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U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio

mutual fund
DUSLX
Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$38.47 +0.47 +1.24%
primary theme
U.S. Large-Cap Growth Equity
share class
DUSLX (Mutual Fund)

U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$38.47 +0.47 +1.24%
primary theme
U.S. Large-Cap Growth Equity
share class
DUSLX (Mutual Fund)

U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$38.47 +0.47 +1.24%
primary theme
U.S. Large-Cap Growth Equity
share class

Name

As of 10/08/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$38.47

$3.46 B

1.17%

$0.45

0.18%

Vitals

YTD Return

24.0%

1 yr return

36.9%

3 Yr Avg Return

11.2%

5 Yr Avg Return

15.6%

Net Assets

$3.46 B

Holdings in Top 10

45.0%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$38.0
N/A
N/A

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.18%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 11.00%

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

$0

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Open End Mutual Fund


Name

As of 10/08/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$38.47

$3.46 B

1.17%

$0.45

0.18%

DUSLX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 24.0%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 11.2%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 15.6%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio 1.35%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 1.2%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio
  • Fund Family Name
    Dimensional Funds
  • Inception Date
    Dec 20, 2012
  • Shares Outstanding
    N/A
  • Share Class
    Instl
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Jed Fogdall

Fund Description

To achieve the U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio’s investment objective, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the “Advisor”) implements an integrated investment approach that combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions. As further described below, the Portfolio’s design emphasizes long-term drivers of expected returns identified by the Advisor’s research, while balancing risk through broad diversification across companies and sectors. The Advisor’s 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 U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio is designed to purchase a broad and diverse group of readily marketable securities of large U.S. companies that the Advisor determines to have high profitability and high relative prices compared to other U.S. large cap companies at the time of purchase. A company’s 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. Securities are considered higher relative price (growth) stocks primarily because a company’s shares have a high price in relation to their book value (a “price to book ratio”) when compared with other U.S. large cap companies. The Advisor may overweight certain stocks, including smaller companies, lower relative price (value) stocks, and/or higher profitability stocks within the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. market. 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 or profitability are subject to change from time to time.

As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities of large cap U.S. companies. As of the date of this Prospectus, for purposes of the Portfolio, the Advisor considers large cap companies to be companies whose market capitalizations are generally in the highest 90% of total market capitalization or companies whose market capitalizations are larger than or equal to the 1,000th largest U.S. company, whichever results in the higher market capitalization break. 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. Under the Advisor’s market capitalization guidelines described above, based on market capitalization data as of December 31, 2023, the market capitalization of a large cap company would be $9,960 million or above. This threshold will change due to market conditions.

The Advisor may also increase or reduce the U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio’s exposure to an eligible company, or exclude a company, based on shorter-term considerations, such as a company’s price momentum and short-run reversals. 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 U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio 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 U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio may lend its portfolio securities to generate additional income.

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DUSLX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period DUSLX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 24.0% -0.5% 42.4% 46.13%
1 Yr 36.9% 6.3% 59.1% 55.49%
3 Yr 11.2%* -28.2% 25.2% 11.32%
5 Yr 15.6%* -13.0% 30.2% 64.05%
10 Yr 14.1%* -4.4% 19.7% 44.87%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period DUSLX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 22.5% -74.1% 72.4% 81.65%
2022 -21.9% -85.9% 4.7% 7.17%
2021 17.8% -52.4% 60.5% 20.41%
2020 19.8% -34.3% 145.0% 72.88%
2019 28.9% -6.9% 49.4% 25.05%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period DUSLX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 24.0% -0.5% 42.4% 46.13%
1 Yr 36.9% 6.3% 59.1% 55.49%
3 Yr 11.2%* -28.2% 25.2% 11.32%
5 Yr 15.6%* -13.0% 30.2% 64.05%
10 Yr 14.1%* -4.4% 19.7% 44.87%

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period DUSLX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 24.9% -4.6% 72.4% 86.62%
2022 -15.6% -61.7% 5.6% 3.13%
2021 19.0% -39.8% 118.1% 67.16%
2020 21.8% 2.8% 149.2% 89.62%
2019 32.2% -5.2% 49.4% 58.48%

NAV & Total Return History


DUSLX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

DUSLX Category Low Category High DUSLX % Rank
Net Assets 3.46 B 292 K 287 B 35.25%
Number of Holdings 122 2 3143 18.58%
Net Assets in Top 10 1.56 B 109 K 151 B 38.78%
Weighting of Top 10 45.05% 0.7% 205.0% 76.69%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. NVIDIA Corp. 6.94%
  2. Apple, Inc. 5.47%
  3. Eli Lilly Co. 4.87%
  4. Visa, Inc. 4.80%
  5. Microsoft Corp. 4.70%
  6. Mastercard, Inc. 4.43%
  7. Home Depot, Inc. 4.10%
  8. AbbVie, Inc. 3.76%
  9. Amazon.com, Inc. 3.22%
  10. Oracle Corp. 2.76%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High DUSLX % Rank
Stocks
99.01% 0.00% 115.30% 42.37%
Cash
1.00% 0.00% 173.52% 52.15%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 10.69% 43.81%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 1.94% 35.43%
Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 103.97% 37.79%
Other
-0.02% -31.50% 50.35% 98.92%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High DUSLX % Rank
Technology
28.95% 0.00% 65.70% 73.29%
Consumer Cyclical
17.22% 0.00% 62.57% 37.95%
Consumer Defense
16.01% 0.00% 25.50% 1.62%
Industrials
14.38% 0.00% 30.65% 4.59%
Healthcare
11.81% 0.00% 39.76% 56.65%
Financial Services
10.29% 0.00% 43.06% 39.48%
Basic Materials
0.61% 0.00% 18.91% 66.82%
Communication Services
0.39% 0.00% 66.40% 97.48%
Energy
0.34% 0.00% 41.09% 52.43%
Utilities
0.00% 0.00% 16.07% 54.59%
Real Estate
0.00% 0.00% 16.05% 79.14%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High DUSLX % Rank
US
99.01% 0.00% 115.30% 31.42%
Non US
0.00% 0.00% 75.51% 56.28%

DUSLX - Expenses

Operational Fees

DUSLX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.18% 0.01% 28.71% 96.67%
Management Fee 0.15% 0.00% 1.50% 3.35%
12b-1 Fee N/A 0.00% 1.00% N/A
Administrative Fee N/A 0.01% 1.02% 0.64%

Sales Fees

DUSLX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 2.25% 8.50% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 5.00% N/A

Trading Fees

DUSLX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 0.75% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

DUSLX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 11.00% 0.00% 316.74% 10.38%

DUSLX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

DUSLX Category Low Category High DUSLX % Rank
Dividend Yield 1.17% 0.00% 27.58% 21.11%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

DUSLX Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly Annual Annual Annual

Net Income Ratio Analysis

DUSLX Category Low Category High DUSLX % Rank
Net Income Ratio 1.35% -6.13% 3.48% 0.55%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

DUSLX Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Annually Annually

Distributions History

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DUSLX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Jed Fogdall


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Dec 20, 2012

9.45

9.5%

Jed S. Fogdall is a Co-Head of Portfolio Management and Vice President of Dimensional and a member of Dimensional’s Investment Committee. Mr. Fogdall has an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles and a BS from Purdue University. Mr. Fogdall joined Dimensional as a Portfolio Manager in 2004 and has been responsible for international portfolios since 2010 and domestic portfolios since 2012.

John Hertzer


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Feb 28, 2022

0.25

0.3%

Mr. Hertzer joined DFA in 2013. Mr. Hertzer began his investment career in 2004 and earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the University of California Los Angeles.

Mary Phillips


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Feb 28, 2022

0.25

0.3%

Mary T. Phillips, CFA, Deputy Head of Portfolio Management, North America, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President of Dimensional, joined Dimensional in 2012 and has been a portfolio manager since 2014. Ms. Phillips began managing Dimensional’s allocated portion of the Fund’s portfolio in March 2018. Ms. Phillips earned an MBA with concentration in analytic finance, statistics and econometrics, and managerial and organizational behavior from the University of Chicago and a BA from the University of Puget Sound.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.04 54.45 8.24 3.08