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Dimensional - US Core Equity 2 ETF (DFAC)

Highly Crowded

Held by 1,136 of 5,944 reporting institutions (99th percentile) — extremely crowded.

Data as of Q1 2026

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Institutional Ownership

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of shares outstanding · 1,136 funds hold it

Ownership Change

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vs last quarter

Crowding

99ᵗʰ pctl

more crowded than 99% of tracked stocks

Institutional Value

$31.5B

total position value across all 13F filers

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Institutional Trends (8 Quarters)

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Conviction-Weighted Ownership

Median weight: 5.52%Avg weight: 11.39%Max: 33.59%High conviction (>1%): 8

MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV

Focus Partners Wealth

Forum Financial Management,

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions,

Apella Capital,

Greenspring Advisors,

ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT

Savant Capital,

Rockwood Wealth Management,

Buy / Sell Volume by Quarter

Total shares institutions bought (green) vs sold (red) each quarter across all holders.

Inferred from quarter-over-quarter change in each fund's 13F position (new stakes count as buys, exits as sells). Not tick-level trades.

Crowding AnalysisHighly Crowded

Holders1,136of 5,944

Avg: 68

Uncrowded99th percentileCrowded

Institutional Activity

Buy/Sell Ratio1.39x

97th percentile

585 buying422 selling

+88

New

-66

Closed

+22.8M

Net shares

Ownership Concentration

Top 5: 23.0%Top 10: 31.1%

MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV8.5%

Focus Partners Wealth5.2%

Forum Financial Management,5.1%

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions,2.2%

LPL Financial2.1%

Others (1131)77.0%

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Crowding AnalysisHighly Crowded

Holders1,136of 5,944

Avg: 68

Uncrowded99th percentileCrowded

Institutional Activity

Buy/Sell Ratio1.39x

97th percentile

585 buying422 selling

+88

New

-66

Closed

+22.8M

Net shares

Ownership Concentration

Top 5: 23.0%Top 10: 31.1%

MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV8.5%

Focus Partners Wealth5.2%

Forum Financial Management,5.1%

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions,2.2%

LPL Financial2.1%

Others (1131)77.0%

Ownership Map

Top 40 institutional holders — bubble size is position value, color is the move since last quarter. Hover any holder for detail.

Size by

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Ownership Map

Top 40 institutional holders — bubble size is position value, color is the move since last quarter. Hover any holder for detail.

Size by

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Performance vs. S&P 500

Total return (dividends reinvested) vs the market, from quarter-end prices.

$10,000 invested 2021-06

$17,475

DFAC · +75%

$18,666

S&P 500 · +87%

−$1,190

behind the index

Total return (5Y)

+75%

S&P 500

+87%

vs. market

-12%

underperformed

Annualized

11.8%

mkt 13.3%

Volatility

15%

annualized

Beta

0.92

vs S&P 500

Growth of $10,000

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DFACS&P 500

Year by year

Annual return vs the market

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DFAC (solid)S&P 500 (outline)Green = positive year, red = negative. Number = DFAC's return.

Beat the market

2 / 6 yrs

33% win rate

Best year

+22%

2023

Worst year

-15%

2022

Worst drawdown

-22%

recovered in 5 qtrs

Relative strength

Cumulative lead over the S&P 500

Above 0 = ahead of the S&P 500 since the window start; below 0 = behind. Rising means it's pulling ahead.

Downside

Drawdown from peak · max -22%

How far the stock fell below its prior peak. Deeper, longer drawdowns = a rougher ride to the same return.

Quarter-end, dividend-adjusted (total return). Beta & volatility from quarterly returns (annualized). Benchmark is the S&P 500 (SPY total return). Annual returns compound the quarters ending in each calendar year; the first and last years in a window may be partial. Past performance doesn't predict future results.