FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive fund

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About QDEF

QDEF tracks an index of companies with higher dividend yield and lower beta than the Northern Trust 1250 Index. The listed name for QDEF is FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund. 

Index-Tracked
Russell 1000 TR USD
Index-TrackedRussell 1000 TR USD
Category
Large Value
CategoryLarge Value
Number of holdings
128
Number of holdings128
Inception Date
Dec 14, 2012
Inception DateDec 14, 2012

What's in this fund

Sectors

As of July 16, 2025
Technology32.67%
Healthcare12.75%
Financial Services11.20%
Consumer Cyclical8.48%
Consumer Defensive8.14%
Industrials7.16%
Communication Services6.64%
Real Estate5.11%
Utilities3.63%
Energy2.55%
Basic Materials1.67%

Top 10 Holdings (38.84% of total assets)

As of July 16, 2025
NameSymbol% Assets
AppleAAPL6.57%
NVIDIANVDA6.54%
MicrosoftMSFT5.53%
BroadcomAVGO5.03%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ3.04%
AbbVieABBV2.85%
Procter & GamblePG2.74%
Philip MorrisPM2.41%
Meta PlatformsMETA2.10%
JPMorgan ChaseJPM2.03%

QDEF Key Statistics

AUM
447.96M
AUM447.96M
Price-Earnings ratio
20.40
Price-Earnings ratio20.40
30-Day yield
1.75
30-Day yield1.75
Average volume
8.02K
Average volume8.02K
High today
$75.50
High today$75.50
Low today
$75.18
Low today$75.18
Open price
$75.50
Open price$75.50
Volume
2.90K
Volume2.90K
52 Week high
$75.50
52 Week high$75.50
52 Week low
$61.61
52 Week low$61.61
Expense ratio
0.38
Expense ratio0.38
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Average Annual Return

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