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
+3.65%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$258B
AUM Growth
+$6.46B
Cap. Flow
+$965M
Cap. Flow %
0.37%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.9%
Holding
3,525
New
80
Increased
1,925
Reduced
1,177
Closed
58

Top Buys

1
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$245M
2
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$193M
3
DOW icon
Dow Inc
DOW
+$175M
4
CVX icon
Chevron
CVX
+$118M
5
JPM icon
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
+$113M

Sector Composition

1 Financials 18.84%
2 Industrials 13.37%
3 Technology 13.3%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.57%
5 Healthcare 9.79%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
CTRL
1826
DELISTED
Control4 Corporation
CTRL
$29.5M 0.01%
1,242,303
-16,650
-1% -$395K
DGII icon
1827
Digi International
DGII
$1.33B
$29.5M 0.01%
2,326,759
+26,577
+1% +$337K
CLNE icon
1828
Clean Energy Fuels
CLNE
$526M
$29.5M 0.01%
11,049,203
+408,731
+4% +$1.09M
OSUR icon
1829
OraSure Technologies
OSUR
$242M
$29.5M 0.01%
3,176,551
+14,022
+0.4% +$130K
SBSW icon
1830
Sibanye-Stillwater
SBSW
$6.17B
$29.5M 0.01%
6,202,565
MLR icon
1831
Miller Industries
MLR
$455M
$29.5M 0.01%
957,975
+3,201
+0.3% +$98.4K
NTB icon
1832
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
NTB
$1.89B
$29.4M 0.01%
865,499
+15,633
+2% +$531K
LW icon
1833
Lamb Weston
LW
$7.86B
$29.4M 0.01%
463,518
+5,617
+1% +$356K
CSV icon
1834
Carriage Services
CSV
$670M
$29.3M 0.01%
1,543,838
-2,272
-0.1% -$43.2K
SONY icon
1835
Sony
SONY
$175B
$29.3M 0.01%
2,799,260
+8,430
+0.3% +$88.3K
EPAY
1836
DELISTED
Bottomline Technologies Inc
EPAY
$29.3M 0.01%
661,682
+46,335
+8% +$2.05M
ALC icon
1837
Alcon
ALC
$38.7B
$29.1M 0.01%
+468,696
New +$29.1M
QNST icon
1838
QuinStreet
QNST
$930M
$29.1M 0.01%
1,834,469
+15,193
+0.8% +$241K
BMRN icon
1839
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals
BMRN
$10.4B
$29M 0.01%
339,024
+8,925
+3% +$764K
HCKT icon
1840
Hackett Group
HCKT
$575M
$29M 0.01%
1,728,784
-22,270
-1% -$374K
EVH icon
1841
Evolent Health
EVH
$1.05B
$29M 0.01%
3,650,271
+124,952
+4% +$993K
CARO
1842
DELISTED
Carolina Financial Corp.
CARO
$28.9M 0.01%
824,963
+10,503
+1% +$369K
TV icon
1843
Televisa
TV
$1.54B
$28.9M 0.01%
3,428,288
+158,394
+5% +$1.34M
PFSI icon
1844
PennyMac Financial
PFSI
$6.44B
$28.8M 0.01%
1,300,059
+290,200
+29% +$6.44M
TEN
1845
DELISTED
Tenneco Inc. Class A Voting Common Stock
TEN
$28.8M 0.01%
2,598,892
+460,484
+22% +$5.11M
AMC icon
1846
AMC Entertainment Holdings
AMC
$1.44B
$28.8M 0.01%
308,394
+48,784
+19% +$4.55M
SIRI icon
1847
SiriusXM
SIRI
$7.84B
$28.7M 0.01%
514,551
+21,852
+4% +$1.22M
RGNX icon
1848
Regenxbio
RGNX
$465M
$28.7M 0.01%
558,815
+108,836
+24% +$5.59M
HTBK icon
1849
Heritage Commerce
HTBK
$624M
$28.7M 0.01%
2,341,359
+41,136
+2% +$504K
NWG icon
1850
NatWest
NWG
$58.2B
$28.7M 0.01%
4,684,737
-37,540
-0.8% -$230K