DFAS
US Small CapU.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares
Dimensional · Tracks (systematic — no single index) · Inception Dec 15, 1998
Trailing returns
through Oct 23, 2026- 1 year
- +17.6%
- 3 year
- +18.1%
- annualized
- 5 year
- +7.1%
- annualized
Price return from month-end closes, distributions reinvested at month end. Excludes trading costs, bid-ask spreads and taxes. Past performance says nothing about future returns and is not part of the composite score — see the methodology for what the score does measure.
Composite score
Based on a 0.27% expense ratio.
Based on $18.54B in net assets.
Top-10 holdings represent 2.5% of net assets.
US Small Cap base · ETF wrapper · 1.03% TTM yield.
The composite is a weighted average of the four core sub-scores above (cost, tax efficiency, liquidity, concentration). Missing sub-scores fall back to the per-category median when the category has at least 50% data coverage, so funds without (e.g.) parsed N-PORT holdings aren't accidentally boosted by renormalization. Tracking quality is shown where computable but isn't currently part of the composite weighting. See methodology for formulas, the tracking-quality partial-coverage rationale, and the dimensions we deliberately don't score (methodology v0.5.2).
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Top holdings
| # | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION | 0.29% |
| 2 | JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.28% |
| 3 | IES HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.26% |
| 4 | ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED | 0.26% |
| 5 | WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.25% |
| 6 | BORGWARNER INC. | 0.25% |
| 7 | APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.24% |
| 8 | APA CORPORATION | 0.24% |
| 9 | INVESCO LTD | 0.24% |
| 10 | TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.23% |
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