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
-0.63%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$325B
AUM Growth
+$325B
Cap. Flow
+$5.28B
Cap. Flow %
1.63%
Top 10 Hldgs %
10.62%
Holding
3,635
New
98
Increased
2,071
Reduced
1,162
Closed
123
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
AAPL icon
1
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
$8.53B 2.63% 48,832,704 -1,435,272 -3% -$251M
MSFT icon
2
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
$6.84B 2.11% 22,168,826 +135,526 +0.6% +$41.8M
AMZN icon
3
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
$4.43B 1.37% 1,360,242 -2,908 -0.2% -$9.48M
JPM icon
4
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$829B
$2.64B 0.81% 19,360,635 +877,422 +5% +$120M
BRK.B icon
5
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.09T
$2.41B 0.74% 6,830,230 +49,788 +0.7% +$17.6M
GOOGL icon
6
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$2.57T
$2.07B 0.64% 743,789 +11,369 +2% +$31.6M
PFE icon
7
Pfizer
PFE
$141B
$2.01B 0.62% 38,901,743 -312,657 -0.8% -$16.2M
GOOG icon
8
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
$1.96B 0.6% 701,170 +486 +0.1% +$1.36M
INTC icon
9
Intel
INTC
$107B
$1.81B 0.56% 36,607,501 -345,181 -0.9% -$17.1M
META icon
10
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
$1.79B 0.55% 8,026,339 +1,295,216 +19% +$288M
CMCSA icon
11
Comcast
CMCSA
$125B
$1.77B 0.55% 37,826,388 +237,230 +0.6% +$11.1M
XOM icon
12
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$487B
$1.71B 0.53% 20,669,491 +1,973,120 +11% +$163M
PLD icon
13
Prologis
PLD
$106B
$1.7B 0.52% 10,539,452 +276 +0% +$44.6K
VZ icon
14
Verizon
VZ
$186B
$1.69B 0.52% 33,209,518 +1,657,895 +5% +$84.5M
JNJ icon
15
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
$1.67B 0.52% 9,447,620 -1,403,708 -13% -$249M
CVX icon
16
Chevron
CVX
$324B
$1.59B 0.49% 9,763,275 +1,437,047 +17% +$234M
WMT icon
17
Walmart
WMT
$774B
$1.57B 0.48% 10,533,486 +6,698 +0.1% +$998K
AMT icon
18
American Tower
AMT
$95.5B
$1.56B 0.48% 6,213,168 +112,662 +2% +$28.3M
UNH icon
19
UnitedHealth
UNH
$281B
$1.52B 0.47% 2,970,320 -142,986 -5% -$72.9M
BAC icon
20
Bank of America
BAC
$376B
$1.45B 0.45% 35,229,840 +773,812 +2% +$31.9M
NVDA icon
21
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.25T
$1.39B 0.43% 5,086,742 +2,480 +0% +$677K
TMO icon
22
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$186B
$1.38B 0.43% 2,340,544 +4,559 +0.2% +$2.69M
PG icon
23
Procter & Gamble
PG
$368B
$1.34B 0.41% 8,756,780 +469,265 +6% +$71.7M
T icon
24
AT&T
T
$209B
$1.28B 0.39% 53,980,905 -648,234 -1% -$15.3M
COP icon
25
ConocoPhillips
COP
$124B
$1.24B 0.38% 12,353,857 +250,117 +2% +$25M