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QDFFlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund

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Tracks the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Index SM.

By Flexshares Trust · Launched 2012

Annual Cost

0.39%

#1,918 of 5,861 · low cost

Fund Size

$2.2B

#717 of 5,861 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+22.6%

Track Record

13 years

#1,032 of 5,861 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,073+20.7%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

North america

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Factor

Dividend

Index tracked

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 38.4% of fund✓ well diversified

Apple, Inc.
8.1%
NVIDIA Corp.
6.7%
Broadcom, Inc.
4.6%
Microsoft Corp.
3.8%
Alphabet, Inc.
2.7%
Johnson & Johnson
2.7%
AbbVie, Inc.
2.6%
Cisco Systems, Inc.
2.6%
Lam Research Corp.
2.4%
NATIONAL BK OF CANADA FINANCIAL INC
2.3%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.2%
Cash
0.8%

By sector

Technology
37.9%
Financial Services
14.1%
Industrials
10.8%
Healthcare
9.1%
Consumer Cyclical
7.2%
Communication
6.6%
Consumer Defensive
5.7%
Real Estate
5.5%
Other
3.1%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
12.2%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-36.7%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.92Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.35Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the Northern Trust Quality Dividend 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 a quality dividend yield. Concentrates in the Information Technology sector for long-term capital growth.
Inception date
December 14, 2012
Fund family
Flexshares Trust

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Data updated on 2026-08-04