FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive (TR). The QDEF ETF contains 135 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the North America region.
Price $47.30 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 2.55% |
| Expense ratio | 0.37% |
| Average spread | 0.042% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.412% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -5.0% | -3.1% | 4.1% | -5.6% | 1.1% | -6.6% | 5.7% | -3.7% | -9.2% | 3.0% | -19.4% | ||
| 2021 | 0.1% | 0.4% | 6.5% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 2.3% | 2.2% | -5.0% | 5.4% | -0.4% | 6.8% | 24.0% |
| 2020 | -1.6% | -9.6% | -13.7% | 11.6% | 3.5% | 0.3% | 4.5% | 4.5% | -2.7% | -3.6% | 9.3% | 3.6% | 6.1% |
| 2019 | 7.0% | 3.9% | 2.1% | 2.3% | -6.4% | 6.0% | 1.6% | -2.2% | 2.9% | 1.2% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 23.1% |
| 2018 | 3.5% | -3.2% | -2.5% | 1.3% | 2.5% | 0.6% | 3.0% | 2.4% | 0.4% | -5.0% | 2.1% | -8.4% | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | 3.9% | -0.1% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.5% | -0.5% | 2.4% | 1.3% | 4.0% | 1.8% | 16.0% |
| 2016 | -3.4% | 1.1% | 7.5% | -0.7% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 3.4% | -0.8% | 0.2% | -2.4% | 4.5% | 2.0% | 14.9% |
| 2015 | -1.2% | 4.3% | -1.2% | 0.5% | 0.8% | -2.8% | 1.5% | -5.3% | -1.6% | 7.4% | -0.8% | -1.8% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | -3.6% | 3.9% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.5% | -1.7% | 3.2% | -0.9% | 3.2% | 2.6% | 0.3% | 13.5% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | 2.0% | 4.3% | 2.6% | 2.1% | -0.8% | 4.8% | -3.7% | 2.5% | 4.8% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 29.7% |
| 3.6% | 3.5% | 8.6% | 16.7% | 8.9% | 2.5% | 26.6% | -4.1% | -11.1% | 15.3% | 25.7% | 8.2% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.21 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.85 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.36 | 1.09 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 1.20 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 0.25 | 0.72 | 1.52 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 1.99 | 2.81 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.19 | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.42 | 1.19 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.36 | 1.13 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 0.22 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.33 | 1.04 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 0.22 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.90 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 0.68 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 0.06 | 0.06 | |||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.13 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Top 0 Weights | 0.00% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| QDEF | JULZ | QDF | SIXA | SPD | VYM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund | TrueShares Structured Outcome (July) ETF | FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund | 6 Meridian Mega Cap Equity ETF | Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF | Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF |
| Issuer | FlexShares | TrueShares | FlexShares | Meridian | Simplify | Vanguard |
| Price | $47.3 | $30.845 | $48.75 | $30.952 | $24.69 | $98.9 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.37% |  0.79% | 0.37% | 0.86% |  0.29% | 0.06% |
| Average Spread | 0.042% | 0.519% | 0.062% | 0.162% | 0.203% | 0.010% |
| AUM | $378,147,000 | $13,825,800 | $1,368,370,000 | $159,032,000 | $272,313,000 | $36,297,600,000 |
| Shares | 7,994,648 | 448,236 | 28,069,036 | 5,138,028 | 11,029,276 | 367,013,095 |
| Average Daily Volume | 32,607 | 633 | 77,483 | 5,380 | 140,773 | 1,966,927 |
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| Inception Date | 2012-12-14 | 2020-06-30 | 2012-12-14 | 2020-05-11 | 2020-09-03 | 2006-11-10 |
| Index Tracked | Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive (TR) | No Underlying Index | Northern Trust Quality Dividend (TR) | No Underlying Index | No Underlying Index | FTSE High Dividend Yield Index |
| Category | All Cap Equities | n/a | All Cap Equities | Large Cap Blend Equities | Large Cap Blend Equities | Large Cap Blend Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Volatility | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | |
| Value or Growth | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend | ||
| Region | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America |
| Countries | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $1.208 | $0 | $1.272 | $0.712 | $0.303 | $3.216 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.026% | 0.000% | 0.026% | 0.023% | 0.012% | 0.033% |
| Number of Holdings | 135 | 0 | 125 | 48 | 498 | 411 |
| YTD Return | -18.74% | -12.27% | -19.15% | -13.46% | -25.22% | -9.82% |
| Beta | 0.88 | 0.65 | 0.93 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.90 |
| Upside Beta | 0.14 | 0.35 | 0.15 | 0.45 | 0.29 | 0.07 |
| Downside Beta | -0.30 | 0.01 | -0.28 | -0.03 | -0.32 | -0.14 |
| Volatility 1Y | 18.38% | 15.09% | 19.67% | 16.86% | 15.79% | 17.52% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.44 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |