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GQREFlexShares Global Quality Real Estate Index Fund

Grow my money12y track recordRanked #986 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Northern Trust Global Quality Real Estate Index.

By Flexshares Trust · Launched 2013

Annual Cost

0.45%

#2,223 of 5,562 · average

Fund Size

$400M

#1,748 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+11.5%

Track Record

12 years

#1,146 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$10,738+7.4%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Global

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Factor

Quality

Focus

Real Assets

Index tracked

Northern Trust Global Quality Real Estate Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 39.4% of fundwell diversified

American Tower Corp.
6.4%
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
5.2%
Public Storage
4.7%
Prologis, Inc.
4.3%
VICI Properties, Inc.
3.8%
Welltower, Inc.
3.5%
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
3.2%
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.
3.0%
Equity Residential
2.7%
Simon Property Group, Inc.
2.4%

Asset allocation

Stocks
96.8%
Cash
2.5%
Other
0.6%

By sector

Real Estate
99.6%
Consumer Cyclical
0.3%
Industrials
0.0%
Technology
0.0%
Healthcare
0.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
11.9%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-41.9%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.49Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.71Moderate downside risk

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Northern Trust Global Quality Real Estate Index.
Strategy
Invests primarily in companies that maximize exposure to quality, value, and momentum factors within the real estate sector. The Fund uses a representative sampling strategy to manage its portfolio, investing at least 80% of total assets in securities of the Underlying Index.
Inception date
November 5, 2013
Fund family
Flexshares Trust

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Data updated on 2026-06-20