FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF)

Assets	$535.44M
Expense Ratio	0.39%
PE Ratio	21.82
Shares Out	6.23M
Dividend (ttm)	$1.40
Dividend Yield	1.62%
Ex-Dividend Date	Mar 20, 2026
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	35.42%

Volume	1,495
Open	86.05
Previous Close	86.16
Day's Range	85.88 - 86.05
52-Week Low	70.35
52-Week High	86.31
Beta	0.84
Holdings	136
Inception Date	Dec 14, 2012

About QDEF

Fund Home Page

The FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of companies with higher dividend yield and lower beta than the Northern Trust 1250 Index. QDEF was launched on Dec 14, 2012 and is issued by FlexShares.

• Asset Class: Equity
• Category: Large Value
• Region: Global
• Stock Exchange: NYSEARCA
• Ticker Symbol: QDEF
• ETF Provider: FlexShares
• Index Tracked: Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive

Top 10 Holdings

39.40% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Apple Inc.	AAPL	8.15%
NVIDIA Corporation	NVDA	7.35%
Broadcom Inc.	AVGO	5.66%
Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	3.82%
Alphabet Inc.	GOOGL	2.75%
AbbVie Inc.	ABBV	2.53%
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	2.46%
The Procter & Gamble Company	PG	2.41%
Alphabet Inc.	GOOG	2.19%
Philip Morris International Inc.	PM	2.10%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Mar 20, 2026	$0.20106	Mar 26, 2026
Dec 19, 2025	$0.54108	Dec 26, 2025
Sep 19, 2025	$0.31787	Sep 25, 2025
Jun 20, 2025	$0.33721	Jun 26, 2025
Mar 21, 2025	$0.21169	Mar 27, 2025
Dec 20, 2024	$0.44618	Dec 27, 2024

Performance

QDEF had a total return of 26.53% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 12.62%.