FlexShares Developed Markets ex-US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund

FlexShares Developed Markets ex-US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund (QLVD)

Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of the Northern Trust Developed Markets ex-US Quality Low Volatility Index. The QLVD ETF contains 179 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the Europe region.

Price $21.47 as of 2022-10-20

Cost/Risk/Yield

Dividend yield	3.61%
Expense ratio	0.32%
Average spread	0.14%
1Y roundtrip cost	0.46%

Historic prices

Total Returns (including dividends)

Returns by Year

Returns by Period

Monthly returns heatmap

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2022	-3.9%	-2.1%	0.7%	-4.4%	-0.2%	-4.8%	3.5%	-5.3%	-7.4%	-0.0%			-23.8%
2021	-1.0%	-1.8%	3.9%	1.9%	4.1%	-0.7%	1.3%	1.3%	-4.2%	3.1%	-2.2%	3.4%	9.1%
2020	-0.3%	-7.5%	-10.2%	6.0%	3.1%	1.2%	1.6%	3.9%	-1.9%	-4.1%	9.6%	3.3%	4.7%
2019								0.5%	2.5%	2.0%	0.6%	2.6%	8.1%
	-5.3%	-11.4%	-5.6%	3.5%	7.0%	-4.3%	6.4%	0.4%	-11.1%	1.0%	8.0%	9.3%

Historical Dividends

Dividends by Year

Dividend Yields by Year

Monthly dividend heatmap

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2022			0.05			0.35			0.11				0.51
2021			0.10			0.34			0.15			0.26	0.86
2020			0.04			0.19			0.12			0.12	0.47
2019									0.09			0.19	0.28
	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.88	0.00	0.00	0.47	0.00	0.00	0.58

Sectors and Top Holdings

Security	% Assets
Nestle S.A.	4.80%
Roche Holding Ltd	4.73%
Novo Nordisk A/S Class B	3.77%
GlaxoSmithKline plc	2.01%
Royal Bank of Canada	1.96%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia	1.81%
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE	1.64%
Bank of Nova Scotia	1.53%
Air Liquide SA	1.50%
HOYA CORPORATION	1.22%
Iberdrola SA	1.21%
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited	1.21%
Hermes International SCA	1.09%
KDDI Corporation	1.05%
ASML Holding NV	1.04%
Top 15 Weights	30.57%

Compare with similar ETFs

	QLVD	FDEV	FEP	NFRA	OVF	RBIN
Product name	FlexShares Developed Markets ex-US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund	Fidelity Targeted International Factor ETF	First Trust Europe AlphaDEX Fund	FlexShares STOXX Global Broad Infrastructure Index Fund	Overlay Shares Foreign Equity ETF	Nationwide Risk-Based International Equity ETF
Issuer	FlexShares	Fidelity	First Trust	FlexShares	Overlay Shares	Nationwide
Price	$21.469	$21.621	$27.97	$45.75	$18.948	$24.1002
Expense Ratio	0.32%	0.39%	0.8%	0.47%	0.95%	0.42%
Average Spread	0.140%	0.740%	0.215%	0.087%	0.369%	0.373%
AUM	$57,915,300	$12,867,100	$351,307,000	$2,114,500,000	$6,076,620	$111,400,000
Shares	2,697,625	595,119	12,560,145	46,218,604	320,700	4,622,378
Average Daily Volume	5,150	2,080	75,467	182,307	2,047	275
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Inception Date	2019-07-15	2019-02-26	2011-04-18	2013-10-08	2019-09-30	2017-09-15
Index Tracked	Northern Trust Developed Markets ex-US Quality Low Volatility Index	Fidelity International Multifactor Index	NASDAQ AlphaDEX Europe Index	STOXX Global Broad Infrastructure Index	No Underlying Index	Rothschild & Co Risk-Based International Index
Category	Volatility Hedged Equity	Foreign Large Cap Equities	Europe Equities	Utilities Equities	Foreign Large Cap Equities	Foreign Large Cap Equities
Asset Class	Equity	Equity	Equity	Equity	Equity	Equity
Asset Class Size	Large/Mid Caps	Large/Mid Caps	Large/Mid Caps	Large/Mid Caps	Large/Mid Caps	Large/Mid Caps
Value or Growth	Blend	Blend	Blend	Blend	Blend	Blend
Region	Europe	Europe	Europe	North America	Asia-Pacific	Europe
Countries	Broad	Broad	Broad	Broad	Broad	Broad
Annual Dividend Rate	$0.776	$0.874	$1.479	$1.495	$1.162	$0
Annual Dividend Yield	0.036%	0.040%	0.053%	0.033%	0.061%	0.000%
Number of Holdings	179	198	201	175	548	226
YTD Return	-21.85%	-25.57%	-33.05%	-18.79%	-27.31%	-12.45%
Beta	0.50	0.54	0.97	0.80	0.42	0.49
Upside Beta	0.28	0.31	0.00	0.29	0.20	0.19
Downside Beta	-0.38	-0.24	-0.45	-0.18	-0.65	0.06
Volatility 1Y	14.25%	17.43%	26.34%	16.52%	15.89%	13.41%
Sharpe Ratio 3Y	-0.45	-0.43	-0.37	-0.29	-0.63	-0.20
Treynor Ratio 3Y	-0.01	-0.01	-0.01	0.00	-0.02	0.00

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