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
-12.61%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$279B
AUM Growth
+$279B
Cap. Flow
+$3.96B
Cap. Flow %
1.42%
Top 10 Hldgs %
10.15%
Holding
3,610
New
98
Increased
1,939
Reduced
1,302
Closed
147
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
AAPL icon
1
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
$6.68B 2.4% 48,886,465 +53,761 +0.1% +$7.35M
MSFT icon
2
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
$5.74B 2.06% 22,365,896 +197,070 +0.9% +$50.6M
AMZN icon
3
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
$2.54B 0.91% 23,905,682 +22,545,440 +1,657% +$2.39B
JPM icon
4
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$829B
$2.26B 0.81% 20,025,768 +665,133 +3% +$74.9M
XOM icon
5
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$487B
$2.16B 0.77% 25,174,306 +4,504,815 +22% +$386M
PFE icon
6
Pfizer
PFE
$141B
$2.11B 0.76% 40,233,015 +1,331,272 +3% +$69.8M
BRK.B icon
7
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.09T
$1.86B 0.67% 6,828,308 -1,922 -0% -$525K
VZ icon
8
Verizon
VZ
$186B
$1.66B 0.6% 32,681,915 -527,603 -2% -$26.8M
GOOGL icon
9
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$2.57T
$1.66B 0.59% 760,137 +16,348 +2% +$35.6M
CVX icon
10
Chevron
CVX
$324B
$1.62B 0.58% 11,204,910 +1,441,635 +15% +$209M
JNJ icon
11
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
$1.59B 0.57% 8,964,576 -483,044 -5% -$85.7M
GOOG icon
12
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
$1.57B 0.56% 716,974 +15,804 +2% +$34.6M
AMT icon
13
American Tower
AMT
$95.5B
$1.57B 0.56% 6,132,621 -80,547 -1% -$20.6M
CMCSA icon
14
Comcast
CMCSA
$125B
$1.49B 0.54% 38,018,154 +191,766 +0.5% +$7.52M
META icon
15
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
$1.41B 0.5% 8,719,583 +693,244 +9% +$112M
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16
UnitedHealth
UNH
$281B
$1.4B 0.5% 2,733,008 -237,312 -8% -$122M
INTC icon
17
Intel
INTC
$107B
$1.33B 0.48% 35,671,699 -935,802 -3% -$35M
PG icon
18
Procter & Gamble
PG
$368B
$1.27B 0.46% 8,834,726 +77,946 +0.9% +$11.2M
WMT icon
19
Walmart
WMT
$774B
$1.27B 0.45% 10,404,969 -128,517 -1% -$15.6M
PLD icon
20
Prologis
PLD
$106B
$1.22B 0.44% 10,334,255 -205,197 -2% -$24.1M
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21
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$186B
$1.22B 0.44% 2,236,694 -103,850 -4% -$56.4M
ABBV icon
22
AbbVie
ABBV
$372B
$1.17B 0.42% 7,654,841 +228,778 +3% +$35M
COP icon
23
ConocoPhillips
COP
$124B
$1.14B 0.41% 12,659,474 +305,617 +2% +$27.4M
T icon
24
AT&T
T
$209B
$1.13B 0.4% 53,739,568 -241,337 -0.4% -$5.06M
BMY icon
25
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$96B
$1.12B 0.4% 14,504,137 +731,384 +5% +$56.3M