QDEFFlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund

Grow my money Get income13y track recordRanked #597 of 1,622 in this goal

Seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Index.

By Flexshares Trust · Launched 2012

Annual Cost

0.39%

#1,958 of 5,562 · average

Fund Size

$568M

#1,468 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+22.6%

Track Record

13 years

#1,051 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$11,978+19.8%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

North america

Cap

Large

Strategy

Index tracking

Factor

Dividend

Index tracked

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 39.5% of fund✓ well diversified

Apple, Inc.

7.5%

NVIDIA Corp.

6.6%

Broadcom, Inc.

4.6%

Microsoft Corp.

4.2%

Johnson & Johnson

3.3%

CF SECURED LLC

3.2%

AbbVie, Inc.

2.9%

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

2.7%

Alphabet, Inc.

2.4%

Philip Morris International, Inc.

2.1%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.3%

Cash

0.8%

By sector

Technology

35.4%

Healthcare

11.2%

Financial Services

10.9%

Communication

7.3%

Consumer Defensive

7.2%

Consumer Cyclical

7.2%

Industrials

6.4%

Real Estate

5.3%

Other

9.2%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

9.8%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-35.7%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

1.19Strong risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.76Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Index.
Strategy: Invests primarily in U.S. equity securities selected for quality and dividend payments, aiming for long-term capital growth with a beta of 0.5 to 1.0 relative to the Northern Trust 1250 Index.
Inception date: December 14, 2012
Fund family: Flexshares Trust