QDEFNorthern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF
Tracks the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Index SM.
By Northern Trust · Launched 2012
Annual Cost
0.39%
#1,988 of 6,040 · low cost
Fund Size
$615M
#1,500 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+16.2%
Track Record
13 years
#1,044 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,460+14.6%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Factor
Dividend
Index tracked
Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Index
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 38.6% of funddiversified
Apple, Inc.
7.6%
NVIDIA Corp.
6.8%
Broadcom, Inc.
5.6%
Microsoft Corp.
3.8%
Alphabet, Inc.
2.7%
AbbVie, Inc.
2.7%
Johnson & Johnson
2.6%
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)
2.5%
CF SECURED LLC
2.2%
Alphabet, Inc.
2.2%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.3%
Cash
0.7%
By sector
Technology
36.2%
Financial Services
11.8%
Healthcare
10.8%
Consumer Cyclical
7.4%
Consumer Defensive
7.0%
Industrials
6.8%
Communication
6.1%
Energy
4.6%
Other
9.4%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
9.9%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-35.7%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.23Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.83Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Index SM.
- Strategy
- Employs a passive indexing approach to invest in long-only U.S. equity securities, focusing on large- and mid-cap companies with an emphasis on long-term capital growth. The Fund does not attempt to beat its Underlying Index and is concentrated in the Information Technology sector.
- Inception date
- December 14, 2012
- Fund family
- Northern Trust
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Data updated on 2026-09-18