Summary
DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio is a mutual fund run by Dimensional. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day.
- Yearly costs
- 0.31%
- Fund size
- $27.0B
- Dividend yield
- 1.44%
- Running since
- 1993
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.31% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- A large fund with $27.0B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.1%.
- It has been running since 1993.
What to watch
Nothing here calls for caution.
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
- -0.7%
- 3 months
- -2.6%
- This year
- +17%
- 1 year
- +21%
- 3 years
- +57%
- 5 years
- +29%
- 10 years
- +81%
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $31.00
- Over 20 years
- $1,524
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $31.00 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 $1,524.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +6.1%
- Deepest drop
- -28%
- Yearly volatility
- 15%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.1%. Deepest drop in these years: 28% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.44%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.17
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.86 per share, which is 1.44% of today's price. The last payment was $0.17 on Sep 24, 2026.