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
TDC icon
1801
Teradata
TDC
$2B
$19.7M 0.01%
743,763
-24,973
-3% -$660K
STRA icon
1802
Strategic Education
STRA
$1.98B
$19.6M 0.01%
325,755
+72,313
+29% +$4.35M
ESRT icon
1803
Empire State Realty Trust
ESRT
$1.34B
$19.5M 0.01%
1,080,982
+477,178
+79% +$8.62M
COO icon
1804
Cooper Companies
COO
$13.3B
$19.5M 0.01%
580,972
+59,956
+12% +$2.01M
ECHO
1805
DELISTED
Echo Global Logistics, Inc.
ECHO
$19.4M 0.01%
953,594
+48,073
+5% +$980K
IIP
1806
DELISTED
INTERNAP NETWORK SERVICES CORPORATION
IIP
$19.4M 0.01%
3,033,182
-108,233
-3% -$693K
HMSY
1807
DELISTED
HMS Holdings Corp.
HMSY
$19.4M 0.01%
1,572,996
-46,628
-3% -$575K
CPRI icon
1808
Capri Holdings
CPRI
$2.43B
$19.4M 0.01%
484,465
+34,496
+8% +$1.38M
HIBB
1809
DELISTED
Hibbett, Inc. Common Stock
HIBB
$19.4M 0.01%
641,338
-13,574
-2% -$410K
TSYS
1810
DELISTED
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYS INC "A"
TSYS
$19.3M 0.01%
3,889,880
+53,956
+1% +$268K
ESI icon
1811
Element Solutions
ESI
$6.36B
$19.3M 0.01%
1,505,813
-126,199
-8% -$1.62M
FORR icon
1812
Forrester Research
FORR
$195M
$19.3M 0.01%
677,226
+13,728
+2% +$391K
PKOH icon
1813
Park-Ohio Holdings
PKOH
$309M
$19.3M 0.01%
523,750
+3,106
+0.6% +$114K
LTC
1814
LTC Properties
LTC
$1.67B
$19.3M 0.01%
446,340
+2,236
+0.5% +$96.5K
CPLA
1815
DELISTED
Capella Education Company
CPLA
$19.2M 0.01%
416,262
+29,678
+8% +$1.37M
EVHC
1816
DELISTED
Envision Healthcare Holdings Inc
EVHC
$19.2M 0.01%
247,231
+77,784
+46% +$6.05M
CSCD
1817
DELISTED
CASCADE MICROTECH, INC.
CSCD
$19.2M 0.01%
1,182,630
+21,208
+2% +$345K
TTM
1818
DELISTED
Tata Motors Limited
TTM
$19.2M 0.01%
651,785
ABB
1819
DELISTED
ABB Ltd.
ABB
$19.2M 0.01%
1,081,702
-1,436
-0.1% -$25.5K
FOR icon
1820
Forestar Group
FOR
$1.41B
$19.2M 0.01%
1,752,009
+23,521
+1% +$257K
MORN icon
1821
Morningstar
MORN
$10.8B
$19.2M 0.01%
238,298
+35,404
+17% +$2.85M
IDXX icon
1822
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$51.3B
$19.1M 0.01%
261,564
+12,666
+5% +$924K
IMAX icon
1823
IMAX
IMAX
$1.74B
$19.1M 0.01%
536,079
-5,700
-1% -$203K
LION
1824
DELISTED
Fidelity Southern Corporation
LION
$19M 0.01%
853,419
+134,211
+19% +$2.99M
KEP icon
1825
Korea Electric Power
KEP
$17.2B
$19M 0.01%
898,411
+4,886
+0.5% +$103K