U.S. Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio
Name
As of 11/01/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
Vitals
YTD Return
20.1%
1 yr return
33.8%
3 Yr Avg Return
7.9%
5 Yr Avg Return
15.0%
Net Assets
$7.11 B
Holdings in Top 10
26.9%
52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH
Expenses
OPERATING FEES
Expense Ratio 0.17%
SALES FEES
Front Load N/A
Deferred Load N/A
TRADING FEES
Turnover 8.00%
Redemption Fee N/A
Min Investment
Standard (Taxable)
$0
IRA
N/A
Fund Classification
Fund Type
Open End Mutual Fund
Name
As of 11/01/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
DFSIX - Profile
Distributions
- YTD Total Return 20.1%
- 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 7.9%
- 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 15.0%
- Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
- Net Income Ratio 1.13%
- Dividend Yield 1.0%
- Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Fund Details
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Legal NameU.S. Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio
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Fund Family NameDimensional Funds
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Inception DateApr 11, 2008
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Shares OutstandingN/A
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Share ClassOther
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CurrencyUSD
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Domiciled CountryUS
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ManagerJed Fogdall
Fund Description
To achieve the U.S. Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio’s investment objective, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the “Advisor”) implements an integrated investment approach that combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions. As further described below, the Portfolio’s design emphasizes long-term drivers of expected returns identified by the Advisor’s research, while balancing risk through broad diversification across companies and sectors. The Advisor’s portfolio management and trading processes further balance those long-term drivers of expected returns with shorter-term drivers of expected returns and trading costs.
The U.S. Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio is designed to purchase a broad and diverse group of securities of U.S. companies. The Portfolio invests in companies of all sizes, with increased exposure to smaller capitalization, lower relative price, and higher profitability companies as compared to their representation in the U.S. Universe, while
adjusting the composition of the Portfolio based on sustainability impact considerations. The Advisor generally defines the U.S. Universe as a market capitalization weighted set (e.g., the larger the company, the greater the proportion of the U.S. Universe it represents) of U.S. operating companies listed on a securities exchange in the United States that is deemed appropriate by the Advisor. The Portfolio’s increased exposure to smaller capitalization, lower relative price, and higher profitability companies may be achieved by decreasing the allocation of the Portfolio’s assets to larger capitalization, higher relative price, or lower profitability companies relative to their weight in the U.S. Universe. An equity issuer is considered to have a high relative price (i.e., a growth stock) primarily because it has a high price in relation to its book value. An equity issuer is considered to have a low relative price (i.e., a value stock) primarily because it has a low price in relation to its book value. In assessing relative price, the Advisor may consider additional factors such as price to cash flow or price to earnings ratios. An equity issuer is considered to have high profitability because it has high earnings or profits from operations in relation to its book value or assets. The criteria the Advisor uses for assessing relative price and profitability are subject to change from time to time.
As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the U.S. Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of U.S. companies. The percentage allocation of the assets of the Portfolio to securities of the largest U.S. high relative price companies as defined above will generally be reduced from between 2.5% and 25% of their percentage weight in the U.S. Universe. For example, as of December 31, 2023, securities of the largest U.S. high relative price companies comprised 49% of the U.S. Universe and the Advisor allocated approximately 43% of the Portfolio to securities of the largest U.S. high relative price companies. The percentage by which the Portfolio’s allocation to securities of the largest U.S. high relative price companies is reduced will change due to market movements, sustainability impact considerations and other factors. Additionally, the representation of securities in the Portfolio as compared to their representation in the U.S. Universe may be impacted by the Portfolio’s sustainability impact considerations.
The Advisor may also increase or reduce the U.S. Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio’s exposure to an eligible company, or exclude a company, based on shorter-term considerations, such as a company’s price momentum, short-run reversals, and investment characteristics. In assessing a company’s investment characteristics, the Advisor considers ratios such as recent changes in assets divided by total assets. The criteria the Advisor uses for assessing a company’s investment characteristics are subject to change from time to time. In addition, the Advisor seeks to reduce trading costs using a flexible trading approach that looks for opportunities to participate in the available market liquidity, while managing turnover and explicit transaction costs.
The U.S. Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio also may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for U.S. equity securities and indices, to increase or decrease equity market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Portfolio. The above-referenced investments are not subject to, although they may incorporate, the Portfolio’s sustainability impact considerations.
The U.S. Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio may lend its portfolio securities to generate additional income.
The Advisor intends to take into account the impact that companies may have on the environment and other sustainability considerations when making investment decisions for the U.S. Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio. Relative to a portfolio without these considerations, the Portfolio will exclude or underweight securities of companies that, according to the Portfolio’s sustainability impact considerations, may be less sustainable as compared either to other companies in the Portfolio’s investment universe or other companies with similar business lines. Similarly, relative to a portfolio without sustainability impact considerations, the Portfolio will overweight securities of companies that, according to the Portfolio’s sustainability impact considerations, may be more sustainable as compared either to other companies in the Portfolio’s investment universe or other companies with similar business lines. In considering sustainability impact and other factors that the Advisor believes may be important to investors, the Advisor will consider greenhouse gas emissions intensity, fossil fuel reserves, coal, land use, water use, factory farming activities, biodiversity, involvement in toxic spills or releases, operational waste, tobacco, palm oil, cluster munitions manufacturing, landmine manufacturing, civilian firearms manufacturing, the ownership or operation of private prisons and/or immigrant detention facilities, child labor, and severe environmental, social, or governance controversies that indicate operations inconsistent with responsible business conduct standards (such as those defined by the UN Global Compact Principles and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises), among other factors. In particular, the Portfolio will exclude companies the Advisor considers to have high greenhouse gas emissions intensity or fossil fuel reserves relative to other issuers. The Advisor may engage third party service
providers to provide research and/or ratings information relating to the Portfolio’s sustainability impact considerations with respect to securities in the portfolio, where information is available from such providers.
The Portfolio may periodically modify, add, or remove certain sustainability impact considerations. (See “Additional Information on Investment Objectives and Policies—Applying the Portfolios’ Sustainability Impact Considerations” in this Prospectus.)
DFSIX - Performance
Return Ranking - Trailing
Period | DFSIX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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YTD | 20.1% | 3.2% | 34.6% | 46.03% |
1 Yr | 33.8% | 6.3% | 52.4% | 20.23% |
3 Yr | 7.9%* | -12.2% | 14.3% | 40.18% |
5 Yr | 15.0%* | -8.3% | 109.5% | 19.53% |
10 Yr | 12.7%* | -0.4% | 52.2% | 15.36% |
* Annualized
Return Ranking - Calendar
Period | DFSIX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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2023 | 24.0% | -42.6% | 47.4% | 21.35% |
2022 | -18.9% | -56.3% | -4.2% | 23.79% |
2021 | 24.6% | -27.2% | 537.8% | 17.25% |
2020 | 19.5% | -22.5% | 2181.7% | 7.79% |
2019 | 29.7% | -13.5% | 40.4% | 9.89% |
Total Return Ranking - Trailing
Period | DFSIX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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YTD | 20.1% | 3.2% | 34.6% | 46.03% |
1 Yr | 33.8% | 6.3% | 52.4% | 20.23% |
3 Yr | 7.9%* | -12.2% | 14.3% | 40.18% |
5 Yr | 15.0%* | -8.3% | 109.5% | 19.53% |
10 Yr | 12.7%* | -0.4% | 52.2% | 15.36% |
* Annualized
Total Return Ranking - Calendar
Period | DFSIX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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2023 | 25.7% | -5.0% | 47.4% | 35.04% |
2022 | -17.8% | -36.8% | -2.2% | 45.86% |
2021 | 27.4% | 3.0% | 537.8% | 42.50% |
2020 | 21.2% | -15.8% | 2266.0% | 15.31% |
2019 | 32.5% | -0.4% | 241.3% | 12.70% |
NAV & Total Return History
DFSIX - Holdings
Concentration Analysis
DFSIX | Category Low | Category High | DFSIX % Rank | |
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Net Assets | 7.11 B | 2.34 M | 1.55 T | 21.53% |
Number of Holdings | 1961 | 2 | 3963 | 3.17% |
Net Assets in Top 10 | 1.91 B | 1.07 M | 517 B | 29.08% |
Weighting of Top 10 | 26.93% | 0.3% | 112.9% | 90.70% |
Top 10 Holdings
- NVIDIA Corp. 5.62%
- Apple, Inc. 5.41%
- Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.86%
- Microsoft Corp. 2.64%
- Amazon.com, Inc. 2.39%
- Alphabet, Inc. 1.70%
- DFA Investment Trust Co. 1.69%
- DFA Short Term Investment Fund 1.63%
- Alphabet, Inc. 1.57%
- UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 1.42%
Asset Allocation
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | DFSIX % Rank | |
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Stocks | 101.49% | 0.00% | 105.85% | 0.41% |
Cash | 1.78% | 0.00% | 99.07% | 29.57% |
Other | 0.00% | -13.91% | 100.00% | 31.84% |
Preferred Stocks | 0.00% | 0.00% | 2.53% | 82.62% |
Convertible Bonds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 5.54% | 82.48% |
Bonds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 94.06% | 84.32% |
Stock Sector Breakdown
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | DFSIX % Rank | |
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Technology | 20.97% | 0.00% | 48.94% | 70.55% |
Financial Services | 17.40% | 0.00% | 55.59% | 16.46% |
Healthcare | 15.43% | 0.00% | 52.29% | 29.78% |
Consumer Cyclical | 13.12% | 0.00% | 30.33% | 10.92% |
Industrials | 12.27% | 0.00% | 29.90% | 16.05% |
Communication Services | 8.52% | 0.00% | 27.94% | 48.55% |
Consumer Defense | 6.90% | 0.00% | 47.71% | 48.64% |
Basic Materials | 2.66% | 0.00% | 25.70% | 45.91% |
Energy | 1.53% | 0.00% | 41.64% | 81.56% |
Utilities | 0.81% | 0.00% | 20.91% | 80.07% |
Real Estate | 0.39% | 0.00% | 31.91% | 84.53% |
Stock Geographic Breakdown
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | DFSIX % Rank | |
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US | 101.49% | 0.00% | 105.85% | 0.32% |
Non US | 0.00% | 0.00% | 64.54% | 84.08% |
DFSIX - Expenses
Operational Fees
DFSIX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Expense Ratio | 0.17% | 0.01% | 19.75% | 90.02% |
Management Fee | 0.14% | 0.00% | 1.90% | 14.53% |
12b-1 Fee | N/A | 0.00% | 1.00% | N/A |
Administrative Fee | N/A | 0.00% | 0.85% | 1.39% |
Sales Fees
DFSIX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Front Load | N/A | 1.00% | 5.75% | N/A |
Deferred Load | N/A | 1.00% | 5.00% | N/A |
Trading Fees
DFSIX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Max Redemption Fee | N/A | 0.25% | 2.00% | N/A |
Related Fees
Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.
DFSIX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Turnover | 8.00% | 0.00% | 268.00% | 21.35% |
DFSIX - Distributions
Dividend Yield Analysis
DFSIX | Category Low | Category High | DFSIX % Rank | |
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Dividend Yield | 1.04% | 0.00% | 25.47% | 56.84% |
Dividend Distribution Analysis
DFSIX | Category Low | Category High | Category Mod | |
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Dividend Distribution Frequency | Quarterly | Annual | Monthly | Quarterly |
Net Income Ratio Analysis
DFSIX | Category Low | Category High | DFSIX % Rank | |
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Net Income Ratio | 1.13% | -54.00% | 2.44% | 25.31% |
Capital Gain Distribution Analysis
DFSIX | Category Low | Category High | Capital Mode | |
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Capital Gain Distribution Frequency | Annually | Annually | Semi-Annually | Semi-Annually |
Distributions History
Date | Amount | Type |
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Sep 27, 2024 | $0.116 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 27, 2024 | $0.120 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 13, 2023 | $0.131 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 28, 2023 | $0.110 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 29, 2023 | $0.107 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 30, 2023 | $0.105 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 14, 2022 | $0.116 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 29, 2022 | $0.103 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 29, 2022 | $0.103 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 30, 2022 | $0.085 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 15, 2021 | $0.524 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 29, 2021 | $0.103 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 29, 2021 | $0.086 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 30, 2021 | $0.079 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 16, 2020 | $0.122 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 29, 2020 | $0.076 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 29, 2020 | $0.077 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 30, 2020 | $0.080 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 17, 2019 | $0.068 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 17, 2019 | $0.208 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Sep 27, 2019 | $0.081 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 27, 2019 | $0.079 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 28, 2019 | $0.068 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 18, 2018 | $0.073 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 18, 2018 | $0.007 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
Dec 18, 2018 | $0.180 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Sep 27, 2018 | $0.077 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 28, 2018 | $0.071 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 28, 2018 | $0.037 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 15, 2017 | $0.098 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 15, 2017 | $0.203 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Sep 28, 2017 | $0.074 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 29, 2017 | $0.069 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 30, 2017 | $0.060 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 15, 2016 | $0.084 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 15, 2016 | $0.150 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Sep 29, 2016 | $0.052 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 29, 2016 | $0.062 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 30, 2016 | $0.067 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 16, 2015 | $0.079 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 16, 2015 | $0.171 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Sep 09, 2015 | $0.061 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 08, 2015 | $0.060 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 09, 2015 | $0.049 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 16, 2014 | $0.078 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 16, 2014 | $0.224 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Sep 09, 2014 | $0.056 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 09, 2014 | $0.056 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 10, 2014 | $0.036 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 12, 2013 | $0.062 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 12, 2013 | $0.009 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
Dec 12, 2013 | $0.105 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Sep 10, 2013 | $0.053 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 10, 2013 | $0.047 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 08, 2013 | $0.028 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 13, 2012 | $0.088 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 13, 2012 | $0.053 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Sep 10, 2012 | $0.042 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 08, 2012 | $0.043 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 08, 2012 | $0.021 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 13, 2011 | $0.059 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 08, 2011 | $0.035 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 08, 2011 | $0.035 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 08, 2011 | $0.021 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 09, 2010 | $0.049 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 08, 2010 | $0.041 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 08, 2010 | $0.027 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 09, 2010 | $0.018 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 09, 2009 | $0.042 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 09, 2009 | $0.030 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 09, 2009 | $0.032 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 10, 2009 | $0.026 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 10, 2008 | $0.059 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 09, 2008 | $0.037 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 10, 2008 | $0.028 | OrdinaryDividend |
DFSIX - Fund Manager Analysis
Managers
Jed Fogdall
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Feb 28, 2012
10.26
10.3%
Jed S. Fogdall is a Co-Head of Portfolio Management and Vice President of Dimensional and a member of Dimensional’s Investment Committee. Mr. Fogdall has an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles and a BS from Purdue University. Mr. Fogdall joined Dimensional as a Portfolio Manager in 2004 and has been responsible for international portfolios since 2010 and domestic portfolios since 2012.
Mary Phillips
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Feb 28, 2022
0.25
0.3%
Mary T. Phillips, CFA, Deputy Head of Portfolio Management, North America, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President of Dimensional, joined Dimensional in 2012 and has been a portfolio manager since 2014. Ms. Phillips began managing Dimensional’s allocated portion of the Fund’s portfolio in March 2018. Ms. Phillips earned an MBA with concentration in analytic finance, statistics and econometrics, and managerial and organizational behavior from the University of Chicago and a BA from the University of Puget Sound.
John Hertzer
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Feb 28, 2022
0.25
0.3%
Mr. Hertzer joined DFA in 2013. Mr. Hertzer began his investment career in 2004 and earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the University of California Los Angeles.
Tenure Analysis
Category Low | Category High | Category Average | Category Mode |
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0.04 | 39.02 | 7.24 | 2.42 |