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Shareholder Report
 12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2025
USD ($)
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Shareholder Report [Line Items]  
Document Type N-CSR
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Registrant Name DAVIS NEW YORK VENTURE FUND INC
Entity Central Index Key 0000071701
Entity Investment Company Type N-1A
Document Period End Date Jul. 31, 2025
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Shareholder Report [Line Items]  
Fund Name Davis Research Fund
Class Name Class A
Trading Symbol DRFAX
Annual or Semi-Annual Statement [Text Block] This Annual shareholder report contains important information about the Davis Research Fund (the “Fund”) for the period of August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025 (the “period”).
Shareholder Report Annual or Semi-Annual Annual shareholder report
Additional Information [Text Block] You can find additional information about the Fund at http://dsainternal.davis.local/html/fundinfo/fundinfo.html or by contacting Investor Services at 1-800-279-0279.
Additional Information Phone Number 1-800-279-0279
Additional Information Website http://dsainternal.davis.local/html/fundinfo/fundinfo.html
Expenses [Text Block]
What were the Fund expenses for the last year?
(Based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund (Class) Costs of $10,000 investment Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment
Davis Research Fund
(Class A)		 $74 0.68%
Expenses Paid, Amount $ 74
Expense Ratio, Percent 0.68%
Factors Affecting Performance [Text Block]
Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance
Summary of Results
The Fund outperformed the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (“S&P 500” or the “Index”) for the period. The Fund’s Class A shares delivered a total return on net asset value of 19.06%, versus a 16.33% return for the S&P 500. The Fund invests principally in common stocks (including American Depositary Receipts) issued by medium- and large-capitalization companies. The Fund considers companies with market capitalizations between $3 billion and $10 billion to be medium-capitalization companies and companies with market capitalizations of at least $10 billion to be large-capitalization companies. The Fund has the flexibility to invest in foreign securities.
Market Overview
  • S&P 500
    • Strongest performing sectors - Communication Services (+31%), Information Technology (+24%),
      and Financials (+22%)
    • Weakest performing sectors - Health Care (-11%), Energy (-3%), and Materials (-3%)
Contributors to Performance
  • Financials - outperformed the Index sector (+25% vs +22%) and significantly overweight (average weighting 34% vs 14%)
    • Capital One Financial (+44%), Bank of New York Mellon (+60%), Danske Bank (+43%), and Wells Fargo (+39%)
  • Underweight in Health Care (average weighting 5% vs 11%), the weakest performing sector of the Index
  • Communication Services - outperformed the Index sector (+53% vs +31%)
    • Meta Platforms (+63%)
  • Consumer Discretionary - outperformed the Index sector (+23% vs +20%) and overweight (average weighting 18% vs 10%)
    • Amazon.com (+25%) and Entain (+90%)
  • Underweight in Consumer Staples (average weighting 1% vs 6%)
  • Individual Information Technology holdings
    • Oracle (+84%), SAP (+36%), and Microsoft (+28%)
    • Oracle - largest individual contributor
Detractors from Performance
  • Information Technology - underperformed the Index sector (+20% vs +24%) and underweight (average weighting 23% vs 32%)
    • Intel (-30%), Applied Materials (-14%), and Texas Instruments (-8%)
    • Intel - largest individual detractor (no longer a Fund holding)
  • Industrials - significantly underperformed the Index sector (+3% vs +21%) and underweight (average weighting 5% vs 8%)
    • Owens Corning (-24%)
  • Underweight in Communication Services (average weighting 6% vs 9%), the strongest performing sector of the Index
  • Individual holdings
    • RH (-29%), MGM Resorts (-15%), Teck Resources (-33%), Humana (-30%), UnitedHealth Group (-56%), and
      Viatris (-24%)
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] The Fund's past performance is not a good predictor of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Line Graph [Table Text Block]
Fund Performance
The following graph compares the initial and subsequent account values of a $10,000 investment in the Fund and the S&P 500 Index over 10 fiscal years for an investment made on July 31, 2015.
GROWTH OF $10,000
Fund Performance - Growth of 10K
*
Reflects 4.75% front-end sales charge.
Average Annual Return [Table Text Block]
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN FOR PERIODS ENDED 07/31/25 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Davis Research Fund (Class A) — Without sales charge 19.06% 13.18% 11.71%
Davis Research Fund (Class A) — With sales charge* 13.40% 12.09% 11.17%
S&P 500 Index 16.33% 15.87% 13.65%
*
Reflects 4.75% front-end sales charge.
No Deduction of Taxes [Text Block] The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.
Updated Performance Information Location [Text Block] For most recent month-end performance information, please call Investor Services at 1-800-279-0279 .
Net Assets $ 78,000,000.0
Holdings Count | Holding 65
Advisory Fees Paid, Amount $ 394,500
Investment Company Portfolio Turnover 15.00%
Additional Fund Statistics [Text Block]
Key Fund Statistics
Fund net assets as of 07/31/25 (in millions) $78.0
Total number of portfolio holdings as of 07/31/25 65
Portfolio turnover rate for the period 15%
Total advisory fees paid for the period (in thousands) $394.5
Holdings [Text Block]
Top Sectors as of 07/31/25 Net Assets
Financials 34.16%
Information Technology 25.69%
Consumer Discretionary 17.40%
Communication Services 6.51%
Industrials 4.64%