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
+10.32%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$331B
AUM Growth
+$20.3B
Cap. Flow
-$5.67B
Cap. Flow %
-1.71%
Top 10 Hldgs %
11.03%
Holding
3,615
New
116
Increased
1,381
Reduced
1,924
Closed
78

Sector Composition

1 Technology 17.41%
2 Financials 17.04%
3 Industrials 12.56%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.28%
5 Healthcare 11.16%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
BZH icon
1901
Beazer Homes USA
BZH
$789M
$23.4M 0.01%
1,008,149
+53,424
+6% +$1.24M
VALE icon
1902
Vale
VALE
$46.4B
$23.4M 0.01%
1,667,483
+564,297
+51% +$7.91M
CHRD icon
1903
Chord Energy
CHRD
$6.07B
$23.3M 0.01%
185,002
+22,011
+14% +$2.77M
TRQ
1904
DELISTED
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd
TRQ
$23.3M 0.01%
1,416,771
+66,655
+5% +$1.1M
DHX icon
1905
DHI Group
DHX
$142M
$23.2M 0.01%
3,715,195
+13,500
+0.4% +$84.2K
UA icon
1906
Under Armour Class C
UA
$2.08B
$23.1M 0.01%
1,279,681
+71,814
+6% +$1.3M
PEGA icon
1907
Pegasystems
PEGA
$9.95B
$23M 0.01%
412,100
+6,126
+2% +$343K
HLX icon
1908
Helix Energy Solutions
HLX
$941M
$22.8M 0.01%
7,320,508
-831,677
-10% -$2.59M
NWPX icon
1909
NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. Common Stock
NWPX
$507M
$22.8M 0.01%
717,583
-30,222
-4% -$961K
RCKY icon
1910
Rocky Brands
RCKY
$222M
$22.8M 0.01%
573,230
-21,684
-4% -$863K
AVLR
1911
DELISTED
Avalara, Inc.
AVLR
$22.8M 0.01%
176,302
+10,651
+6% +$1.38M
LILA icon
1912
Liberty Latin America Class A
LILA
$1.6B
$22.5M 0.01%
1,933,274
-130,456
-6% -$1.52M
SP
1913
DELISTED
SP Plus Corporation
SP
$22.5M 0.01%
798,528
-24,648
-3% -$696K
HIFS icon
1914
Hingham Institution for Saving
HIFS
$627M
$22.5M 0.01%
53,488
-1,633
-3% -$686K
CATO icon
1915
Cato Corp
CATO
$91.1M
$22.4M 0.01%
1,307,338
+10,356
+0.8% +$178K
MCS icon
1916
Marcus Corp
MCS
$503M
$22.4M 0.01%
1,255,729
+7,646
+0.6% +$137K
TPL icon
1917
Texas Pacific Land
TPL
$21.3B
$22.4M 0.01%
53,868
+10,521
+24% +$4.38M
BOOM icon
1918
DMC Global
BOOM
$154M
$22.4M 0.01%
565,893
+13,052
+2% +$517K
EQBK icon
1919
Equity Bancshares
EQBK
$795M
$22.4M 0.01%
659,205
-20,881
-3% -$708K
CDMO
1920
DELISTED
Avid Bioservices, Inc. Common Stock
CDMO
$22.3M 0.01%
765,476
-119,903
-14% -$3.5M
WB icon
1921
Weibo
WB
$3.09B
$22.3M 0.01%
720,196
+9,540
+1% +$296K
DDOG icon
1922
Datadog
DDOG
$46.9B
$22.2M 0.01%
124,888
+1,800
+1% +$321K
NRIM icon
1923
Northrim BanCorp
NRIM
$500M
$22.2M 0.01%
511,762
-10,344
-2% -$450K
APEI icon
1924
American Public Education
APEI
$643M
$22.2M 0.01%
999,480
-19,463
-2% -$433K
TACO
1925
DELISTED
Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. Common Stock
TACO
$22.2M 0.01%
1,782,495
-213,348
-11% -$2.66M