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
-12.61%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$279B
AUM Growth
-$45.8B
Cap. Flow
+$735M
Cap. Flow %
0.26%
Top 10 Hldgs %
10.15%
Holding
3,610
New
98
Increased
1,935
Reduced
1,303
Closed
147

Sector Composition

1 Financials 16.93%
2 Technology 15.17%
3 Industrials 11.99%
4 Healthcare 11.63%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.55%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
CATO icon
1976
Cato Corp
CATO
$92.1M
$16.4M 0.01%
1,410,877
+52,362
+4% +$608K
INGN icon
1977
Inogen
INGN
$229M
$16.3M 0.01%
674,701
+173,781
+35% +$4.2M
RUTH
1978
DELISTED
Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc.
RUTH
$16.3M 0.01%
1,002,643
+8,298
+0.8% +$135K
FERG icon
1979
Ferguson
FERG
$45.7B
$16.3M 0.01%
145,729
+142,969
+5,180% +$16M
BILL icon
1980
BILL Holdings
BILL
$5.27B
$16.1M 0.01%
146,325
+13,154
+10% +$1.45M
GPRO icon
1981
GoPro
GPRO
$378M
$16.1M 0.01%
2,908,083
+1,261,577
+77% +$6.98M
BBW icon
1982
Build-A-Bear
BBW
$946M
$16M 0.01%
976,859
-17,159
-2% -$282K
DLA
1983
DELISTED
Delta Apparel Inc.
DLA
$16M 0.01%
564,770
+15,642
+3% +$444K
CWEN.A icon
1984
Clearway Energy Class A
CWEN.A
$3.16B
$16M 0.01%
500,562
+2,875
+0.6% +$91.9K
ANIP icon
1985
ANI Pharmaceuticals
ANIP
$2.1B
$16M 0.01%
538,743
+82,596
+18% +$2.45M
OTEX icon
1986
Open Text
OTEX
$9.3B
$16M 0.01%
421,662
+2,815
+0.7% +$107K
AGR
1987
DELISTED
Avangrid, Inc.
AGR
$15.9M 0.01%
345,760
+6,852
+2% +$316K
UIS icon
1988
Unisys
UIS
$291M
$15.9M 0.01%
1,321,992
-139,102
-10% -$1.67M
SNOW icon
1989
Snowflake
SNOW
$73B
$15.9M 0.01%
114,269
+15,577
+16% +$2.17M
CCNE icon
1990
CNB Financial Corp
CCNE
$762M
$15.9M 0.01%
656,904
+23,607
+4% +$571K
PGNY icon
1991
Progyny
PGNY
$1.88B
$15.9M 0.01%
546,903
-124,024
-18% -$3.6M
LQDT icon
1992
Liquidity Services
LQDT
$884M
$15.8M 0.01%
1,173,892
-42,456
-3% -$571K
CPRX icon
1993
Catalyst Pharmaceutical
CPRX
$2.46B
$15.7M 0.01%
2,242,648
+97,394
+5% +$683K
NBN icon
1994
Northeast Bank
NBN
$951M
$15.7M 0.01%
429,577
+15,454
+4% +$565K
DDOG icon
1995
Datadog
DDOG
$46.9B
$15.6M 0.01%
163,765
+24,219
+17% +$2.31M
OIS icon
1996
Oil States International
OIS
$349M
$15.6M 0.01%
2,873,263
+371,042
+15% +$2.01M
GTY
1997
Getty Realty Corp
GTY
$1.59B
$15.6M 0.01%
587,137
-314
-0.1% -$8.32K
LGTY
1998
DELISTED
Logility Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. Common Stock
LGTY
$15.5M 0.01%
961,700
-5,916
-0.6% -$95.6K
FOSL icon
1999
Fossil Group
FOSL
$167M
$15.5M 0.01%
2,998,938
+275,488
+10% +$1.42M
AMNB
2000
DELISTED
American National Bankshares Inc
AMNB
$15.5M 0.01%
447,358
+14,766
+3% +$511K