Overview
Dimensional's flagship ETF: the whole US market, systematically tilted toward the small, value and profitable stocks that decades of academic research reward.
Top Holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| — | Total US market, factor-tilted | 2,500+ holdings |
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 4.8% |
| AAPL | Apple Inc. | 4.6% |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp. | 4.2% |
| — | Systematic small/value/profitability overweights |
Fund Details
Investment Thesis
DFAC is what happens when a quant house with fifty years of factor research builds a core fund: it owns essentially the entire market but persistently overweights smaller, cheaper, more profitable companies — the three premiums with the deepest academic support. It rebalances daily rather than on index dates, avoiding the front-running cost that plagues rules-based indices. The result is index-like breadth with a measured, disciplined tilt, at a fee far below traditional active management.
Who It's For
Investors who accept market-cap indexing as the baseline but believe factor premiums are real and want them harvested systematically. A one-fund core for the evidence-based crowd.
10-Year History
| Year | Close | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | $27.84 | -- |
| 2022 | $23.80 | -14.5% |
| 2023 | $28.99 | +21.8% |
| 2024 | $34.65 | +19.5% |
| 2025 | $39.57 | +14.2% |
| Year | Yield |
|---|---|
| 2016 | -- |
| 2017 | -- |
| 2018 | -- |
| 2019 | -- |
| 2020 | -- |
| 2021 | 1.30% |
| 2022 | 1.18% |
| 2023 | 1.22% |
| 2024 | 1.11% |
| 2025 | 1.11% |
| Year | AUM | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | $26B | -- |
| 2022 | $28B | +7.7% |
| 2023 | $32B | +14.3% |
| 2024 | $34B | +6.2% |
| 2025 | $32B | -5.9% |
Historical figures are ETFHub estimates modelled from asset-class return patterns and may differ from official fund records. Data as of August 2026.
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