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
-7.82%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$152B
AUM Growth
+$152B
Cap. Flow
+$4.85B
Cap. Flow %
3.18%
Top 10 Hldgs %
8.74%
Holding
3,447
New
85
Increased
2,054
Reduced
912
Closed
79

Sector Composition

1 Financials 18.98%
2 Industrials 13.02%
3 Technology 11.66%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.95%
5 Healthcare 9.31%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
XOM icon
1
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$487B
$1.85B 1.21% 24,885,621 +4,089,290 +20% +$304M
T icon
2
AT&T
T
$209B
$1.68B 1.1% 51,450,590 +2,605,854 +5% +$84.9M
JPM icon
3
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$829B
$1.49B 0.98% 24,495,859 +1,351,352 +6% +$82.4M
AAPL icon
4
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
$1.42B 0.93% 12,869,389 +681,622 +6% +$75.2M
PFE icon
5
Pfizer
PFE
$141B
$1.4B 0.92% 44,595,611 -688,717 -2% -$21.6M
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6
GE Aerospace
GE
$292B
$1.3B 0.85% 51,592,606 -8,564,473 -14% -$216M
CMCSA icon
7
Comcast
CMCSA
$125B
$1.3B 0.85% 22,870,800 +666,590 +3% +$37.9M
CVX icon
8
Chevron
CVX
$324B
$1.09B 0.71% 13,774,394 -121,685 -0.9% -$9.6M
INTC icon
9
Intel
INTC
$107B
$973M 0.64% 32,281,082 +4,918,858 +18% +$148M
CSCO icon
10
Cisco
CSCO
$274B
$817M 0.54% 31,137,355 +2,324,976 +8% +$61M
CVS icon
11
CVS Health
CVS
$92.8B
$796M 0.52% 8,248,299 -814,039 -9% -$78.5M
WFC icon
12
Wells Fargo
WFC
$263B
$789M 0.52% 15,359,661 -760,201 -5% -$39M
BAC icon
13
Bank of America
BAC
$376B
$751M 0.49% 48,221,062 +334,743 +0.7% +$5.22M
C icon
14
Citigroup
C
$178B
$749M 0.49% 15,101,976 +113,222 +0.8% +$5.62M
MSFT icon
15
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
$728M 0.48% 16,443,059 +598,644 +4% +$26.5M
SPG icon
16
Simon Property Group
SPG
$59B
$711M 0.47% 3,869,741 -21,845 -0.6% -$4.01M
TWX
17
DELISTED
Time Warner Inc
TWX
$639M 0.42% 9,288,674 -331,779 -3% -$22.8M
TWC
18
DELISTED
TIME WARNER CABLE INC NEW COM STK
TWC
$634M 0.42% 3,533,441 +322 +0% +$57.8K
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19
BP
BP
$90.8B
$627M 0.41% 20,505,289 +592,045 +3% +$18.1M
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20
ConocoPhillips
COP
$124B
$610M 0.4% 12,717,762 -269,298 -2% -$12.9M
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21
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
$546M 0.36% 876,975 +102,813 +13% +$64.1M
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22
Goldman Sachs
GS
$226B
$535M 0.35% 3,076,606 +54,431 +2% +$9.46M
DTRM
23
DELISTED
Determine, Inc. Common Stock
DTRM
$533M 0.35% 135,651 -2,191 -2% -$8.61M
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24
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
$532M 0.35% 5,699,724 +74,114 +1% +$6.92M
VZ icon
25
Verizon
VZ
$186B
$489M 0.32% 11,233,830 -9,036 -0.1% -$393K