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
+3.65%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$258B
AUM Growth
+$258B
Cap. Flow
+$421M
Cap. Flow %
0.16%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.9%
Holding
3,525
New
80
Increased
1,930
Reduced
1,177
Closed
62

Sector Composition

1 Financials 18.84%
2 Industrials 13.39%
3 Technology 13.3%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.57%
5 Healthcare 9.79%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
AAPL icon
1
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
$3.5B 1.36% 17,704,837 +1,238,672 +8% +$245M
MSFT icon
2
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
$2.92B 1.13% 21,814,631 +237,817 +1% +$31.9M
JPM icon
3
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$829B
$2.7B 1.05% 24,179,323 +1,012,883 +4% +$113M
T icon
4
AT&T
T
$209B
$2.62B 1.02% 78,218,289 +614,777 +0.8% +$20.6M
AMZN icon
5
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
$2.55B 0.99% 1,345,398 +101,845 +8% +$193M
INTC icon
6
Intel
INTC
$107B
$2.43B 0.94% 50,823,194 -20,151 -0% -$965K
XOM icon
7
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$487B
$2.36B 0.92% 30,850,259 -897,862 -3% -$68.8M
CMCSA icon
8
Comcast
CMCSA
$125B
$2.19B 0.85% 51,860,731 -712,289 -1% -$30.1M
CVX icon
9
Chevron
CVX
$324B
$2.11B 0.82% 16,925,983 +945,642 +6% +$118M
PFE icon
10
Pfizer
PFE
$141B
$2.09B 0.81% 48,345,769 -2,303,704 -5% -$99.8M
BRK.B icon
11
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.09T
$1.76B 0.68% 8,263,851 +108,794 +1% +$23.2M
WFC icon
12
Wells Fargo
WFC
$263B
$1.7B 0.66% 35,950,851 +930,127 +3% +$44M
BAC icon
13
Bank of America
BAC
$376B
$1.46B 0.57% 50,265,439 -5,178,372 -9% -$150M
AMT icon
14
American Tower
AMT
$95.5B
$1.35B 0.53% 6,623,210 +49,790 +0.8% +$10.2M
WMT icon
15
Walmart
WMT
$774B
$1.29B 0.5% 11,659,663 -376,492 -3% -$41.6M
JNJ icon
16
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
$1.18B 0.46% 8,496,876 +353,747 +4% +$49.3M
CSCO icon
17
Cisco
CSCO
$274B
$1.17B 0.45% 21,405,742 -657,853 -3% -$36M
C icon
18
Citigroup
C
$178B
$1.16B 0.45% 16,582,044 -726,538 -4% -$50.9M
META icon
19
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
$1.15B 0.45% 5,938,794 +89,048 +2% +$17.2M
VZ icon
20
Verizon
VZ
$186B
$1.1B 0.43% 19,198,106 +804,822 +4% +$46M
DIS icon
21
Walt Disney
DIS
$213B
$967M 0.38% 6,928,053 -924,138 -12% -$129M
V icon
22
Visa
V
$683B
$875M 0.34% 5,041,136 +54,555 +1% +$9.47M
MDT icon
23
Medtronic
MDT
$119B
$851M 0.33% 8,741,520 +13,741 +0.2% +$1.34M
CHTR icon
24
Charter Communications
CHTR
$36.3B
$847M 0.33% 2,143,794 -7,581 -0.4% -$3M
ELV icon
25
Elevance Health
ELV
$71.8B
$829M 0.32% 2,937,875 -3,428 -0.1% -$967K