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
+3.16%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$167B
AUM Growth
+$6.62B
Cap. Flow
+$4.56B
Cap. Flow %
2.73%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9%
Holding
3,387
New
58
Increased
2,018
Reduced
918
Closed
88

Top Buys

1
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$277M
2
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$169M
3
QCOM icon
Qualcomm
QCOM
+$159M
4
C icon
Citigroup
C
+$130M
5
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$116M

Sector Composition

1 Financials 17.43%
2 Industrials 13.68%
3 Technology 12.18%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.79%
5 Healthcare 9.03%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
INDY icon
2426
iShares S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund
INDY
$652M
$5.97M ﹤0.01%
222,006
INDA icon
2427
iShares MSCI India ETF
INDA
$9.39B
$5.96M ﹤0.01%
219,590
+7,600
+4% +$206K
TREC
2428
DELISTED
Trecora Resources
TREC
$5.94M ﹤0.01%
617,472
+28,931
+5% +$278K
FNLC icon
2429
First Bancorp
FNLC
$302M
$5.92M ﹤0.01%
303,381
+7,969
+3% +$155K
AWRE icon
2430
Aware
AWRE
$59.5M
$5.9M ﹤0.01%
1,581,160
KYO
2431
DELISTED
Kyocera Adr
KYO
$5.89M ﹤0.01%
133,474
+703
+0.5% +$31K
LDR
2432
DELISTED
Landauer Inc
LDR
$5.89M ﹤0.01%
178,077
+20,265
+13% +$670K
RM icon
2433
Regional Management Corp
RM
$408M
$5.85M ﹤0.01%
341,593
+32,819
+11% +$562K
PINC icon
2434
Premier
PINC
$2.2B
$5.83M ﹤0.01%
174,629
+21,216
+14% +$708K
ENB icon
2435
Enbridge
ENB
$106B
$5.82M ﹤0.01%
149,505
+7,146
+5% +$278K
ALNT icon
2436
Allient
ALNT
$767M
$5.81M ﹤0.01%
483,923
+63,672
+15% +$764K
LMIA
2437
DELISTED
LMI Aerospace Inc
LMIA
$5.8M ﹤0.01%
681,613
-5,481
-0.8% -$46.6K
HNP
2438
DELISTED
Huaneng Power Intl, Inc.
HNP
$5.79M ﹤0.01%
162,942
SBY
2439
DELISTED
Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp.
SBY
$5.78M ﹤0.01%
389,491
+68,344
+21% +$1.01M
BMCH
2440
DELISTED
BMC Stock Holdings, Inc
BMCH
$5.76M ﹤0.01%
346,777
+132,420
+62% +$2.2M
SSYS icon
2441
Stratasys
SSYS
$825M
$5.75M ﹤0.01%
221,815
-1,787
-0.8% -$46.3K
PAAS icon
2442
Pan American Silver
PAAS
$15.3B
$5.75M ﹤0.01%
528,719
+3,342
+0.6% +$36.3K
SSTK icon
2443
Shutterstock
SSTK
$712M
$5.73M ﹤0.01%
155,873
HIFS icon
2444
Hingham Institution for Saving
HIFS
$598M
$5.7M ﹤0.01%
47,843
+224
+0.5% +$26.7K
NSSC icon
2445
Napco Security Technologies
NSSC
$1.42B
$5.7M ﹤0.01%
1,822,814
+4,858
+0.3% +$15.2K
BHB icon
2446
Bar Harbor Bankshares
BHB
$533M
$5.67M ﹤0.01%
256,142
+1,344
+0.5% +$29.8K
RDNT icon
2447
RadNet
RDNT
$5.49B
$5.66M ﹤0.01%
1,172,420
+86,825
+8% +$419K
RCMT icon
2448
RCM Technologies
RCMT
$199M
$5.66M ﹤0.01%
1,066,110
TECK icon
2449
Teck Resources
TECK
$19.7B
$5.66M ﹤0.01%
743,735
+109,224
+17% +$831K
SKUL
2450
DELISTED
SKULLCANDY INC
SKUL
$5.66M ﹤0.01%
1,588,434
+81,959
+5% +$292K