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
+10.27%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$369B
AUM Growth
+$369B
Cap. Flow
+$1.27B
Cap. Flow %
0.35%
Top 10 Hldgs %
13.34%
Holding
3,470
New
58
Increased
1,819
Reduced
1,328
Closed
83

Top Buys

1
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
$1.06B
2
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
$625M
3
WMT icon
Walmart
WMT
$616M
4
UNH icon
UnitedHealth
UNH
$201M
5
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
$192M

Sector Composition

1 Technology 18.69%
2 Financials 17.09%
3 Industrials 13.06%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.1%
5 Healthcare 10.13%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
MSFT icon
1
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
$9.48B 2.57% 22,528,256 -193,838 -0.9% -$81.6M
AAPL icon
2
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
$8.61B 2.33% 50,196,001 +3,644,262 +8% +$625M
NVDA icon
3
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.25T
$6.8B 1.84% 7,524,284 +1,174,674 +18% +$1.06B
AMZN icon
4
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
$4.5B 1.22% 24,919,636 +598,367 +2% +$108M
JPM icon
5
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$829B
$4.34B 1.17% 21,656,369 +317,665 +1% +$63.6M
META icon
6
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
$3.66B 0.99% 7,545,773 -1,253,059 -14% -$608M
XOM icon
7
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$487B
$3.66B 0.99% 31,463,190 -1,428,761 -4% -$166M
BRK.B icon
8
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.09T
$3.06B 0.83% 7,267,415 +36,733 +0.5% +$15.4M
LLY icon
9
Eli Lilly
LLY
$657B
$2.65B 0.72% 3,409,480 +13,584 +0.4% +$10.6M
AVGO icon
10
Broadcom
AVGO
$1.4T
$2.53B 0.69% 1,909,654 -181,186 -9% -$240M
GOOGL icon
11
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$2.57T
$2.48B 0.67% 16,417,798 +745,659 +5% +$113M
GOOG icon
12
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
$2.13B 0.58% 14,021,413 +281,122 +2% +$42.8M
CVX icon
13
Chevron
CVX
$324B
$2.03B 0.55% 12,894,134 -418,555 -3% -$66M
V icon
14
Visa
V
$683B
$1.95B 0.53% 6,985,041 +188,688 +3% +$52.7M
MA icon
15
Mastercard
MA
$538B
$1.81B 0.49% 3,759,493 +16,770 +0.4% +$8.08M
JNJ icon
16
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
$1.79B 0.48% 11,318,095 +1,148,905 +11% +$182M
PLD icon
17
Prologis
PLD
$106B
$1.68B 0.45% 12,892,111 +58,941 +0.5% +$7.68M
HD icon
18
Home Depot
HD
$405B
$1.65B 0.45% 4,309,864 +98,513 +2% +$37.8M
CMCSA icon
19
Comcast
CMCSA
$125B
$1.62B 0.44% 37,328,758 -357,745 -0.9% -$15.5M
SHEL icon
20
Shell
SHEL
$215B
$1.52B 0.41% 22,625,768 +13,933 +0.1% +$934K
COP icon
21
ConocoPhillips
COP
$124B
$1.51B 0.41% 11,864,164 -146,871 -1% -$18.7M
ABBV icon
22
AbbVie
ABBV
$372B
$1.5B 0.41% 8,217,620 +199,368 +2% +$36.3M
VZ icon
23
Verizon
VZ
$186B
$1.47B 0.4% 35,026,519 -480,178 -1% -$20.1M
PG icon
24
Procter & Gamble
PG
$368B
$1.45B 0.39% 8,958,485 +433,966 +5% +$70.4M
UNH icon
25
UnitedHealth
UNH
$281B
$1.45B 0.39% 2,936,071 +405,872 +16% +$201M