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DFA Real Estate Securities Portfolio ETF Class Shares DFAR

Issuer: not identified from the fund name SEC registrant: Dimensional ETF Trust Equity · US
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Last price 24.91 USD Change: Up +0.42 Percent change: Up +1.72%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.19%
Prospectus 28 Feb 2026
Net assets
$1.8B
As of 31 Jul 2026
Holdings
124
As of 31 Jul 2026
12-month distribution yield
3.49%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

DFA Real Estate Securities Portfolio ETF Class Shares (DFAR) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States. Its category is Equity · US (equity). Its last price was US$24.91 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.19% a year, from its prospectus dated 28 Feb 2026. It reported net assets of US$1.78 billion as of 31 Jul 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 124 holdings as of 31 Jul 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$0.87 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 3.49%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.19%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.17%
Prospectus date
28 Feb 2026
Filed with the SEC
27 Feb 2026

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$1,780,369,927
Total assets
$1,808,780,756
Holdings as of
31 Jul 2026
Report made public
24 Sep 2026 (55 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 124 positions, as of 31 Jul 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

DFAR top holdings as of 31 Jul 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 WELLTOWER INC. US95040Q1040 8.01% $142.6M Equity (common) United States USD
2 PROLOGIS, INC. US74340W1036 6.79% $120.9M Equity (common) United States USD
3 EQUINIX, INC. US29444U7000 5.09% $90.5M Equity (common) United States USD
4 SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC. US8288061091 4.83% $86.1M Equity (common) United States USD
5 DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. US2538681030 4.59% $81.8M Equity (common) United States USD
6 REALTY INCOME CORPORATION US7561091049 4.45% $79.3M Equity (common) United States USD
7 AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION AMERICAN TOWER CORP REIT US03027X1000 4.32% $76.8M Equity (common) United States USD
8 PUBLIC STORAGE. US74460D1090 4.05% $72.1M Equity (common) United States USD
9 VENTAS, INC. US92276F1003 3.39% $60.4M Equity (common) United States USD
10 IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED US46284V1017 2.73% $48.6M Equity (common) United States USD
11 CROWN CASTLE INC. US22822V1017 2.45% $43.7M Equity (common) United States USD
12 EXTRA SPACE STORAGE INC. US30225T1025 2.32% $41.3M Equity (common) United States USD
13 VICI PROPERTIES INC. US9256521090 2.12% $37.8M Equity (common) United States USD
14 AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC. US0534841012 1.94% $34.6M Equity (common) United States USD
15 EQUITY RESIDENTIAL EQUITY RESIDENTIAL REIT US29476L1070 1.71% $30.5M Equity (common) United States USD
16 DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP The DFA Short Term Investment Fund 23320U405 1.57% $28.0M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
17 SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION US78410G1040 1.40% $24.9M Equity (common) United States USD
18 ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. US2971781057 1.37% $24.4M Equity (common) United States USD
19 KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION. US49446R1095 1.29% $22.9M Equity (common) United States USD
20 HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. US44107P1049 1.27% $22.6M Equity (common) United States USD
21 INVITATION HOMES INC. US46187W1071 1.22% $21.8M Equity (common) United States USD
22 W.P. CAREY INC. US92936U1097 1.21% $21.5M Equity (common) United States USD
23 HEALTHPEAK PROPERTIES, INC. US42250P1030 1.14% $20.3M Equity (common) United States USD
24 SUN COMMUNITIES, INC. US8666741041 1.12% $20.0M Equity (common) United States USD
25 OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC. US6819361006 1.12% $19.9M Equity (common) United States USD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 Jul 2026

All 124 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 99.70%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 1.57%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 101.28%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 101.28%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Real Estate 92.46%
Finance 2.24%
Unknown 1.89%
Consumer Discretionary 0.22%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 96.8% of net assets (97% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$0.8690
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
3.49%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
22 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($0.8690) ÷ latest price ($24.91) × 100 = 3.49%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (19 payments)
DFAR distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
22 Sep 2026$0.3070
23 Jun 2026$0.1400
24 Mar 2026$0.0430
16 Dec 2025$0.3790
23 Sep 2025$0.1430
24 Jun 2025$0.1410
25 Mar 2025$0.0180
17 Dec 2024$0.3560
17 Sep 2024$0.1470
18 Jun 2024$0.1460
19 Mar 2024$0.0240
19 Dec 2023$0.2810
19 Sep 2023$0.2160
21 Jun 2023$0.1610
21 Mar 2023$0.0380
20 Dec 2022$0.2370
20 Sep 2022$0.0860
22 Jun 2022$0.0280
22 Mar 2022$0.0080

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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