DFAT
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF
Dimensional ETF Trust
ETF
Expense ratio1
0.28%
Net assets2
$13.69B
Holdings2
1279
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
8.62%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Feb. 27, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. The investment objective of the Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF (the US Targeted Value ETF or Portfolio) is to achieve long-term capital appreciation while minimizing federal income taxes on returns.

Strategy. Dimensional Fund Advisors LPs (the Advisor) tax management strategies for the US Targeted Value ETF are designed to maximize the after tax value of a shareholders investment. Generally, the Advisor buys and sells securities for the Portfolio with the goals of: (i) delaying and minimizing the realization of net capital gains (e.g., selling stocks with capital losses to offset gains, realized or anticipated); and (ii) maximizing the extent to which any realized net capital gains are long-term in nature (i.e., taxable at lower capital gains tax rates). To achieve the US Targeted Value ETFs investment objective, the Advisor implements an integrated investment approach that combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions. As further described below, the Portfolios design … Dimensional Fund Advisors LPs (the Advisor) tax management strategies for the US Targeted Value ETF are designed to maximize the after tax value of a shareholders investment. Generally, the Advisor buys and sells securities for the Portfolio with the goals of: (i) delaying and minimizing the realization of net capital gains (e.g., selling stocks with capital losses to offset gains, realized or anticipated); and (ii) maximizing the extent to which any realized net capital gains are long-term in nature (i.e., taxable at lower capital gains tax rates). To achieve the US Targeted Value ETFs investment objective, the Advisor implements an integrated investment approach that combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions. As further described below, the Portfolios design emphasizes long-term drivers of expected returns identified by the Advisors research, while balancing risk through broad diversification across companies and sectors. The Advisors 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 US Targeted Value ETF, using a market capitalization weighted approach, is designed to generally purchase a broad and diverse group of readily marketable securities of U.S. small and mid cap companies that the Advisor determines to be lower relative price stocks with higher profitability. A companys market capitalization is the number of its shares outstanding times its price per share. Under a market capitalization weighted approach, companies with higher market capitalizations generally represent a larger proportion of the Portfolio than companies with relatively lower market capitalizations. The Portfolio may emphasize certain stocks, including smaller capitalization companies, lower relative price stocks, and/or higher profitability stocks as compared to their representation in the small- and mid-cap value segment of the U.S. market. 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 US Targeted Value ETF will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities of U.S. companies. The Advisor generally defines a U.S. company as one that is listed and principally traded on a securities exchange in the United States that is deemed appropriate by the Advisor. The Advisor considers for investment companies whose market capitalizations are generally smaller than the 500th largest U.S. company. Total market capitalization is based on the market capitalization of eligible U.S. operating companies listed on a securities exchange in the United States that is deemed appropriate by the Advisor. Based on market capitalization data as of December 31, 2025, the market capitalization of a company smaller than the 500th largest U.S. company would be below $15,092 million. This threshold will change due to market conditions. The Advisor may also increase or reduce the US Targeted Value ETFs exposure to an eligible company, or exclude a company, based on shorter-term considerations, such as a companys price momentum, short-run reversals, and investment characteristics. In assessing a companys investment characteristics, the Advisor considers ratios such as recent changes in assets divided by total assets. The criteria the Advisor uses for assessing a companys 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 US Targeted Value ETF 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 US Targeted Value ETF may lend its portfolio securities to generate additional income. The US Targeted Value ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specific index and may have a higher degree of portfolio turnover than such index funds.

Top holdings

As of April 30, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
The DFA Short Term Investment Fund $803.33M 5.87%
PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP CL A $122.38M 0.89%
WESCO INTL $117.87M 0.86%
CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS INC $112.12M 0.82%
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY INC $107.05M 0.78%
OVINTIV INC $100.04M 0.73%
APA CORP $99.85M 0.73%
VIATRIS INC $96.87M 0.71%
TD SYNNEX CORP $92.01M 0.67%
BALL CORP $91.17M 0.67%
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Allocation by sector

As of April 30, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Jan 31, 2026 → Apr 30, 2026
Opened
68
Exited
124
Increased
683
Decreased
376
Unchanged
157

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of October 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of February 27, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of April 30, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. As reported in the fund's prospectus performance bar chart.

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