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
+8.54%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$236B
AUM Growth
+$8.3B
Cap. Flow
-$4.75B
Cap. Flow %
-2.01%
Top 10 Hldgs %
11.67%
Holding
3,412
New
74
Increased
1,250
Reduced
1,784
Closed
81

Sector Composition

1 Technology 16.33%
2 Financials 15.39%
3 Industrials 13.13%
4 Consumer Discretionary 12.36%
5 Healthcare 11.57%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
DBI icon
1901
Designer Brands
DBI
$225M
$18.2M 0.01%
3,352,459
-966,361
-22% -$5.25M
COHR icon
1902
Coherent
COHR
$16B
$18.2M 0.01%
448,379
-542,434
-55% -$22M
IVC
1903
DELISTED
Invacare Corporation
IVC
$18.2M 0.01%
2,417,022
-57,920
-2% -$436K
CHUY
1904
DELISTED
Chuy's Holdings, Inc. Common Stock
CHUY
$18.2M 0.01%
927,857
-57,743
-6% -$1.13M
SQM icon
1905
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
SQM
$12B
$18.2M 0.01%
561,299
-15,923
-3% -$515K
BN icon
1906
Brookfield
BN
$101B
$18.1M 0.01%
683,189
+166,355
+32% +$4.42M
IRT icon
1907
Independence Realty Trust
IRT
$4.07B
$18.1M 0.01%
1,559,256
+108,738
+7% +$1.26M
AQUA
1908
DELISTED
Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. Common Stock
AQUA
$18M 0.01%
849,752
+26,263
+3% +$557K
NSSC icon
1909
Napco Security Technologies
NSSC
$1.5B
$17.9M 0.01%
1,525,842
-54,088
-3% -$636K
CECO icon
1910
Ceco Environmental
CECO
$1.7B
$17.9M 0.01%
2,453,292
+1,623
+0.1% +$11.8K
HTBK icon
1911
Heritage Commerce
HTBK
$624M
$17.9M 0.01%
2,686,468
-8,945
-0.3% -$59.5K
AROW icon
1912
Arrow Financial
AROW
$478M
$17.7M 0.01%
772,168
-887
-0.1% -$20.4K
PRTA icon
1913
Prothena Corp
PRTA
$442M
$17.6M 0.01%
1,765,000
-36,831
-2% -$368K
PSTG icon
1914
Pure Storage
PSTG
$26.9B
$17.6M 0.01%
1,144,995
+39,989
+4% +$616K
LILA icon
1915
Liberty Latin America Class A
LILA
$1.5B
$17.6M 0.01%
2,135,844
-170,894
-7% -$1.41M
TCO
1916
DELISTED
Taubman Centers Inc.
TCO
$17.6M 0.01%
527,673
+140,384
+36% +$4.67M
HAYN
1917
DELISTED
Haynes International, Inc.
HAYN
$17.6M 0.01%
1,027,082
-20,866
-2% -$357K
PLPC icon
1918
Preformed Line Products
PLPC
$979M
$17.5M 0.01%
360,017
+1,832
+0.5% +$89.3K
NVCR icon
1919
NovoCure
NVCR
$1.36B
$17.5M 0.01%
157,431
+7,232
+5% +$805K
STM icon
1920
STMicroelectronics
STM
$23.1B
$17.5M 0.01%
569,889
+30,578
+6% +$938K
MRC icon
1921
MRC Global
MRC
$1.23B
$17.5M 0.01%
4,082,306
-111,134
-3% -$476K
HCKT icon
1922
Hackett Group
HCKT
$575M
$17.4M 0.01%
1,557,903
-17,750
-1% -$198K
TPCO
1923
DELISTED
Tribune Publishing Company Common Stock
TPCO
$17.4M 0.01%
1,493,716
-47,270
-3% -$551K
ENIC icon
1924
Enel Chile
ENIC
$5.2B
$17.3M 0.01%
5,026,159
-226,808
-4% -$779K
BBD icon
1925
Banco Bradesco
BBD
$33.1B
$17.3M 0.01%
6,096,390
-3,420,761
-36% -$9.69M