GQREFlexShares Global Quality Real Estate Index Fund
Tracks the Northern Trust Global Quality Real Estate Index SM.
By Flexshares Trust · Launched 2013
Annual Cost
0.45%
#2,240 of 5,861 · average
Fund Size
$408M
#1,764 of 5,861 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+15.3%
Track Record
12 years
#1,126 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,238+12.4%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
GlobalCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Factor
Quality
Sector
Real estateFocus
Real Assets
Index tracked
Northern Trust Global Quality Real Estate Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 36.5% of fund✓ well diversified
American Tower Corp.
6.2%
Prologis, Inc.
4.5%
Welltower, Inc.
4.1%
VICI Properties, Inc.
3.8%
Simon Property Group, Inc.
3.5%
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
3.2%
Public Storage
3.0%
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.
3.0%
Equity Residential
2.9%
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.
2.3%
Asset allocation
Stocks
98.0%
Cash
1.3%
Other
0.7%
By sector
Real Estate
99.5%
Consumer Cyclical
0.5%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
11.8%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-41.7%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.47Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.67Moderate downside risk
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the Northern Trust Global Quality Real Estate Index SM.
- Strategy
- Employs a passive indexing approach to invest in publicly-traded equity securities of U.S. and non-U.S. real estate investment trusts (REITs) and real estate operating companies. Targets companies in the Real Estate sector with market capitalizations ranging from $937.3 million to $128.2 billion for long-term capital appreciation.
- Inception date
- November 5, 2013
- Fund family
- Flexshares Trust
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Data updated on 2026-08-04