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DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares (DFSV)

Small Value | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
38.21 USD -0.06 (-0.157%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 7:53 a.m. EDT

The long-term outlook remains solid, driven by a robust three-year price trajectory where the asset has gained over 34% with no recent annual declines. The business fundamentals appear sound enough to sustain this growth, avoiding the 'value trap' classification despite the modest trailing P/E. However, the short-term picture is murky; the stock is currently trading below its 50-day moving average, and the recent price action shows a lack of clear upward momentum. The options market confirms this hesitation, with traders hedging for a drop while only speculating on a massive jump. While the long-term thesis holds, the immediate path forward lacks a clear directional edge, making it a hold rather than a high-conviction entry.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.015465
AutoETS0.015488
MSTL0.015633
AutoTheta0.018881

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 46%
H-stat 8.49
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.014
Excess Kurtosis 0.32
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 12.92

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 7:53 a.m. EDT: Speculator positioning is sparse and contradictory. Call buyers are heavily concentrated in deep out-of-the-money strikes (44/46), suggesting a speculative bet on a sharp spike rather than a steady rise. Conversely, put buyers have established significant open interest at strikes significantly below the current price (32/33), indicating a hedge against a downside move or a bearish view on the near term. Implied volatility is elevated on the downside side relative to the upside, reflecting asymmetric fear.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.39% 1.51% 1.48% —
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-22 0.150 0.388098
2026-06-23 0.135 0.354703
2026-03-24 0.116 0.333046
2025-12-16 0.143 0.429946
2025-09-23 0.142 0.442920
2025-06-24 0.136 0.465913
2025-03-25 0.081 0.280860
2024-12-17 0.137 0.431632
2024-09-17 0.099 0.326409
2024-06-18 0.114 0.401267
2024-03-19 0.055 0.191905
2023-12-19 0.115 0.395869
2023-09-19 0.102 0.397351
2023-06-21 0.100 0.397772
2023-03-21 0.058 0.235008
2022-12-20 0.105 0.428746
2022-09-20 0.070 0.298253
2022-06-22 0.045 0.200803
2022-03-22 0.004 0.015228
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 40.95
All Time Low 21.56
Ask 38.2
Ask Size 2,600
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,113,400
Average Daily Volume3 Month 974,940
Average Volume 974,940
Average Volume10Days 1,113,400
Beta3 Year 0.97
Bid 38.16
Bid Size 3,100
Category Small Value
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 38.7
Day Low 38.0801
Display Name DFA U.S. SmCp Val Ptf – ETF Cl
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.9580407
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 39.255
Fifty Day Average Change -1.045002
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.026620863
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 20.612371
Fifty Two Week High 40.95
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.7400017
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.06691091
Fifty Two Week Low 30.32
Fifty Two Week Low Change 7.8899994
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.26022425
Fifty Two Week Range 30.32 - 40.95
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,645,713,000,000
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change -0.084999084
Fullday Change Percent -0.2221037
Fullday Price 38.21
Fund Family Dimensional Fund Advisors
Fund Inception Date 1,790,294,400
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund normally will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities of small cap U.S. companies. It may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for U.S. equity securities and indices, to increase or decrease equity market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Portfolio.
Long Name DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_34104708
Nav Price 38.2554
Net Assets 26,491,832,300.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.31
Open 38.34
Phone 2,133,958,005
Previous Close 38.27
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0600014
Regular Market Change Percent -0.156784
Regular Market Day High 38.7
Regular Market Day Low 38.0801
Regular Market Day Range 38.0801 - 38.7
Regular Market Open 38.34
Regular Market Previous Close 38.27
Regular Market Price 38.21
Regular Market Time 1,792,180,800
Regular Market Volume 1,041,593
Short Name US Small Cap Value Portfolio ET
Source Interval 15
Symbol DFSV
Three Year Average Return 0.1598103
Total Assets 26,491,832,320
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 12.917334
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -2.80497
Trailing Three Month Returns -2.80497
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 37.46215
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.7478485
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.019962776
Type Disp ETF
Volume 1,041,593
Ytd Return 15.29991