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
-2.48%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$141B
AUM Growth
-$2.73B
Cap. Flow
+$2.7B
Cap. Flow %
1.91%
Top 10 Hldgs %
8.91%
Holding
3,625
New
33
Increased
1,924
Reduced
1,256
Closed
79

Top Buys

1
XOM icon
Exxon Mobil
XOM
+$202M
2
T icon
AT&T
T
+$140M
3
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$127M
4
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
+$86.6M
5
CVX icon
Chevron
CVX
+$75.9M

Sector Composition

1 Financials 17.59%
2 Industrials 12.74%
3 Energy 11.68%
4 Technology 10.9%
5 Healthcare 8.59%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
ATRI
1801
DELISTED
Atrion Corp
ATRI
$17M 0.01%
55,826
-3
-0% -$915
NUAN
1802
DELISTED
Nuance Communications, Inc.
NUAN
$17M 0.01%
1,274,782
+221,951
+21% +$2.96M
BELFB
1803
Bel Fuse Class B
BELFB
$1.79B
$17M 0.01%
687,424
+11,108
+2% +$275K
WBC
1804
DELISTED
WABCO HOLDINGS INC.
WBC
$17M 0.01%
186,664
+54,597
+41% +$4.97M
TMP icon
1805
Tompkins Financial
TMP
$1B
$16.9M 0.01%
383,599
+14,289
+4% +$630K
DISCK
1806
DELISTED
Discovery, Inc. Series C Common Stock
DISCK
$16.9M 0.01%
453,432
+232,912
+106% +$8.68M
MCGC
1807
DELISTED
MCG CAP CORP
MCGC
$16.9M 0.01%
4,800,274
-1,139,440
-19% -$4.01M
KOP icon
1808
Koppers
KOP
$567M
$16.9M 0.01%
509,228
+15,785
+3% +$523K
HCA icon
1809
HCA Healthcare
HCA
$94.8B
$16.9M 0.01%
239,231
+2,153
+0.9% +$152K
GIC icon
1810
Global Industrial
GIC
$1.42B
$16.8M 0.01%
1,350,879
+1,338
+0.1% +$16.7K
BFIN icon
1811
BankFinancial
BFIN
$153M
$16.8M 0.01%
1,622,338
-12,873
-0.8% -$134K
PBI icon
1812
Pitney Bowes
PBI
$1.96B
$16.8M 0.01%
670,991
+11,628
+2% +$291K
VOXX
1813
DELISTED
VOXX International Corporation Class A
VOXX
$16.7M 0.01%
1,800,142
-9,338
-0.5% -$86.8K
PDCO
1814
DELISTED
Patterson Companies, Inc.
PDCO
$16.7M 0.01%
403,030
+6,456
+2% +$267K
BIO icon
1815
Bio-Rad Laboratories Class A
BIO
$7.59B
$16.7M 0.01%
146,985
+2,272
+2% +$258K
BNCL
1816
DELISTED
Beneficial Bancorp, Inc.
BNCL
$16.7M 0.01%
1,434,779
+30,137
+2% +$350K
CAI
1817
DELISTED
CAI International, Inc.
CAI
$16.6M 0.01%
859,198
+22,216
+3% +$430K
ULTA icon
1818
Ulta Beauty
ULTA
$23.1B
$16.6M 0.01%
140,665
+15,197
+12% +$1.8M
CBK
1819
DELISTED
Christopher & Banks Corporation
CBK
$16.6M 0.01%
1,678,626
+85,487
+5% +$845K
RHI icon
1820
Robert Half
RHI
$3.61B
$16.6M 0.01%
338,658
+1,432
+0.4% +$70.2K
COBZ
1821
DELISTED
CoBiz Financial,Inc
COBZ
$16.5M 0.01%
1,476,689
-17,188
-1% -$192K
TRC icon
1822
Tejon Ranch
TRC
$448M
$16.5M 0.01%
605,995
-5,519
-0.9% -$150K
JCP
1823
DELISTED
J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
JCP
$16.5M 0.01%
1,640,805
+665,867
+68% +$6.69M
WKC icon
1824
World Kinect Corp
WKC
$1.41B
$16.4M 0.01%
411,591
+34,846
+9% +$1.39M
CPAY icon
1825
Corpay
CPAY
$21.7B
$16.4M 0.01%
115,577
+21,580
+23% +$3.07M