Dimensional Fund AdvisorsSmall BlendDFAS · NYSE Arca

Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF (DFAS)

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Price: $80.52; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $15.5B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.26%; Category 0.96%
Yield: 0.97%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 17.3%+0.3%; Category 17.0%
3Y CAGR: 15.4%-0.4%; Category 15.8%
5Y CAGR: 8.5%+0.9%; Category 7.7%

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Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-3.9%	+0.3%	+15.4%	+16.2%	+17.3%	+15.4%	+8.5%	—	+7.7%
Small Blend average	-4.1%	0.0%	16.7%	16.6%	17.0%	15.8%	7.7%	10.5%	11.7%
Difference	+0.2%	+0.3%	-1.3%	-0.4%	+0.3%	-0.4%	+0.9%	—	-4.0%

Holdings

The 9 largest positions make up 2.4% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
DINO	HF Sinclair Corp	0.31%
CRL	Charles River Laboratories International Inc	0.28%
JAZZ	Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC	0.27%
APA	APA Corp	0.27%
HL	Hecla Mining Co	0.27%
IVZ	Invesco Ltd	0.26%
BWA	BorgWarner Inc	0.25%
CCK	Crown Holdings Inc	0.25%
WCC	WESCO International Inc	0.25%

Portfolio valuation

Weighted averages of what the fund holds.

P/E: 17.3
P/B: 2.2
P/S: 1.2
P/CF: 10.2

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Financial services20.3%
Industrials17.8%
Technology14.0%
Consumer discretionary13.2%
Health care13.0%
Energy6.9%
Consumer staples4.6%
Materials4.6%
Communication services2.6%
Utilities2.5%
Real estate0.5%

Asset mix

Stocks100.0%
Cash0.0%

ETF details

Issuer: Dimensional Fund Advisors
Category: Equity · Small Blend
Ticker: DFAS
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 15 Dec 1998 (27.7 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.26% (category 0.96%)
Holdings turnover: 6% (category 61%)
Distribution yield: 0.97%
Beta, 3 years: 1.03
Total net assets: $15.5B

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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