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
+4.88%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$160B
AUM Growth
+$8.09B
Cap. Flow
+$3.6B
Cap. Flow %
2.24%
Top 10 Hldgs %
8.97%
Holding
3,421
New
53
Increased
2,021
Reduced
959
Closed
92

Sector Composition

1 Financials 19.04%
2 Industrials 13.18%
3 Technology 11.68%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.68%
5 Healthcare 9.65%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
ALNT icon
2351
Allient
ALNT
$774M
$7.34M ﹤0.01%
420,251
-45,349
-10% -$792K
MNR
2352
DELISTED
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp
MNR
$7.32M ﹤0.01%
699,927
+62,041
+10% +$649K
ALOT icon
2353
AstroNova
ALOT
$78.8M
$7.31M ﹤0.01%
506,028
-821
-0.2% -$11.9K
MCF
2354
DELISTED
Contango Oil & Gas Co.
MCF
$7.31M ﹤0.01%
1,140,675
+12,558
+1% +$80.5K
TREC
2355
DELISTED
Trecora Resources
TREC
$7.29M ﹤0.01%
588,541
+29,039
+5% +$360K
HMY icon
2356
Harmony Gold Mining
HMY
$9.62B
$7.28M ﹤0.01%
7,829,703
-287,702
-4% -$267K
MTUS icon
2357
Metallus
MTUS
$695M
$7.27M ﹤0.01%
867,798
+61,538
+8% +$516K
BSTC
2358
DELISTED
BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.
BSTC
$7.26M ﹤0.01%
168,874
+11,456
+7% +$492K
OPY icon
2359
Oppenheimer Holdings
OPY
$763M
$7.26M ﹤0.01%
417,454
+24,136
+6% +$419K
SPPI
2360
DELISTED
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc
SPPI
$7.26M ﹤0.01%
1,203,127
-32,031
-3% -$193K
CDE icon
2361
Coeur Mining
CDE
$9.6B
$7.24M ﹤0.01%
2,917,973
-12,600
-0.4% -$31.2K
MBVT
2362
DELISTED
Merchants Bancshares Inc
MBVT
$7.2M ﹤0.01%
228,694
+333
+0.1% +$10.5K
GBNK
2363
DELISTED
Guaranty Bancorp
GBNK
$7.18M ﹤0.01%
433,902
+6,427
+2% +$106K
CCU icon
2364
Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas
CCU
$2.18B
$7.15M ﹤0.01%
329,917
+1,900
+0.6% +$41.2K
SHYF
2365
DELISTED
The Shyft Group
SHYF
$7.15M ﹤0.01%
2,297,714
+42,234
+2% +$131K
KRO icon
2366
KRONOS Worldwide
KRO
$721M
$7.14M ﹤0.01%
1,266,681
+23,748
+2% +$134K
SKUL
2367
DELISTED
SKULLCANDY INC
SKUL
$7.13M ﹤0.01%
1,506,475
+14,155
+0.9% +$67K
DALN icon
2368
DallasNews
DALN
$79.4M
$7.1M ﹤0.01%
355,081
+4,140
+1% +$82.8K
SHLO
2369
DELISTED
Shiloh Industries Inc
SHLO
$7.07M ﹤0.01%
1,348,914
-38,438
-3% -$201K
VRTV
2370
DELISTED
VERITIV CORPORATION
VRTV
$7.05M ﹤0.01%
194,594
+28,765
+17% +$1.04M
PCTI
2371
DELISTED
PCTEL, Inc. Common Stock
PCTI
$7.04M ﹤0.01%
1,547,941
-20,368
-1% -$92.7K
RCKY icon
2372
Rocky Brands
RCKY
$216M
$7.01M ﹤0.01%
605,986
-36,587
-6% -$423K
CECO icon
2373
Ceco Environmental
CECO
$1.67B
$6.99M ﹤0.01%
910,511
+79,823
+10% +$613K
YORW icon
2374
York Water
YORW
$440M
$6.99M ﹤0.01%
280,319
+8,684
+3% +$217K
FSTR icon
2375
Foster
FSTR
$284M
$6.99M ﹤0.01%
511,536
-33,303
-6% -$455K