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
-1.95%
1 Year Return
+19.15%
3 Year Return
+80.48%
5 Year Return
+182.76%
10 Year Return
+378.45%
AUM
$402B
AUM Growth
+$402B
Cap. Flow
+$2.59B
Cap. Flow %
0.64%
Top 10 Hldgs %
15.5%
Holding
3,398
New
59
Increased
1,746
Reduced
1,404
Closed
78

Sector Composition

1 Technology 18.85%
2 Financials 18.69%
3 Industrials 11.95%
4 Healthcare 10.42%
5 Consumer Discretionary 10.19%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Shares
Change %
Capital Flow
AAPL icon
1
Apple
AAPL
$3.45T
$12.5B 3.12% 56,429,484 +2,537,265 +5% +$564M
NVDA icon
2
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.25T
$10.5B 2.6% 96,472,254 -1,100,433 -1% -$119M
MSFT icon
3
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
$9.56B 2.38% 25,467,476 +527,590 +2% +$198M
AMZN icon
4
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
$5.69B 1.41% 29,917,012 +1,053,420 +4% +$200M
META icon
5
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
$5.24B 1.3% 9,085,387 +100,885 +1% +$58.1M
JPM icon
6
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$829B
$4.93B 1.23% 20,098,773 -1,193,576 -6% -$293M
XOM icon
7
Exxon Mobil
XOM
$487B
$3.94B 0.98% 33,123,517 +28,941 +0.1% +$3.44M
BRK.B icon
8
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.09T
$3.9B 0.97% 7,327,645 +28,464 +0.4% +$15.2M
LLY icon
9
Eli Lilly
LLY
$657B
$3.14B 0.78% 3,796,285 +94,078 +3% +$77.7M
V icon
10
Visa
V
$683B
$2.97B 0.74% 8,471,084 +36,149 +0.4% +$12.7M
JNJ icon
11
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$427B
$2.8B 0.7% 16,903,105 +2,129,612 +14% +$353M
GOOGL icon
12
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$2.57T
$2.78B 0.69% 17,977,378 +205,149 +1% +$31.7M
UNH icon
13
UnitedHealth
UNH
$281B
$2.72B 0.68% 5,197,427 +839,002 +19% +$439M
GOOG icon
14
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
$2.32B 0.58% 14,862,649 +279,132 +2% +$43.6M
MA icon
15
Mastercard
MA
$538B
$2.28B 0.57% 4,160,820 -14,788 -0.4% -$8.11M
CVX icon
16
Chevron
CVX
$324B
$2.05B 0.51% 12,281,983 +40,758 +0.3% +$6.82M
ABBV icon
17
AbbVie
ABBV
$372B
$1.97B 0.49% 9,413,033 +45,871 +0.5% +$9.61M
COST icon
18
Costco
COST
$418B
$1.89B 0.47% 1,997,863 +35,113 +2% +$33.2M
HD icon
19
Home Depot
HD
$405B
$1.83B 0.46% 5,004,784 +64,222 +1% +$23.5M
CSCO icon
20
Cisco
CSCO
$274B
$1.81B 0.45% 29,307,776 -111,265 -0.4% -$6.87M
PG icon
21
Procter & Gamble
PG
$368B
$1.77B 0.44% 10,409,865 +697,366 +7% +$119M
AVGO icon
22
Broadcom
AVGO
$1.4T
$1.71B 0.43% 10,241,379 +32,231 +0.3% +$5.4M
SHEL icon
23
Shell
SHEL
$215B
$1.71B 0.42% 23,272,913 +451,233 +2% +$33.1M
VZ icon
24
Verizon
VZ
$186B
$1.6B 0.4% 35,319,757 -1,531,435 -4% -$69.5M
T icon
25
AT&T
T
$209B
$1.51B 0.37% 53,339,376 +1,307,009 +3% +$37M