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
+9.72%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$200B
AUM Growth
+$200B
Cap. Flow
+$779M
Cap. Flow %
0.39%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.01%
Holding
3,363
New
87
Increased
1,828
Reduced
1,248
Closed
74

Sector Composition

1 Financials 20.55%
2 Industrials 13.36%
3 Technology 12.5%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.36%
5 Healthcare 8.4%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
T icon
1
AT&T
T
$209B
$2.52B 1.26% 59,285,390 +2,770,539 +5% +$118M
JPM icon
2
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$829B
$2.41B 1.2% 27,903,541 +340,065 +1% +$29.3M
XOM icon
3
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$487B
$2.33B 1.17% 25,852,659 -390,785 -1% -$35.3M
AAPL icon
4
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
$1.91B 0.96% 16,526,123 +45,124 +0.3% +$5.23M
CMCSA icon
5
Comcast
CMCSA
$125B
$1.83B 0.91% 26,514,932 -820,274 -3% -$56.6M
INTC icon
6
Intel
INTC
$107B
$1.75B 0.87% 48,281,810 +1,049,817 +2% +$38.1M
CSCO icon
7
Cisco
CSCO
$274B
$1.43B 0.71% 47,287,028 +2,634,263 +6% +$79.6M
WFC icon
8
Wells Fargo
WFC
$263B
$1.31B 0.66% 23,846,742 -1,231,049 -5% -$67.8M
PFE icon
9
Pfizer
PFE
$141B
$1.3B 0.65% 40,054,688 -518,209 -1% -$16.8M
CVX icon
10
Chevron
CVX
$324B
$1.23B 0.61% 10,455,734 -1,108,532 -10% -$130M
BAC icon
11
Bank of America
BAC
$376B
$1.23B 0.61% 55,589,993 +6,341,237 +13% +$140M
MSFT icon
12
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
$1.17B 0.58% 18,783,456 +368,596 +2% +$22.9M
C icon
13
Citigroup
C
$178B
$1.13B 0.56% 18,961,846 +261,458 +1% +$15.5M
BP icon
14
BP
BP
$90.8B
$879M 0.44% 23,512,680 -410,570 -2% -$15.3M
TWX
15
DELISTED
Time Warner Inc
TWX
$850M 0.42% 8,805,254 -218,576 -2% -$21.1M
WMT icon
16
Walmart
WMT
$774B
$789M 0.39% 11,407,831 +2,969,581 +35% +$205M
CVS icon
17
CVS Health
CVS
$92.8B
$778M 0.39% 9,859,907 -55,870 -0.6% -$4.41M
SPG icon
18
Simon Property Group
SPG
$59B
$741M 0.37% 4,170,977 +102,676 +3% +$18.2M
JNJ icon
19
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
$739M 0.37% 6,417,794 +280,008 +5% +$32.3M
AMZN icon
20
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
$690M 0.34% 919,687 +42,972 +5% +$32.2M
VZ icon
21
Verizon
VZ
$186B
$643M 0.32% 12,038,092 -990,833 -8% -$52.9M
GE icon
22
GE Aerospace
GE
$292B
$642M 0.32% 20,307,591 -7,169,428 -26% -$227M
CHTR icon
23
Charter Communications
CHTR
$36.3B
$589M 0.29% 2,046,098 -13,932 -0.7% -$4.01M
QCOM icon
24
Qualcomm
QCOM
$173B
$587M 0.29% 9,003,856 +59,156 +0.7% +$3.86M
MDT icon
25
Medtronic
MDT
$119B
$567M 0.28% 7,966,572 +329,887 +4% +$23.5M