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
+22.8%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$277B
AUM Growth
+$277B
Cap. Flow
-$3.48B
Cap. Flow %
-1.26%
Top 10 Hldgs %
10.53%
Holding
3,414
New
83
Increased
1,313
Reduced
1,786
Closed
72

Sector Composition

1 Financials 16.83%
2 Technology 16.36%
3 Industrials 13.32%
4 Consumer Discretionary 12.13%
5 Healthcare 10.9%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
AAPL icon
1
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
$6.91B 2.49% 52,058,506 -2,363,948 -4% -$314M
MSFT icon
2
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
$5.04B 1.82% 22,669,100 +375,809 +2% +$83.6M
AMZN icon
3
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
$3.93B 1.42% 1,208,071 +25,686 +2% +$83.7M
JPM icon
4
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$829B
$2.58B 0.93% 20,335,016 -259,251 -1% -$32.9M
CMCSA icon
5
Comcast
CMCSA
$125B
$2.17B 0.78% 41,439,363 -4,631,875 -10% -$243M
INTC icon
6
Intel
INTC
$107B
$1.89B 0.68% 38,005,564 -3,095,869 -8% -$154M
META icon
7
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
$1.72B 0.62% 6,312,529 -181,680 -3% -$49.6M
BRK.B icon
8
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.09T
$1.68B 0.6% 7,224,392 -165,768 -2% -$38.4M
T icon
9
AT&T
T
$209B
$1.66B 0.6% 57,740,827 -2,559,119 -4% -$73.6M
JNJ icon
10
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
$1.56B 0.56% 9,926,617 -249,768 -2% -$39.3M
PFE icon
11
Pfizer
PFE
$141B
$1.5B 0.54% 40,838,352 -1,696,187 -4% -$62.4M
VZ icon
12
Verizon
VZ
$186B
$1.46B 0.53% 24,891,711 +46,347 +0.2% +$2.72M
AMT icon
13
American Tower
AMT
$95.5B
$1.37B 0.5% 6,115,306 +218,524 +4% +$49M
V icon
14
Visa
V
$683B
$1.35B 0.49% 6,176,136 +27,191 +0.4% +$5.95M
DIS icon
15
Walt Disney
DIS
$213B
$1.31B 0.47% 7,253,924 +33,925 +0.5% +$6.15M
CHTR icon
16
Charter Communications
CHTR
$36.3B
$1.23B 0.45% 1,866,050 -24,337 -1% -$16.1M
MA icon
17
Mastercard
MA
$538B
$1.23B 0.44% 3,441,819 -29,391 -0.8% -$10.5M
BAC icon
18
Bank of America
BAC
$376B
$1.23B 0.44% 40,457,241 -319,012 -0.8% -$9.67M
WMT icon
19
Walmart
WMT
$774B
$1.22B 0.44% 8,468,345 +138,861 +2% +$20M
GOOGL icon
20
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$2.57T
$1.21B 0.44% 688,142 +5,734 +0.8% +$10M
GOOG icon
21
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
$1.17B 0.42% 669,482 -12,886 -2% -$22.6M
UNH icon
22
UnitedHealth
UNH
$281B
$1.14B 0.41% 3,239,463 +189,222 +6% +$66.3M
PLD icon
23
Prologis
PLD
$106B
$1.09B 0.39% 10,911,047 -62,561 -0.6% -$6.23M
BABA icon
24
Alibaba
BABA
$322B
$1.07B 0.39% 4,611,299 -13,158 -0.3% -$3.06M
TMO icon
25
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$186B
$1.06B 0.38% 2,268,430 -176,739 -7% -$82.3M