GQREFlexShares Global Quality Real Estate Index Fund
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 · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,738+7.4%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
Classification
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 = 39.4% of fund✓ well 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+ yearsVolatility (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