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QDEF - ETF Fact Sheet

FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund ETF - USD

Fund Identification

Ticker

QDEF

ISIN

US33939L8458

Main Metrics

Price

$90.78

Expense Ratio

0.4%

AuM

$615.04M

Tracking Difference

-0.43%

Ratings

Trackinsight rating

N/A

Official Investment Strategy

The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive IndexTM (Underlying Index)

QDEF's historical prices, performance, and flows

0.01.02.03.0%
1m returns
2.10%
1m flows
$57M
* Net total returns
All data as of 31 August 2026

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QDEF's characteristics

Manager

Manager statistics

36 funds, $28.04Bn in AUM

Benchmark

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Total Return Index - USD

Replication method

Direct (Physical)

Asset class

Equity

Dividend policy

Distributing
QDEF's exposure

Countries

USA
97.35%

Sectors

Technology
39.58%
Finance
16.34%
Healthcare
10.48%
Consumer Non-Cycl.
9.72%
Other
23.89%

Top 5 holdings

Apple, Inc.
8.26%
NVIDIA Corp.
6.35%
Broadcom Inc.
4.64%
Alphabet, Inc.
4.39%
Microsoft Corp.
4.02%
Total holdings
133
Total weight of top 5
27.65%

ETF Education Center

3.0%