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Dimensional Fund Advisor offers investment solutions from different asset classes to institutional and individual investors, investment consultants and financial advisors. With a workforce of more than 1400, Dimensional Fund Advisor has 13 offices across several countries, including the United States.

Dimensional Fund Advisor invests in both domestic and foreign equities, fixed income securities, retirement income funds, real estates and commodity markets. As of Sep 30, 2021, it had nearly $653 billion of assets under management. For the past three decades, the company has been providing investment management strategies to its clients. Founded 39 years ago, this fund family is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Below we share with you three top-ranked Dimensional Fund Advisor mutual funds. Each has earned a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and is expected to outperform its peers in the future.

DFA U.S. Large Company Portfolio (DFUSX - Free Report) fund aims to approximate the total investment return of the S&P 500 Index. The fund manager generally selects stocks from the S&P 500 Index and may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for U.S. equity securities and indices. DFUSX has three-year annualized returns of 15.9%.

Jed S. Fogdall is one of the fund managers of DFUSX since 2012.

DFA U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio Class R1 (DFTVX - Free Report) fund seeks appreciation of capital over the long term. The fund invests in a diverse range of the readily marketable securities of U.S. small as well as mid-cap companies that its advisor identifies as high-profitability value stocks. DFTVX has three-year annualized returns of 9.2%.

DFTVX has an expense ratio of 0.43% compared with the category average of 1.16%.

DFA U.S. Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio (DFSIX - Free Report) fund aims for long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests in a broad and diverse group of securities of U.S. companies and the managers put great emphasis on small capitalization, value and high-profitability companies based on the sustainability impact. DFSIX fund has three-year annualized returns of 18.6%.

As of the end of August 2021, DFSIX held 2,134 issues, with 5.18% of its assets invested in Apple Inc.