AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund
Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust
Expense ratio
Net assets1
$722.25M
Holdings1
2027
Category
US Equity
Return

Investment objective & strategy

As of May 1, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy. To achieve the Funds investment objective, the Subadviser implements an integrated investment approach that combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions. As further described below, the Funds design emphasizes long-term drivers of expected returns identified by the Subadvisers research, while balancing risk through broad diversification across companies and sectors. The Subadvisers 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 Fund is designed to purchase a broad and diverse group of equity securities of U.S. companies. The Fund invests in companies of all sizes, with increased exposure to smaller capitalization, lower relative price and higher profitability companies as compared to their representation in the … To achieve the Funds investment objective, the Subadviser implements an integrated investment approach that combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions. As further described below, the Funds design emphasizes long-term drivers of expected returns identified by the Subadvisers research, while balancing risk through broad diversification across companies and sectors. The Subadvisers 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 Fund is designed to purchase a broad and diverse group of equity securities of U.S. companies. The Fund invests in companies of all sizes, with increased exposure to smaller capitalization, lower relative price and higher profitability companies as compared to their representation in the U.S. Universe. The Subadviser generally defines the U.S. Universe as a market capitalization weighted set (e.g., the larger the company, the greater the proportion of the U.S. Universe it represents) of U.S. operating companies listed on a securities exchange in the United States that is deemed appropriate by the Subadviser. The Funds increased exposure to smaller capitalization, lower relative price and higher profitability companies may be achieved by decreasing the allocation of the Funds assets to larger capitalization, higher relative price or lower profitability companies relative to their weight in the U.S. Universe. An equity issuer is considered to have a high relative price (i.e., a growth stock) primarily because it has a high price in relation to its book value. 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 Subadviser 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 Subadviser uses for assessing relative price and profitability are subject to change from time to time. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of U.S. companies. The Subadviser 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 Subadviser. The percentage allocation of the assets of the Fund to securities of the largest U.S. high relative price companies will generally be reduced from between 2.5% and 25% of their percentage weight in the U.S. Universe. The percentage by which the Funds allocation to securities of the largest U.S. high relative price companies is reduced will change due to market movements. The Subadviser may also increase or reduce the Funds 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 Subadviser considers ratios such as recent changes in assets divided by total assets. The criteria the Subadviser uses for assessing a companys investment characteristics are subject to change from time to time. In addition, the Subadviser 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 Fund 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 Fund.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
NVIDIA CORP $41.56M 5.75%
APPLE INC $37.61M 5.21%
MICROSOFT CORP $25.87M 3.58%
AMAZON.COM INC $19.01M 2.63%
ALPHABET INC CL A $14.25M 1.97%
META PLATFORMS INC CL A $12.55M 1.74%
ALPHABET INC CL C $11.41M 1.58%
BROADCOM INC $11.12M 1.54%
JPMORGAN CHASE and CO $9.80M 1.36%
EXXON MOBIL CORP $8.44M 1.17%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
39
Exited
39
Increased
20
Decreased
222
Unchanged
1752

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 December 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP Sub-adviser
Allianz Investment Management LLC Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.

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