DFA U.S. Small Cap Portfolio Institutional Class (DFSTX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
42.14
+1.07 (2.61%)
Apr 23, 2025, 8:09 AM EDT
-3.66%
Fund Assets 15.27B
Expense Ratio 0.27%
Min. Investment $0.00
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.53
Dividend Yield 1.29%
Dividend Growth -51.20%
Payout Frequency Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date Mar 28, 2025
Previous Close 41.07
YTD Return -13.88%
1-Year Return -2.86%
5-Year Return 104.40%
52-Week Low 39.46
52-Week High 53.54
Beta (5Y) 1.05
Holdings 2022
Inception Date Mar 19, 1992

About DFSTX

The fund, using a market capitalization weighted approach, purchases a broad and diverse group of readily marketable securities of U.S. small cap companies. A company's market capitalization is the number of its shares outstanding times its price per share. Under a market capitalization weighted approach, companies with higher market capitalizations generally represent a larger proportion of the fund than companies with relatively lower market capitalizations.

Fund Family Dimensional Fds
Category Small Blend
Performance Rating Above Average
Risk Rating Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol DFSTX
Share Class - Institutional Class
Index Russell 2000 TR

Performance

DFSTX had a total return of -2.86% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.60%.

Top 10 Holdings

5.02% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Future on E-mini S&P 500 Futures n/a 1.20%
Ssc Government Mm Gvmxx n/a 1.02%
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. SFM 0.55%
Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS 0.42%
UMB Financial Corporation UMBF 0.35%
SouthState Corporation SSB 0.34%
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. AIT 0.32%
Mueller Industries, Inc. MLI 0.30%
Exelixis, Inc. EXEL 0.27%
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. BECN 0.26%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Mar 28, 2025 $0.12799 Mar 31, 2025
Dec 10, 2024 $0.12831 Dec 11, 2024
Sep 27, 2024 $0.13533 Sep 30, 2024
Jun 27, 2024 $0.13615 Jun 28, 2024
Mar 27, 2024 $0.11282 Mar 28, 2024
Dec 11, 2023 $0.72053 Dec 12, 2023
Full Dividend History