+56,513
+7% +$1.55M
AMBC icon
1685
Ambac
AMBC
$413M
$22.5M 0.01%
1,593,942
+14,163
+0.9% +$200K
HMC icon
1686
Honda
HMC
$43.8B
$22.4M 0.01%
702,771
+15,381
+2% +$491K
CSS
1687
DELISTED
CSS Industries, Inc.
CSS
$22.4M 0.01%
789,875
-4,466
-0.6% -$127K
EXPD icon
1688
Expeditors International
EXPD
$16.8B
$22.4M 0.01%
496,667
+22,322
+5% +$1.01M
SLM icon
1689
SLM Corp
SLM
$5.86B
$22.4M 0.01%
3,434,687
+85,438
+3% +$557K
S
1690
DELISTED
Sprint Corporation
S
$22.4M 0.01%
6,183,522
-126,896
-2% -$459K
ROIC
1691
DELISTED
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.
ROIC
$22.3M 0.01%
1,248,232
+54,183
+5% +$970K
HSTM icon
1692
HealthStream
HSTM
$855M
$22.3M 0.01%
1,015,508
+20,056
+2% +$441K
SNPS icon
1693
Synopsys
SNPS
$79B
$22.3M 0.01%
488,643
+18,953
+4% +$865K
CDNS icon
1694
Cadence Design Systems
CDNS
$93.6B
$22.3M 0.01%
1,070,564
+28,256
+3% +$588K
NGS icon
1695
Natural Gas Services Group
NGS
$335M
$22.2M 0.01%
996,460
+37,504
+4% +$836K
MOD icon
1696
Modine Manufacturing
MOD
$7.86B
$22.2M 0.01%
2,455,263
+61,188
+3% +$554K
WLH
1697
DELISTED
WILLIAM LYON HOMES
WLH
$22.2M 0.01%
1,345,644
+235,568
+21% +$3.89M
EPAY
1698
DELISTED
Bottomline Technologies Inc
EPAY
$22.2M 0.01%
746,771
-1,787
-0.2% -$53.1K
CKEC
1699
DELISTED
Carmike Cinemas Inc
CKEC
$22.2M 0.01%
967,210
+341
+0% +$7.82K
DCI icon
1700
Donaldson
DCI
$9.42B
$22.1M 0.01%
772,790
+60,886
+9% +$1.75M