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
+3.16%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$167B
AUM Growth
+$6.62B
Cap. Flow
+$4.56B
Cap. Flow %
2.73%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9%
Holding
3,387
New
58
Increased
2,018
Reduced
918
Closed
88

Top Buys

1
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$277M
2
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$169M
3
QCOM icon
Qualcomm
QCOM
+$159M
4
C icon
Citigroup
C
+$130M
5
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$116M

Sector Composition

1 Financials 17.43%
2 Industrials 13.68%
3 Technology 12.18%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.79%
5 Healthcare 9.03%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
COO icon
1726
Cooper Companies
COO
$13.4B
$22.4M 0.01%
581,612
+640
+0.1% +$24.6K
S
1727
DELISTED
Sprint Corporation
S
$22.3M 0.01%
6,419,109
+235,587
+4% +$820K
TUES
1728
DELISTED
Tuesday Morning Corp
TUES
$22.3M 0.01%
2,729,626
+189,811
+7% +$1.55M
OKSB
1729
DELISTED
Southwest Bancorp Inc/OK
OKSB
$22.3M 0.01%
1,483,046
+59,890
+4% +$901K
SBSI icon
1730
Southside Bancshares
SBSI
$914M
$22.3M 0.01%
919,127
+76,722
+9% +$1.86M
NGS icon
1731
Natural Gas Services Group
NGS
$330M
$22.2M 0.01%
1,027,731
+31,271
+3% +$676K
ABAX
1732
DELISTED
Abaxis Inc
ABAX
$22.2M 0.01%
489,756
+108,716
+29% +$4.93M
HLIT icon
1733
Harmonic Inc
HLIT
$1.13B
$22.2M 0.01%
6,794,251
-78,113
-1% -$255K
LNN icon
1734
Lindsay Corp
LNN
$1.51B
$22.2M 0.01%
310,199
-1,054
-0.3% -$75.5K
FFIN icon
1735
First Financial Bankshares
FFIN
$5.1B
$22.2M 0.01%
1,500,460
+1,200
+0.1% +$17.7K
SYT
1736
DELISTED
Syngenta Ag
SYT
$22.2M 0.01%
267,723
-473
-0.2% -$39.2K
KE icon
1737
Kimball Electronics
KE
$739M
$22.2M 0.01%
1,984,492
+38,860
+2% +$434K
FISI icon
1738
Financial Institutions
FISI
$545M
$22.2M 0.01%
762,073
+23,384
+3% +$680K
FFIV icon
1739
F5
FFIV
$18.8B
$22.1M 0.01%
208,610
+21,835
+12% +$2.31M
ATW
1740
DELISTED
Atwood Oceanics
ATW
$22.1M 0.01%
2,405,159
-12,505
-0.5% -$115K
CSS
1741
DELISTED
CSS Industries, Inc.
CSS
$22.1M 0.01%
789,475
-400
-0.1% -$11.2K
WWAV
1742
DELISTED
The WhiteWave Foods Company
WWAV
$22M 0.01%
541,935
-46,917
-8% -$1.91M
FC icon
1743
Franklin Covey
FC
$243M
$22M 0.01%
1,250,718
+5,694
+0.5% +$100K
VRSN icon
1744
VeriSign
VRSN
$27B
$22M 0.01%
248,249
+6,079
+3% +$538K
NTRI
1745
DELISTED
NutriSystem, Inc.
NTRI
$22M 0.01%
1,051,896
+5,741
+0.5% +$120K
TCBK icon
1746
TriCo Bancshares
TCBK
$1.47B
$21.9M 0.01%
865,287
+46,312
+6% +$1.17M
TESO
1747
DELISTED
Tesco Corp
TESO
$21.9M 0.01%
2,543,174
+242,997
+11% +$2.09M
BUSE icon
1748
First Busey Corp
BUSE
$2.17B
$21.9M 0.01%
1,068,960
+92,895
+10% +$1.9M
CLR
1749
DELISTED
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC.
CLR
$21.8M 0.01%
719,709
-56,810
-7% -$1.72M
ACHC icon
1750
Acadia Healthcare
ACHC
$2.03B
$21.8M 0.01%
395,585
+77,631
+24% +$4.28M