Global Small Company Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-09-24
C000176269 — Global Small Company Portfolio. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000176269 Fund Overview
Global Small Company Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC, categorised as United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core 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 Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $150.13M
- 1-year return: 33.4%
- SEC CIK: 0000355437
- SEC series ID: S000055975
- Share class ID: C000176269
C000176269 Investment Objective and Strategy
Global Small Company 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 Global Small Company Portfolio is to achieve long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The Global Small Company Portfolio is a fund of funds, which means the Portfolio generally allocates its assets among other funds managed by the Advisor (the Underlying Funds), although it has the ability to invest directly in securities and derivatives. The Portfolio seeks to achieve its investment objective of providing investors with access to securities portfolios consisting of a broad range of equity securities of primarily small companies in developed and emerging markets. The Portfolio pursues its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the following Underlying Funds: The Asia Pacific Small Company Series, The Canadian Small Company Series, The Continental Small Company Series, The Emerging Markets Small Cap Series, The Japanese Small Company Series, The United Kingdom Small Company Series (each a series of The DFA Investment Trust Company), and U.S.
Small Cap Portfolio (a series of DFA Investment Dimensions Group Inc.). The Global Small Company Portfolio typically allocates its investments among the Underlying Funds in the following manner: 30% to 60% in the U.S. Small Cap Portfolio; 5% to 30% in The Continental Small Company Series; 5% to 25% in The Emerging Markets Small Cap Series; 0% to 20% in The Japanese Small Company Series; 0% to 20% in The United Kingdom Small Company Series; 0% to 15% in The Asia Pacific Company Series; and 0% to 10% in The Canadian Small Company Series. When deciding allocations to the Underlying Funds, the Global Small Company Portfolio takes into account, among other factors, the aggregate market capitalizations and adjustments for free float of the eligible universe of securities within each region. Periodically, the Advisor will review the allocations for the 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.
Certain Underlying Funds invest in small companies using a market capitalization weighted approach in each country or region designated by the Advisor as an approved market for investment. 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 small company within an eligible country or region, the greater its representation in the Underlying Fund. The Advisor may adjust the representation in the Underlying Funds of an eligible company, or exclude a company, after considering such factors as free float, momentum, trading strategies, liquidity, value, profitability and other factors that the Advisor determines to be appropriate, given market conditions. Securities are considered value stocks primarily because a companys shares 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. 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. Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio, directly or through its investments in the Underlying Funds, may invest up to 60% of its net assets in U.S. companies (unless market conditions are not deemed favorable by the Advisor, in which case the Portfolio, directly or through its investments in the Underlying Funds, may invest up to 70% of its net assets in U.S. companies). As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the Global Small Company Portfolio, directly or through its investments in the Underlying Funds, will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities of small companies.
The Advisor determines the maximum market capitalization of a small company with respect to each country in which the Portfolio or Underlying Fund invests. In the countries or regions authorized for investment, the Advisor first ranks eligible companies listed on selected exchanges based on the companies market capitalizations. The Advisor then determines the universe of eligible stocks by defining the maximum market capitalization of a small company that may be purchased by the Portfolio or Underlying Fund with respect to each country or region. Based on market capitalization data as of December 31, 2017, for the Global Small Company Portfolio, the highest maximum market capitalization of a small company in any country in which the Global Small Company Portfolio or its Underlying Funds invests would be $6,984 million.
This threshold will vary by country or region. For example, based on market capitalization data as of December 31, 2017, the Advisor would consider a small company in Switzerland to have a market capitalization below $5,845 million, a small company in the United States to have a market capitalization below $5,282 million, a small company in Norway to have a market capitalization below $1,593 million, and a small company in Japan to have a market capitalization below $2,399 million. This threshold will change due to market conditions. The Global Small Company Portfolio and each Underlying Fund may invest in affiliated and unaffiliated registered and unregistered money market funds to manage its cash pending investment in other securities or to maintain liquidity for the payment of redemptions or other purposes.
Investments in money market funds may involve a duplication of certain fees and expenses. The Global Small Company Portfolio and each Underlying Fund 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 and each Underlying Fund may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for equity securities and indices of its approved markets or other equity market securities or indices, including those of the United States, to adjust market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Portfolio or Underlying Fund. The 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 Global Small Company Portfolio and Underlying Funds may lend their portfolio securities to generate additional income.
C000176269 Holdings
Top 2 holdings of Global Small Company Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| DFA US Small Cap Portfolio | 63.04% |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | 37.02% |
C000176269 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Global Small Company Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 100.1% |
C000176269 Performance
Total returns for C000176269 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 10.4% |
| 1 year | 33.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 16.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.9% |
C000176269 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000176269, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 13.7%
C000176269 Costs and Fees
C000176269 costs about $42 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.42%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.64%
- Portfolio turnover: 8%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.03 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000176269 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Global Small Company Portfolio had net inflows of $24.27M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$350.10K |
| 2026-03 | $6.67M |
| 2026-02 | −$1.82M |
| 2026-01 | $8.77M |
| 2025-12 | −$2.93M |
| 2025-11 | $15.13M |
C000176269 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Global Small Company Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000176269 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Global Small Company 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.