World ex U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-09-24
C000119190 — World ex U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio. Developed ex-US Mid Cap Value Equity · $876.63M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000119190 Fund Overview
World ex U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC, categorised as Developed ex-US Mid 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: Developed ex-US Mid Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $876.63M
- 1-year return: 40.8%
- SEC CIK: 0000355437
- SEC series ID: S000038670
- Share class ID: C000119190
C000119190 Investment Objective and Strategy
World ex U.S. Targeted 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. Targeted Value Portfolio is to achieve long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The World ex U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio seeks to achieve its investment objective through exposure to a broad and diverse portfolio of securities of non-U.S. companies, with a focus on small and mid-cap value companies, associated with countries with developed and emerging markets, which may include frontier markets (emerging market countries in an earlier stage of development). Securities are considered value stocks primarily because a companys shares have a low price in relation to their book value. In assessing value, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the Advisor) may consider additional factors such as price to cash flow or price to earnings ratios. The Advisor may adjust the representation in the World ex U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio 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. When constructing the World ex U.S. Targeted Value Portfolios investment portfolio, the Advisor intends to consider federal tax implications when making investment decisions with respect to individual securities to seek to provide a tax advantage. When consistent with the Portfolios investment policies, the Advisor will buy and sell securities for the Portfolio considering the goals of: (i) delaying and minimizing the realization of net capital gains (e.g., selling stocks with capital losses to offset gains, realized or anticipated); and (ii) maximizing the extent to which any realized net capital gains are long-term in nature (i.e., taxable at lower capital gains tax rates).
The World ex U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio may gain exposure to companies associated with approved markets by purchasing equity securities in the form of depositary receipts, which may be listed or traded outside the issuers domicile country. The Portfolio may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for approved market or other equity market securities and indices, including those of the United States, to adjust market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Portfolio. The Portfolio does 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 World ex U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio may lend its portfolio securities to generate additional income.
C000119190 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of World ex U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| The DFA Investment Trust Company | 1.97% |
| Dimensional Holdings Inc. | 1.94% |
| BPER Banca SPA | 0.88% |
| Banco BPM SpA | 0.82% |
| Bank of Ireland Group PLC | 0.76% |
| Helvetia Baloise Holding AG | 0.73% |
| Banco de Sabadell SA | 0.69% |
| ABN AMRO Bank NV | 0.60% |
| NN Group NV | 0.58% |
| Repsol SA | 0.52% |
C000119190 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of World ex U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 101.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.0% |
C000119190 Performance
Total returns for C000119190 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 10.6% |
| 1 year | 40.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 20.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 11.1% |
C000119190 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000119190, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 15.5%
C000119190 Costs and Fees
C000119190 costs about $48 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.48%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.48%
- Portfolio turnover: 17%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.33 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000119190 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, World ex U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio had net outflows of $73.93M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$7.26M |
| 2026-03 | −$4.55M |
| 2026-02 | −$2.67M |
| 2026-01 | −$7.09M |
| 2025-12 | −$3.05M |
| 2025-11 | −$4.09M |
C000119190 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in World ex U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000119190 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official World ex U.S. Targeted 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.