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Dimensional - US Core Equity Market ETF DFAU · AMEX

$52.72 +0.39% (+$0.21)

Summary

Dimensional - US Core Equity Market ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Dimensional. Positions inside: 2,209. The ten largest make up 35% of the fund.

Yearly costs
0.12%
Fund size
$12.9B
Positions
2,209
Dividend yield
0.90%
Running since
2020

What speaks for it

  • Costs of 0.12% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
  • A large fund with $12.9B under management.
  • Easy to buy and sell: about $30.7M changes hands a day.
  • Average yearly growth over the last five years: 11%.

What to watch

  • 97% of the fund is in one country (United States).

A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.

Price

Performance

1 month
-0.1%
3 months
+1.9%
This year
+12%
1 year
+15%
3 years
+77%
5 years
+66%
Avg. market cap
$2.60T
P/E
25.6x
Forward P/E
23.8x
P/S
6.0x
P/B
7.7x
P/FCF
33.4x
EV/EBITDA
19.1x
Dividend yield
0.76%
ROIC
28.6%
ROE
61.9%
Gross margin
59.8%
Operating margin
35.9%
Net margin
33.7%
Payout ratio
19.4%
Net debt/EBITDA
0.9x
Beta
1.01

Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 55% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.

What is inside?

Moderately concentrated
  1. 1
    AA
    Apple AAPL 7.0%
  2. 2
    NV
    Nvidia NVDA 6.9%
  3. 3
    MS
    Microsoft MSFT 5.7%
  4. 4
    AM
    Amazon AMZN 3.3%
  5. 5
    GO
    Alphabet GOOGL 2.6%
  6. 6
    GO
    Alphabet GOOG 2.2%
  7. 7
    ME
    Meta META 2.1%
  8. 8
    AV
    Broadcom AVGO 2.1%
  9. 9
    MU
    Micron MU 1.6%
  10. 10
    LL
    Eli Lilly LLY 1.3%

Positions in the fund: 2,209. The ten largest make up 35% of it.

Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.

Where is it spread?

One country

By sector

By country

By company size

By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.

Largest sector: Technology (36%). Largest country: United States (97%). Largest size group: Mega cap (58%).

What does it cost me?

Cheap
A year from $10,000
$12.00
Over 20 years
$600

From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $12.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $600.

How has it done?

Growing over the long run
A year on average, 5 years
+11%
Deepest drop
-24%
Yearly volatility
13%

Average yearly growth over the last five years: 11%. Deepest drop in these years: 24% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out
Yield
0.90%
Payments a year
4
Last payment
$0.12

Over the last 12 months it paid $0.47 per share, which is 0.90% of today's price. The last payment was $0.12 on Sep 22, 2026.

Is it easy to buy and sell?

Very easy
Traded a day
$30.7M
Shares a day
582K

On an average day about $30.7M of the fund changes hands.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Rather expensive
P/E of the companies inside
25.6
Average Bulios Score
73 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 25.6 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 83% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 55% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.

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