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
+1.12%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$383B
AUM Growth
+$13.5B
Cap. Flow
+$16.2B
Cap. Flow %
4.22%
Top 10 Hldgs %
15.87%
Holding
3,454
New
67
Increased
1,988
Reduced
1,222
Closed
81

Top Buys

1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$2.08B
2
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$699M
3
XOM icon
Exxon Mobil
XOM
+$614M
4
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$587M
5
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
+$448M

Sector Composition

1 Technology 20.72%
2 Financials 16.94%
3 Industrials 12.24%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.5%
5 Healthcare 10%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
FCBC icon
1676
First Community Bankshares
FCBC
$681M
$35.3M 0.01%
959,216
-5,844
-0.6% -$215K
ADMA icon
1677
ADMA Biologics
ADMA
$3.72B
$35.3M 0.01%
3,157,960
-440,076
-12% -$4.92M
PATH icon
1678
UiPath
PATH
$6.2B
$35.3M 0.01%
2,783,571
+754,519
+37% +$9.57M
SBH icon
1679
Sally Beauty Holdings
SBH
$1.56B
$35.3M 0.01%
3,287,674
+833,720
+34% +$8.95M
SPNS icon
1680
Sapiens International
SPNS
$2.4B
$35.2M 0.01%
1,036,915
+25,623
+3% +$869K
HY icon
1681
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling
HY
$642M
$35.2M 0.01%
504,472
-5,868
-1% -$409K
CP icon
1682
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
CP
$69.8B
$35M 0.01%
444,169
-39,180
-8% -$3.08M
HFWA icon
1683
Heritage Financial
HFWA
$824M
$34.9M 0.01%
1,934,852
+80,044
+4% +$1.44M
TRST icon
1684
Trustco Bank Corp NY
TRST
$742M
$34.6M 0.01%
1,202,262
+11,096
+0.9% +$319K
CIGI icon
1685
Colliers International
CIGI
$8.49B
$34.5M 0.01%
309,260
+13,678
+5% +$1.53M
PRLB icon
1686
Protolabs
PRLB
$1.19B
$34.3M 0.01%
1,110,566
+130,670
+13% +$4.04M
PRAA icon
1687
PRA Group
PRAA
$658M
$34.3M 0.01%
1,743,076
+20,519
+1% +$403K
WRLD icon
1688
World Acceptance Corp
WRLD
$907M
$34.2M 0.01%
276,813
-3,781
-1% -$467K
VGR
1689
DELISTED
Vector Group Ltd.
VGR
$34M 0.01%
3,216,060
+103,633
+3% +$1.1M
WLFC icon
1690
Willis Lease Finance
WLFC
$1.14B
$33.8M 0.01%
487,591
-2,822
-0.6% -$196K
MERC icon
1691
Mercer International
MERC
$206M
$33.8M 0.01%
3,952,888
+32,657
+0.8% +$279K
SSTK icon
1692
Shutterstock
SSTK
$770M
$33.6M 0.01%
869,469
+34,243
+4% +$1.33M
ULH icon
1693
Universal Logistics Holdings
ULH
$658M
$33.6M 0.01%
827,669
+14,720
+2% +$597K
OPEN icon
1694
Opendoor
OPEN
$7.03B
$33.6M 0.01%
18,250,205
+895,488
+5% +$1.65M
COLL icon
1695
Collegium Pharmaceutical
COLL
$1.13B
$33.5M 0.01%
1,039,024
+19,876
+2% +$640K
SITM icon
1696
SiTime
SITM
$7.34B
$33.4M 0.01%
268,843
-16,648
-6% -$2.07M
PDFS icon
1697
PDF Solutions
PDFS
$779M
$33.4M 0.01%
917,627
+16,853
+2% +$613K
CAR icon
1698
Avis
CAR
$5.43B
$33.2M 0.01%
318,065
-22,211
-7% -$2.32M
DEI icon
1699
Douglas Emmett
DEI
$2.77B
$33.2M 0.01%
2,495,263
+186,385
+8% +$2.48M
GFS icon
1700
GlobalFoundries
GFS
$17.8B
$33.1M 0.01%
653,918
+77,581
+13% +$3.92M