World ex U.S. Value Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-09-24
C000091238 — World ex U.S. Value Portfolio. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Equity · $630.82M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000091238 Fund Overview
World ex U.S. Value Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC, categorised as United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC
- Category: United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $630.82M
- 1-year return: 42.8%
- SEC CIK: 0000355437
- SEC series ID: S000029683
- Share class ID: C000091238
C000091238 Investment Objective and Strategy
World ex U.S. Value Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC.
Investment objective
The investment objective of the World ex U.S. Value Portfolio is to achieve long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The World ex U.S. Value Portfolio seeks to achieve its investment objective through exposure to a broad portfolio of securities of non-U.S. companies associated with countries with developed and emerging markets, which may include frontier markets (emerging market countries in an earlier stage of development), that the Advisor believes to be value stocks at the time of purchase. To achieve this exposure, the Advisor will generally purchase shares of The DFA International Value Series (the DFA International Value Series), DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio, and Dimensional Emerging Markets Value Fund (the Underlying Funds), which are other funds managed by the Advisor. The Portfolio currently intends to allocate its investments among the Underlying Funds in the following manner: 50% to 80% in the DFA International Value Series; 5% to 20% in the DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio; and 10% to 30% in the Dimensional Emerging Markets Value Fund.
Periodically, the Advisor will review the allocations for the World ex U.S. Value Portfolio in each Underlying Fund and may adjust allocations to the Underlying Funds or may add or remove Underlying Funds in the Portfolio without notice to shareholders. In addition to, or in place of, investments in the Underlying Funds, the Portfolio also is permitted to invest directly in the same types of securities of companies that are described in this Prospectus as eligible investments for the Underlying Funds. The Portfolio and Underlying Funds generally consider securities to be value stocks if they have a low price in relation to their book value. In assessing value, the Advisor may consider additional factors such as price to cash flow or price to earnings ratios. The Advisor may consider the relative market capitalization weighting of developed and emerging markets within the universe of eligible securities when allocating Portfolio investments among the Underlying Funds or securities.
Using a market capitalization weighted approach, the DFA International Value Series invests in large value companies associated with developed market countries and the DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio invests in small value companies associated with developed market countries. Generally, the Advisor determines if a company is large or small based on its market capitalization. A companys market capitalization is the number of its shares outstanding times its price per share. In general, the higher the relative market capitalization of a company meeting the Advisors eligibility thresholds within an eligible country or region, the greater its representation in the Underlying Fund. The Dimensional Emerging Markets Value Fund may purchase securities of value companies associated with emerging markets, including frontier markets, across all market capitalizations.
With respect to each Underlying Fund, the Advisor may limit or fix the Underlying Funds exposure to a particular country, region or issuer. The Advisor may adjust the representation in the World ex U.S. Value Portfolio or the Underlying Funds of an eligible company, or exclude a company, after considering such factors as free float, momentum, trading strategies, liquidity, size, value, profitability, and other factors that the Advisor determines to be appropriate, given market conditions. In assessing profitability, the Advisor may consider different ratios, such as that of earnings or profits from operations relative to book value or assets. The criteria the Advisor uses for assessing value or profitability are subject to change from time to time. The Portfolio and each Underlying Fund intends to purchase securities of companies associated with countries that the Advisor has identified as approved markets for investment for such Portfolio or Underlying Fund.
As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Portfolios net assets will be invested directly, or indirectly through its investment in the Underlying Funds, in securities of non-U.S. companies. The Portfolio and Underlying Funds may gain exposure to companies associated with approved markets by purchasing equity securities in the form of depositary receipts which may be domiciled or traded outside the issuers domicile country. The World ex U.S. Value Portfolio and each Underlying Fund may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for equity securities and indices, to adjust market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Portfolio or Underlying Fund. The World ex U.S. Value Portfolio and Underlying Funds do not intend to sell futures contracts to establish short positions in individual securities or to use derivatives for purposes of speculation or leveraging investment returns.
The Portfolio and Underlying Funds may lend their portfolio securities to generate additional income.
C000091238 Holdings
Top 3 holdings of World ex U.S. Value Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | 58.28% |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | 33.63% |
| DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio | 8.05% |
C000091238 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of World ex U.S. Value Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 100.0% |
C000091238 Performance
Total returns for C000091238 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 12.0% |
| 1 year | 42.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 22.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 13.7% |
C000091238 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000091238, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 13.4%
C000091238 Costs and Fees
C000091238 costs about $37 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.37%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.56%
- Portfolio turnover: 12%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000091238 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, World ex U.S. Value Portfolio had net inflows of $158.13M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $3.66M |
| 2026-03 | −$327.54K |
| 2026-02 | $33.30M |
| 2026-01 | $31.22M |
| 2025-12 | −$3.79M |
| 2025-11 | $62.76M |
C000091238 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in World ex U.S. Value Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000091238 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official World ex U.S. Value Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-02-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-02-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-09-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-27
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-01-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-10
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.