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U.S. Large Cap Equity Portfolio

mutual fund
DUSQX
Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$31.82 +0.29 +0.92%
primary theme
U.S. Large-Cap Blend Equity
share class
DUSQX (Mutual Fund)

U.S. Large Cap Equity Portfolio

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$31.82 +0.29 +0.92%
primary theme
U.S. Large-Cap Blend Equity
share class
DUSQX (Mutual Fund)

U.S. Large Cap Equity Portfolio

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$31.82 +0.29 +0.92%
primary theme
U.S. Large-Cap Blend Equity
share class

Name

As of 10/04/2024

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

$31.82

$1.87 B

1.16%

$0.37

0.13%

Vitals

YTD Return

22.0%

1 yr return

35.3%

3 Yr Avg Return

9.4%

5 Yr Avg Return

15.3%

Net Assets

$1.87 B

Holdings in Top 10

29.9%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$31.5
N/A
N/A

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.13%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 7.00%

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

$0

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Open End Mutual Fund


Name

As of 10/04/2024

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

$31.82

$1.87 B

1.16%

$0.37

0.13%

DUSQX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 22.0%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 9.4%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 15.3%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio 1.32%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 1.2%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    U.S. Large Cap Equity Portfolio
  • Fund Family Name
    Dimensional Funds
  • Inception Date
    Jun 25, 2013
  • Shares Outstanding
    N/A
  • Share Class
    Instl
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Jed Fogdall

Fund Description

To achieve the U.S. Large Cap Equity 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 Equity Portfolio is designed to purchase a broad and diverse group of readily marketable equity securities of U.S. companies that the Advisor determines to be large capitalization companies within the U.S. Universe. A company’s market capitalization is the number of its shares outstanding times its price per share. The

Advisor 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 Advisor. 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 within the U.S. Universe or companies whose market capitalizations are larger than or equal to the 1,000th largest U.S. company within the U.S. Universe, whichever results in the higher market capitalization break. Total market capitalization is based on the market capitalization of eligible operating companies within the U.S. Universe. 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. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the Portfolio will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of large cap U.S. companies.

The Advisor may overweight certain securities, including smaller companies, lower relative price stocks, and/or higher profitability stocks within the large cap segment of the U.S. Universe. 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. The Advisor may also increase or reduce the U.S. Large Cap Equity 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 Equity 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 Equity Portfolio may lend its portfolio securities to generate additional income.

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DUSQX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period DUSQX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 22.0% 4.3% 35.1% 21.30%
1 Yr 35.3% 8.3% 58.2% 33.01%
3 Yr 9.4%* -10.6% 17.1% 50.57%
5 Yr 15.3%* -7.8% 111.2% 41.44%
10 Yr 12.6%* 0.0% 52.7% 33.88%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period DUSQX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 18.1% -42.6% 47.4% 54.38%
2022 -20.6% -56.3% -4.2% 42.48%
2021 21.2% -27.2% 537.8% 30.21%
2020 16.9% -22.5% 2181.7% 23.30%
2019 29.2% -13.5% 40.4% 11.76%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period DUSQX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 22.0% 4.3% 35.1% 21.30%
1 Yr 35.3% 8.3% 58.2% 33.01%
3 Yr 9.4%* -10.6% 17.1% 50.57%
5 Yr 15.3%* -7.8% 111.2% 41.44%
10 Yr 12.6%* 0.0% 52.7% 33.88%

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period DUSQX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 24.2% -5.0% 47.4% 49.92%
2022 -16.8% -36.8% -2.2% 37.25%
2021 22.4% 3.0% 537.8% 88.05%
2020 18.9% -15.8% 2266.0% 31.75%
2019 31.5% -0.4% 241.3% 22.08%

NAV & Total Return History


DUSQX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

DUSQX Category Low Category High DUSQX % Rank
Net Assets 1.87 B 2.34 M 1.55 T 45.63%
Number of Holdings 579 2 4002 9.06%
Net Assets in Top 10 557 M 979 K 517 B 48.38%
Weighting of Top 10 29.88% 0.3% 112.9% 83.02%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. NVIDIA Corp. 6.20%
  2. Apple, Inc. 5.46%
  3. Microsoft Corp. 4.77%
  4. Amazon.com, Inc. 3.48%
  5. Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.31%
  6. Alphabet, Inc. 2.11%
  7. Alphabet, Inc. 1.70%
  8. Eli Lilly Co. 1.35%
  9. JPMorgan Chase Co. 1.25%
  10. Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.24%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High DUSQX % Rank
Stocks
99.93% 0.00% 105.85% 7.36%
Cash
0.44% 0.00% 99.07% 67.07%
Other
0.00% -13.91% 100.00% 32.04%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 2.53% 75.24%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 5.54% 99.76%
Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 94.06% 75.81%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High DUSQX % Rank
Technology
22.98% 0.00% 48.94% 60.30%
Healthcare
14.07% 0.00% 60.70% 63.18%
Financial Services
13.66% 0.00% 55.59% 44.40%
Industrials
10.50% 0.00% 29.90% 30.89%
Consumer Cyclical
10.33% 0.00% 30.33% 56.51%
Communication Services
9.11% 0.00% 27.94% 32.21%
Consumer Defense
8.03% 0.00% 47.71% 24.22%
Energy
5.13% 0.00% 41.64% 22.41%
Basic Materials
3.59% 0.00% 25.70% 26.28%
Utilities
2.32% 0.00% 20.91% 59.88%
Real Estate
0.26% 0.00% 31.91% 85.42%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High DUSQX % Rank
US
99.93% 0.00% 105.85% 6.31%
Non US
0.00% 0.00% 64.54% 78.72%

DUSQX - Expenses

Operational Fees

DUSQX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.13% 0.01% 19.75% 92.75%
Management Fee 0.10% 0.00% 1.90% 11.22%
12b-1 Fee N/A 0.00% 1.00% N/A
Administrative Fee N/A 0.00% 0.85% 97.86%

Sales Fees

DUSQX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 1.00% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 5.00% N/A

Trading Fees

DUSQX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 0.25% 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.

DUSQX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 7.00% 0.00% 268.00% 19.23%

DUSQX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

DUSQX Category Low Category High DUSQX % Rank
Dividend Yield 1.16% 0.00% 25.47% 20.36%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

DUSQX Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly Annually Quarterly Annual

Net Income Ratio Analysis

DUSQX Category Low Category High DUSQX % Rank
Net Income Ratio 1.32% -54.00% 2.44% 13.47%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

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

Distributions History

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DUSQX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Jed Fogdall


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jun 25, 2013

8.94

8.9%

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.

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.

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.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.04 39.02 7.24 2.42