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
+6.94%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$314B
AUM Growth
+$314B
Cap. Flow
+$2.54B
Cap. Flow %
0.81%
Top 10 Hldgs %
12.02%
Holding
3,572
New
111
Increased
1,841
Reduced
1,368
Closed
92

Top Buys

1
XOM icon
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$267M
2
CVX icon
Chevron
CVX
$202M
3
TSLA icon
Tesla
TSLA
$201M
4
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
$182M
5
PFE icon
Pfizer
PFE
$123M

Sector Composition

1 Technology 17.96%
2 Financials 15.55%
3 Industrials 13.49%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.05%
5 Healthcare 10.92%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
AAPL icon
1
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
$9.31B 2.97% 48,010,874 -1,391,352 -3% -$270M
MSFT icon
2
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
$7.87B 2.51% 23,102,119 +164,497 +0.7% +$56M
XOM icon
3
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$487B
$3.5B 1.11% 32,615,361 +2,493,492 +8% +$267M
AMZN icon
4
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
$2.98B 0.95% 22,823,548 +319,069 +1% +$41.6M
META icon
5
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
$2.96B 0.94% 10,328,246 -116,597 -1% -$33.5M
JPM icon
6
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$829B
$2.84B 0.91% 19,530,978 -341,964 -2% -$49.7M
BRK.B icon
7
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.09T
$2.44B 0.78% 7,145,885 +93,108 +1% +$31.7M
CVX icon
8
Chevron
CVX
$324B
$2.16B 0.69% 13,755,981 +1,283,965 +10% +$202M
NVDA icon
9
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.25T
$1.87B 0.6% 4,432,654 +430,278 +11% +$182M
GOOGL icon
10
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$2.57T
$1.8B 0.57% 15,022,193 -873,479 -5% -$105M
PFE icon
11
Pfizer
PFE
$141B
$1.72B 0.55% 47,002,433 +3,357,154 +8% +$123M
AVGO icon
12
Broadcom
AVGO
$1.4T
$1.72B 0.55% 1,980,199 +62,138 +3% +$53.9M
GOOG icon
13
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
$1.67B 0.53% 13,783,884 -942,654 -6% -$114M
CMCSA icon
14
Comcast
CMCSA
$125B
$1.62B 0.52% 39,019,605 -1,545,833 -4% -$64.2M
PLD icon
15
Prologis
PLD
$106B
$1.58B 0.5% 12,847,534 +131,090 +1% +$16.1M
LLY icon
16
Eli Lilly
LLY
$657B
$1.56B 0.5% 3,315,966 +100,101 +3% +$46.9M
V icon
17
Visa
V
$683B
$1.47B 0.47% 6,195,405 +247,895 +4% +$58.9M
VZ icon
18
Verizon
VZ
$186B
$1.47B 0.47% 39,436,522 +373,994 +1% +$13.9M
JNJ icon
19
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
$1.46B 0.47% 8,843,038 +430,445 +5% +$71.2M
MA icon
20
Mastercard
MA
$538B
$1.45B 0.46% 3,689,020 +70,116 +2% +$27.6M
TSLA icon
21
Tesla
TSLA
$1.08T
$1.41B 0.45% 5,378,721 +767,143 +17% +$201M
SHEL icon
22
Shell
SHEL
$215B
$1.41B 0.45% 23,275,120 +402,896 +2% +$24.3M
PG icon
23
Procter & Gamble
PG
$368B
$1.31B 0.42% 8,605,892 +162,796 +2% +$24.7M
AMT icon
24
American Tower
AMT
$95.5B
$1.25B 0.4% 6,470,679 +123,502 +2% +$24M
HD icon
25
Home Depot
HD
$405B
$1.24B 0.4% 3,992,847 +153,745 +4% +$47.8M