| Fund Description |
| QDEF seeks to provide exposure to the long-term growth potential of U.S. securities while providing dividend payments. It is intended as a core stock market option that also helps investors try to meet their income needs. The strategy applies a proprietary scoring model approach that determines a "quality factor" and an optimization process that seeks to maximize this factor, target a beta lower than the Parent Index (Northern Trust 1250) and improve on the Parent Indexs dividend yiel |
| Fund Profile |
| Fund Name |
FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund |
| Fund Exchange Ticker |
QDEF |
| Fund Sponsor |
Flexshares (Northern Trust) |
| Fund ISIN |
US33939L8458 |
| Net Expense Ratio |
0.37 % |
| Fund Inception Date |
14 December 2012 |
| Fund Legal Structure |
ETF (Open end fund) |
| Exchange |
NYSE Arca |
| Listing Country Code |
US |
| Fund Investment Objective |
| ETF Type Specific |
US Equities - Dividend & Fundamental |
| Asset Class |
Equities (Stocks) |
| Index Linked |
Passive |
| Index Name |
Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Index |
| Index Provider |
Northern Trust |
| Currency Hedged |
No |
| Inverse / Leveraged |
Not Applicable |
| Developed / Emerging |
Developed Market Funds |
| Market Capitalization Range |
Large Cap |
| Growth Value |
Core / Blend |
| Continent |
North America |
| Key Statistics |
| Return As of Date |
17 March 2023 |
| Asset Under Management |
323.47 Million (USD) |
| 1 Month Total Return |
-4.98 % |
| Year To Date Return |
-1.43 % |
| 1 Year Total Return |
-11.73 % |
| 3 Year Annualized Total Return |
12.70 % |
| NAV |
50.74 |
| Share Outstanding |
6,375,000 |
| Top 10 Holdings (17 March 2023) |
| Constituent Name |
Constituent Ticker |
Constituent Type |
Weighting |
| APPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD 0.00001 |
AAPL |
EQUI |
0.0739490000 |
| MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD 0.00000625 |
MSFT |
EQUI |
0.0528880000 |
| PROCTER & GAMBLE CO/THE COMMON STOCK USD 0 |
PG |
EQUI |
0.0339830000 |
| BROADCOM INC COMMON STOCK USD |
AVGO |
EQUI |
0.0330640000 |
| HOME DEPOT INC/THE COMMON STOCK USD 0.05 |
HD |
EQUI |
0.0309010000 |
| VISA INC COMMON STOCK USD 0.0001 |
V |
EQUI |
0.0306040000 |
| ELI LILLY & CO COMMON STOCK USD 0 |
LLY |
EQUI |
0.0285780000 |
| CISCO SYSTEMS INC COMMON STOCK USD 0.001 |
CSCO |
EQUI |
0.0272420000 |
| JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMON STOCK USD 1 |
JNJ |
EQUI |
0.0270530000 |
| ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK USD 0.01 |
ABBV |
EQUI |
0.0270180000 |