Billionaire David Booth’s Dimensional Fund Advisors has taken a major stake in DHT Holdings.

It has snapped up shares worth over $30m in the tanker owner to take a 6.71% holding, an SEC filing showed.

Dimensional’s move comes with the shipowner fresh from a strong fourth quarter profit of $32.4m.

Executives at DHT batted away suggestions it was preparing for a weaker market and while analysts debated the merits of its relative caution Dimensional has taken 6,229,244 shares in the New York-listed company.

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