Dimensional Fund Advisors

Dimensional Fund Advisors Portfolio holdings

AUM $432B
 

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
+$258B
Cap. Flow
+$421M
Cap. Flow %
0.16%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.9%
Holding
3,525
New
80
Increased
1,930
Reduced
1,177
Closed
62

Sector Composition

1 Financials 18.84%
2 Industrials 13.39%
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
AL icon
201
Air Lease Corp
AL
$6.73B
$209M 0.08%
5,063,836
+621,699
+14% +$25.7M
ATGE icon
202
Adtalem Global Education
ATGE
$4.71B
$209M 0.08%
4,645,014
-40,085
-0.9% -$1.81M
LHCG
203
DELISTED
LHC Group LLC
LHCG
$209M 0.08%
1,746,273
-227,526
-12% -$27.2M
TMUS icon
204
T-Mobile US
TMUS
$284B
$208M 0.08%
2,799,391
+66,685
+2% +$4.94M
TJX icon
205
TJX Companies
TJX
$152B
$207M 0.08%
3,912,580
+138,299
+4% +$7.31M
MAA icon
206
Mid-America Apartment Communities
MAA
$17.1B
$207M 0.08%
1,756,978
+11,866
+0.7% +$1.4M
EXR icon
207
Extra Space Storage
EXR
$30.5B
$207M 0.08%
1,947,736
-5,392
-0.3% -$572K
GFI icon
208
Gold Fields
GFI
$30B
$206M 0.08%
38,133,158
+189,418
+0.5% +$1.02M
KSS icon
209
Kohl's
KSS
$1.69B
$206M 0.08%
4,328,823
+187,499
+5% +$8.91M
HST icon
210
Host Hotels & Resorts
HST
$11.8B
$206M 0.08%
11,292,710
+80,811
+0.7% +$1.47M
FCX icon
211
Freeport-McMoran
FCX
$63.7B
$206M 0.08%
17,701,773
+1,032,262
+6% +$12M
IBKC
212
DELISTED
IBERIABANK Corp
IBKC
$205M 0.08%
2,701,730
+274,813
+11% +$20.8M
INTU icon
213
Intuit
INTU
$186B
$205M 0.08%
783,202
+30,034
+4% +$7.85M
LRCX icon
214
Lam Research
LRCX
$127B
$204M 0.08%
1,087,603
-3,879
-0.4% -$729K
ONB icon
215
Old National Bancorp
ONB
$8.97B
$203M 0.08%
12,264,415
+133,209
+1% +$2.21M
SAVE
216
DELISTED
Spirit Airlines, Inc.
SAVE
$203M 0.08%
4,258,781
+28,016
+0.7% +$1.34M
WKC icon
217
World Kinect Corp
WKC
$1.49B
$203M 0.08%
5,649,438
+25,969
+0.5% +$934K
AEL
218
DELISTED
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company
AEL
$203M 0.08%
7,475,025
+11,175
+0.1% +$304K
DGX icon
219
Quest Diagnostics
DGX
$20.3B
$202M 0.08%
1,980,516
-24,593
-1% -$2.5M
FBP icon
220
First Bancorp
FBP
$3.57B
$202M 0.08%
18,257,968
+94,851
+0.5% +$1.05M
DK icon
221
Delek US
DK
$1.67B
$200M 0.08%
4,929,794
+104,630
+2% +$4.24M
STL
222
DELISTED
Sterling Bancorp
STL
$199M 0.08%
9,368,572
+499,978
+6% +$10.6M
CXO
223
DELISTED
CONCHO RESOURCES INC.
CXO
$199M 0.08%
1,931,697
-104,860
-5% -$10.8M
NAVI icon
224
Navient
NAVI
$1.36B
$199M 0.08%
14,543,415
+882,405
+6% +$12M
KR icon
225
Kroger
KR
$44.9B
$198M 0.08%
9,144,436
+656,729
+8% +$14.3M