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
-23.98%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$192B
AUM Growth
+$192B
Cap. Flow
-$2.58B
Cap. Flow %
-1.34%
Top 10 Hldgs %
11.91%
Holding
3,447
New
68
Increased
1,549
Reduced
1,537
Closed
73

Top Buys

1
BABA icon
Alibaba
BABA
$167M
2
PLD icon
Prologis
PLD
$115M
3
V icon
Visa
V
$83.9M
4
DIS icon
Walt Disney
DIS
$65.6M
5
CNC icon
Centene
CNC
$63.3M

Sector Composition

1 Financials 17.39%
2 Technology 15.89%
3 Industrials 12.48%
4 Healthcare 11.95%
5 Consumer Discretionary 9.72%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
AAPL icon
1
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
$4.15B 2.16% 16,325,530 -451,201 -3% -$115M
MSFT icon
2
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
$3.56B 1.85% 22,541,696 -135,605 -0.6% -$21.4M
AMZN icon
3
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
$2.6B 1.36% 1,335,223 -77,514 -5% -$151M
INTC icon
4
Intel
INTC
$107B
$2.44B 1.27% 45,018,924 -5,440,442 -11% -$294M
T icon
5
AT&T
T
$209B
$2.09B 1.09% 71,842,653 -7,107,038 -9% -$207M
JPM icon
6
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$829B
$1.89B 0.98% 20,956,628 -1,963,638 -9% -$177M
CMCSA icon
7
Comcast
CMCSA
$125B
$1.67B 0.87% 48,602,777 -1,372,196 -3% -$47.2M
PFE icon
8
Pfizer
PFE
$141B
$1.59B 0.83% 48,722,110 +80,756 +0.2% +$2.64M
BRK.B icon
9
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.09T
$1.48B 0.77% 8,069,087 -661,549 -8% -$121M
AMT icon
10
American Tower
AMT
$95.5B
$1.4B 0.73% 6,438,973 -173,831 -3% -$37.9M
JNJ icon
11
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
$1.33B 0.69% 10,170,450 +314,325 +3% +$41.2M
VZ icon
12
Verizon
VZ
$186B
$1.17B 0.61% 21,719,583 +786,395 +4% +$42.3M
BAC icon
13
Bank of America
BAC
$376B
$1.16B 0.6% 54,638,328 -896,151 -2% -$19M
CVX icon
14
Chevron
CVX
$324B
$1.13B 0.59% 15,545,480 -1,688,736 -10% -$122M
META icon
15
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
$1.1B 0.57% 6,616,260 -48,584 -0.7% -$8.1M
XOM icon
16
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$487B
$1.02B 0.53% 26,891,129 -4,329,551 -14% -$164M
WFC icon
17
Wells Fargo
WFC
$263B
$1.02B 0.53% 35,374,411 -814,252 -2% -$23.4M
WMT icon
18
Walmart
WMT
$774B
$980M 0.51% 8,628,554 -269,449 -3% -$30.6M
V icon
19
Visa
V
$683B
$915M 0.48% 5,678,976 +520,605 +10% +$83.9M
CCI icon
20
Crown Castle
CCI
$43.2B
$879M 0.46% 6,088,652 -70,603 -1% -$10.2M
PLD icon
21
Prologis
PLD
$106B
$871M 0.45% 10,832,740 +1,425,714 +15% +$115M
DIS icon
22
Walt Disney
DIS
$213B
$868M 0.45% 8,985,528 +678,803 +8% +$65.6M
CHTR icon
23
Charter Communications
CHTR
$36.3B
$854M 0.44% 1,956,875 -68,645 -3% -$30M
MA icon
24
Mastercard
MA
$538B
$818M 0.43% 3,386,662 +116,792 +4% +$28.2M
EQIX icon
25
Equinix
EQIX
$76.9B
$789M 0.41% 1,263,137 -7,030 -0.6% -$4.39M