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
+1.12%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$383B
AUM Growth
+$13.5B
Cap. Flow
+$16.2B
Cap. Flow %
4.22%
Top 10 Hldgs %
15.87%
Holding
3,454
New
67
Increased
1,988
Reduced
1,222
Closed
81

Top Buys

1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$2.08B
2
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$699M
3
XOM icon
Exxon Mobil
XOM
+$614M
4
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$587M
5
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
+$448M

Sector Composition

1 Technology 20.72%
2 Financials 16.94%
3 Industrials 12.24%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.5%
5 Healthcare 10%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
INSP icon
2101
Inspire Medical Systems
INSP
$2.37B
$14.7M ﹤0.01%
109,560
+48,590
+80% +$6.5M
BFST icon
2102
Business First Bancshares
BFST
$710M
$14.6M ﹤0.01%
669,530
+50,955
+8% +$1.11M
MEI icon
2103
Methode Electronics
MEI
$285M
$14.5M ﹤0.01%
1,403,700
-258,853
-16% -$2.68M
PANL icon
2104
Pangaea Logistics
PANL
$364M
$14.5M ﹤0.01%
1,853,611
+112,298
+6% +$879K
WOLF icon
2105
Wolfspeed
WOLF
$426M
$14.5M ﹤0.01%
637,581
+149,093
+31% +$3.39M
CHGG icon
2106
Chegg
CHGG
$153M
$14.5M ﹤0.01%
4,585,055
+433,709
+10% +$1.37M
ATRI
2107
DELISTED
Atrion Corp
ATRI
$14.4M ﹤0.01%
31,912
-15,484
-33% -$7.01M
AVD icon
2108
American Vanguard Corp
AVD
$159M
$14.4M ﹤0.01%
1,678,607
-175,686
-9% -$1.51M
RXRX icon
2109
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
RXRX
$2.06B
$14.4M ﹤0.01%
1,920,177
-174,823
-8% -$1.31M
FSBW icon
2110
FS Bancorp
FSBW
$313M
$14.4M ﹤0.01%
395,126
+3,811
+1% +$139K
OIS icon
2111
Oil States International
OIS
$346M
$14.3M ﹤0.01%
3,215,134
-551,206
-15% -$2.45M
PDS
2112
Precision Drilling
PDS
$764M
$14.2M ﹤0.01%
201,625
+28,947
+17% +$2.04M
WWW icon
2113
Wolverine World Wide
WWW
$2.49B
$14.2M ﹤0.01%
1,047,877
-42,478
-4% -$574K
UNTY icon
2114
Unity Bancorp
UNTY
$521M
$14.2M ﹤0.01%
478,877
+5,449
+1% +$161K
NRC icon
2115
National Research Corp
NRC
$367M
$14.1M ﹤0.01%
614,495
-23,894
-4% -$548K
LEGH icon
2116
Legacy Housing
LEGH
$650M
$14M ﹤0.01%
609,217
+88,921
+17% +$2.04M
USAP
2117
DELISTED
Universal Stainless & Alloy
USAP
$13.9M ﹤0.01%
506,073
+40,653
+9% +$1.11M
SHBI icon
2118
Shore Bancshares
SHBI
$569M
$13.8M ﹤0.01%
1,208,740
+77,961
+7% +$893K
SIGA icon
2119
SIGA Technologies
SIGA
$620M
$13.8M ﹤0.01%
1,821,788
+133,883
+8% +$1.02M
YORW icon
2120
York Water
YORW
$439M
$13.8M ﹤0.01%
372,608
-13,706
-4% -$508K
CDRE icon
2121
Cadre Holdings
CDRE
$1.34B
$13.8M ﹤0.01%
411,056
+95,233
+30% +$3.2M
DO
2122
DELISTED
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
DO
$13.8M ﹤0.01%
+887,925
New +$13.8M
SSYS icon
2123
Stratasys
SSYS
$837M
$13.8M ﹤0.01%
1,639,214
-368,216
-18% -$3.09M
PACK icon
2124
Ranpak Holdings
PACK
$395M
$13.7M ﹤0.01%
2,129,802
+542,464
+34% +$3.49M
GDRX icon
2125
GoodRx Holdings
GDRX
$1.42B
$13.7M ﹤0.01%
1,754,623
-171,568
-9% -$1.34M