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
+5.46%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$263B
AUM Growth
+$263B
Cap. Flow
+$2.21B
Cap. Flow %
0.84%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.6%
Holding
3,484
New
118
Increased
2,098
Reduced
974
Closed
59

Sector Composition

1 Financials 18.87%
2 Industrials 13.16%
3 Technology 12.97%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.5%
5 Healthcare 10.29%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
AAPL icon
1
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
$3.68B 1.4% 16,284,053 -14,317 -0.1% -$3.23M
XOM icon
2
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$487B
$2.73B 1.04% 32,074,706 +459,785 +1% +$39.1M
T icon
3
AT&T
T
$209B
$2.68B 1.02% 79,709,586 -2,846,619 -3% -$95.6M
JPM icon
4
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$829B
$2.56B 0.97% 22,667,097 -3,764,496 -14% -$425M
AMZN icon
5
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
$2.42B 0.92% 1,210,375 -5,855 -0.5% -$11.7M
MSFT icon
6
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
$2.42B 0.92% 21,138,096 -52,408 -0.2% -$5.99M
INTC icon
7
Intel
INTC
$107B
$2.41B 0.92% 51,057,594 -408,448 -0.8% -$19.3M
PFE icon
8
Pfizer
PFE
$141B
$2.35B 0.89% 53,336,765 -896,893 -2% -$39.5M
WFC icon
9
Wells Fargo
WFC
$263B
$2.09B 0.8% 39,816,567 -3,272,069 -8% -$172M
CMCSA icon
10
Comcast
CMCSA
$125B
$1.89B 0.72% 53,253,034 -57,141 -0.1% -$2.02M
BAC icon
11
Bank of America
BAC
$376B
$1.75B 0.67% 59,346,330 -4,505,351 -7% -$133M
BRK.B icon
12
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.09T
$1.74B 0.66% 8,140,690 +429,745 +6% +$92M
CVX icon
13
Chevron
CVX
$324B
$1.6B 0.61% 13,053,987 -163,186 -1% -$20M
CSCO icon
14
Cisco
CSCO
$274B
$1.44B 0.55% 29,693,528 -6,393,953 -18% -$311M
WMT icon
15
Walmart
WMT
$774B
$1.31B 0.5% 13,905,804 -355,333 -2% -$33.4M
C icon
16
Citigroup
C
$178B
$1.23B 0.47% 17,152,945 +350,881 +2% +$25.2M
JNJ icon
17
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
$1.1B 0.42% 7,929,303 +89,324 +1% +$12.3M
VZ icon
18
Verizon
VZ
$186B
$942M 0.36% 17,639,378 +516,809 +3% +$27.6M
AMT icon
19
American Tower
AMT
$95.5B
$932M 0.35% 6,413,904 +381,712 +6% +$55.5M
BP icon
20
BP
BP
$90.8B
$908M 0.35% 19,698,960 -658,139 -3% -$30.3M
META icon
21
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
$861M 0.33% 5,233,884 +76,449 +1% +$12.6M
MDT icon
22
Medtronic
MDT
$119B
$854M 0.33% 8,686,333 -198,068 -2% -$19.5M
CVS icon
23
CVS Health
CVS
$92.8B
$846M 0.32% 10,749,487 -90,570 -0.8% -$7.13M
UNH icon
24
UnitedHealth
UNH
$281B
$840M 0.32% 3,157,170 +17,040 +0.5% +$4.53M
SPG icon
25
Simon Property Group
SPG
$59B
$818M 0.31% 4,625,786 +26,984 +0.6% +$4.77M