U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-09-24
C000121546 — U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio. United States Small Cap Growth Equity · $1.98B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000121546 Fund Overview
U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC, categorised as United States Small Cap Growth 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 Small Cap Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $1.98B
- 1-year return: 24.2%
- SEC CIK: 0000355437
- SEC series ID: S000039439
- Share class ID: C000121546
C000121546 Investment Objective and Strategy
U.S. Small Cap Growth 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 U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio is to achieve long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio, using a market capitalization weighted approach, purchases a broad and diverse group of readily marketable securities of U.S. small cap companies that the Advisor determines to have high profitability and valuation ratios relative to other U.S. small cap companies at the time of purchase. 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 the U.S. small cap company, the greater its representation in the Portfolio. The Advisor may also adjust the representation in the U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio of an eligible company, or exclude a company, after considering such factors as free float, momentum, trading strategies, liquidity, valuation ratios, profitability, and other factors that the Advisor determines to be appropriate, given market conditions.
Companies are considered to have high valuation ratios primarily because a companys shares have a high price in relation to their book value (a price to book ratio) when compared with other U.S. small cap companies. In assessing valuation ratios, the Advisor may consider additional factors such as price to cash flow or price to earnings ratios, as well as economic conditions and developments in the issuers industry. Securities of companies that have high valuation ratios are often considered to be growth stocks. 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 valuation ratios or profitability are subject to change from time to time. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the U.S.
Small Cap Growth Portfolio will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities of small cap U.S. companies. As of the date of this Prospectus, for purposes of the U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio, the Advisor considers Small Cap companies to be companies whose market capitalizations are generally in the lowest 10% of total market capitalization or companies whose market capitalizations are smaller than the 1,000 th largest U.S. company, whichever results in the higher market capitalization break. Total market capitalization is based on the market capitalization of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE American LLC, Nasdaq Global Market , Nasdaq Capital Market , or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate by the Advisor. Under the Advisors market capitalization guidelines described above, based on market capitalization data as of December 31, 2017, the market capitalization of a small cap company would be $5,282 million or below.
This dollar amount will change due to market conditions. The U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for U.S. equity securities and indices, 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 U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio may lend its portfolio securities to generate additional income.
C000121546 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Dimensional Holdings Inc. | 9.84% |
| The DFA Investment Trust Company | 9.63% |
| Sterling Infrastructure Inc | 0.85% |
| Medpace Holdings Inc | 0.80% |
| IES Holdings Inc | 0.76% |
| Crown Holdings Inc | 0.73% |
| Hasbro Inc | 0.69% |
| Texas Roadhouse Inc | 0.65% |
| Murphy USA Inc | 0.65% |
| Exelixis Inc | 0.64% |
C000121546 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 109.7% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 10.1% |
C000121546 Performance
Total returns for C000121546 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 7.5% |
| 1 year | 24.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 14.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.1% |
C000121546 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000121546, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 13.6%
C000121546 Costs and Fees
C000121546 costs about $31 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.31%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.31%
- Portfolio turnover: 16%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.77 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000121546 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio had net inflows of $187.47M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $11.40M |
| 2026-03 | −$37.83M |
| 2026-02 | −$1.91M |
| 2026-01 | $38.17M |
| 2025-12 | $33.14M |
| 2025-11 | $5.25M |
C000121546 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000121546 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-07
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-02-28
- 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.