FlexShares Emerging Markets Quality Low Volatility Index Fund

FlexShares Emerging Markets Quality Low Volatility Index Fund (QLVE)

Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of the Northern Trust Emerging Markets Quality Low Volatility Index. The QLVE ETF contains 149 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the Asia-Pacific region.

Price $20.67 as of 2022-10-20

Cost/Risk/Yield

Dividend yield	3.56%
Expense ratio	0.4%
Average spread	0.29%
1Y roundtrip cost	0.69%

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	2.1%	-2.6%	-1.8%	-2.8%	-1.1%	-4.9%	0.0%	-0.7%	-8.8%	-0.1%			-20.7%
2021	2.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.3%	0.9%	-4.6%	3.3%	-3.1%	1.1%	-2.7%	2.5%	1.2%
2020	-5.0%	-4.5%	-13.9%	7.0%	2.2%	3.0%	6.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.5%	5.7%	4.3%	6.1%
2019								-2.6%	1.4%	3.2%	-0.8%	5.9%	7.0%
	-0.5%	-6.8%	-15.3%	4.7%	1.4%	-1.1%	1.4%	0.6%	-10.3%	4.7%	2.2%	12.7%

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						0.17			0.32				0.49
2021						0.18			0.24			0.25	0.67
2020			0.01			0.17			0.24			0.03	0.44
2019									0.11			0.23	0.33
	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.52	0.00	0.00	0.91	0.00	0.00	0.50

Sectors and Top Holdings

Security	% Assets
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	8.11%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Sponsored ADR	5.05%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	3.60%
Tencent Holdings Ltd.	3.56%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited	2.08%
Bank of China Limited Class H	1.81%
Al Rajhi Bank	1.70%
Qatar National Bank QPSC	1.64%
National Bank of Kuwait K.S.C.	1.40%
Saudi Telecom Co.	1.19%
SABIC Agri-Nutrients Co.	1.13%
Asian Paints Ltd.	1.03%
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd	0.98%
Mega Financial Holding Co., Ltd.	0.96%
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) SAE	0.93%
Top 15 Weights	35.17%

Compare with similar ETFs

	QLVE	FDEM	GSEE	IFV	LDEM	RESE
Product name	FlexShares Emerging Markets Quality Low Volatility Index Fund	Fidelity Targeted Emerging Markets Factor ETF	Goldman Sachs MarketBeta Emerging Markets Equity ETF	First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF	iShares ESG MSCI EM Leaders ETF	WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Fund
Issuer	FlexShares	Fidelity	Goldman Sachs	First Trust	iShares	WisdomTree
Price	$20.67	$20.32	$35.95	$16.05	$40.3425	$24.618
Expense Ratio	0.4%	0.45%	0.36%	1.06%	0.16%	0.32%
Average Spread	0.290%	1.230%	0.278%	0.935%	0.273%	0.406%
AUM	$12,360,000	$16,240,300	$23,352,200	$182,769,000	$563,920,000	$22,071,800
Shares	597,969	799,228	649,573	11,387,479	13,978,321	896,571
Average Daily Volume	7,790	1,867	153	31,689	30,820	3,410
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Inception Date	2019-07-15	2019-02-26	2020-05-12	2014-07-22	2020-02-05	2016-04-07
Index Tracked	Northern Trust Emerging Markets Quality Low Volatility Index	Fidelity Emerging Markets Multifactor Index	Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap Index	Dorsey Wright International Focus Five Index	MSCI EM Extended ESG Leaders 5% Issuer Capped Index	No Underlying Index
Category	Volatility Hedged Equity	Emerging Markets Equities	Asia Pacific Equities	Global Equities	Emerging Markets Equities	Asia Pacific 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	Asia-Pacific	Asia-Pacific	Asia-Pacific	Europe	Asia-Pacific	Asia-Pacific
Countries	Pacific ex-Japan	Broad	Broad	Broad	Broad	Pacific ex-Japan
Annual Dividend Rate	$0.735	$0.889	$2.234	$0.627	$1.205	$1.051
Annual Dividend Yield	0.036%	0.044%	0.062%	0.039%	0.030%	0.043%
Number of Holdings	149	210	1091	284	476	298
YTD Return	-19.20%	-18.15%	-27.08%	-29.03%	-29.36%	-28.18%
Beta	0.49	0.44	0.44	0.69	0.64	0.71
Upside Beta	0.33	0.31	0.07	0.25	0.37	0.42
Downside Beta	-0.34	-0.39	-0.61	-0.31	-0.60	-0.50
Volatility 1Y	14.78%	17.72%	21.08%	23.00%	22.37%	21.06%
Sharpe Ratio 3Y	-0.46	-0.40	0.00	-0.32	0.00	0.00
Treynor Ratio 3Y	-0.01	-0.01	0.00	-0.01	0.00	0.00

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