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
ACNB icon
2301
ACNB Corp
ACNB
$472M
$9.19M ﹤0.01%
253,306
+5,119
+2% +$186K
FULC icon
2302
Fulcrum Therapeutics
FULC
$375M
$9.18M ﹤0.01%
1,480,926
+176,114
+13% +$1.09M
BWB icon
2303
Bridgewater Bancshares
BWB
$457M
$9.17M ﹤0.01%
789,993
+37,090
+5% +$431K
CVLY
2304
DELISTED
Codorus Valley Bancorp Inc
CVLY
$9.15M ﹤0.01%
380,747
-5,528
-1% -$133K
OBE
2305
Obsidian Energy
OBE
$407M
$9.14M ﹤0.01%
1,223,181
+124,881
+11% +$933K
VIST icon
2306
Vista Energy
VIST
$3.87B
$9.08M ﹤0.01%
199,450
+20,531
+11% +$934K
WSR
2307
Whitestone REIT
WSR
$667M
$9.04M ﹤0.01%
679,556
+21,297
+3% +$283K
PKE icon
2308
Park Aerospace
PKE
$377M
$9.04M ﹤0.01%
661,134
+5,933
+0.9% +$81.2K
HPP
2309
Hudson Pacific Properties
HPP
$1.11B
$8.99M ﹤0.01%
1,869,148
-19,950
-1% -$96K
NVEC icon
2310
NVE Corp
NVEC
$324M
$8.96M ﹤0.01%
120,028
-409
-0.3% -$30.5K
MDXG icon
2311
MiMedx Group
MDXG
$1.04B
$8.96M ﹤0.01%
1,292,822
+413,443
+47% +$2.86M
HCAT icon
2312
Health Catalyst
HCAT
$229M
$8.95M ﹤0.01%
1,400,437
-228,756
-14% -$1.46M
CFFI icon
2313
C&F Financial
CFFI
$227M
$8.92M ﹤0.01%
185,017
-1,277
-0.7% -$61.6K
ACTG icon
2314
Acacia Research
ACTG
$312M
$8.88M ﹤0.01%
1,772,295
+233,759
+15% +$1.17M
ARIS icon
2315
Aris Water Solutions
ARIS
$785M
$8.84M ﹤0.01%
563,976
+139,259
+33% +$2.18M
ONTF icon
2316
ON24
ONTF
$234M
$8.83M ﹤0.01%
1,469,318
+22,577
+2% +$136K
CLFD icon
2317
Clearfield
CLFD
$474M
$8.8M ﹤0.01%
228,173
+103,648
+83% +$4M
EBTC
2318
DELISTED
Enterprise Bancorp
EBTC
$8.8M ﹤0.01%
353,592
+8,216
+2% +$204K
PFIS icon
2319
Peoples Financial Services
PFIS
$528M
$8.74M ﹤0.01%
191,934
+9,122
+5% +$415K
CHCT
2320
Community Healthcare Trust
CHCT
$445M
$8.71M ﹤0.01%
372,488
+6,836
+2% +$160K
BFIN icon
2321
BankFinancial
BFIN
$154M
$8.65M ﹤0.01%
840,666
-21,353
-2% -$220K
ONIT
2322
Onity Group Inc.
ONIT
$365M
$8.64M ﹤0.01%
360,214
-4,550
-1% -$109K
MEC icon
2323
Mayville Engineering Co
MEC
$300M
$8.62M ﹤0.01%
517,323
+77,486
+18% +$1.29M
VSAT icon
2324
Viasat
VSAT
$4.27B
$8.6M ﹤0.01%
677,144
-785,813
-54% -$9.98M
ESSA
2325
DELISTED
ESSA Bancorp
ESSA
$8.5M ﹤0.01%
483,480
-2,584
-0.5% -$45.4K