FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF)

NYSEARCA: QDEF · IEX Real-Time Price · USD
66.78
-0.48 (-0.71%)
At close: Jul 19, 2024, 4:00 PM
66.71
-0.07 (-0.11%)
After-hours: Jul 20, 2024, 12:58 PM EDT
-0.71%
Assets $379.76M
Expense Ratio 0.37%
PE Ratio 20.17
Shares Out 5.65M
Dividend (ttm) $1.26
Dividend Yield 1.88%
Ex-Dividend Date Jun 21, 2024
Payout Ratio 37.92%
1-Year Return +16.35%
Volume 7,099
Open 67.26
Previous Close 67.26
Day's Range 66.66 - 67.41
52-Week Low 52.35
52-Week High 67.95
Beta 0.80
Holdings 140
Inception Date Dec 14, 2012

About QDEF

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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

36.13% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Apple Inc AAPL 6.38%
Microsoft Corporation MSFT 5.69%
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA 5.06%
Johnson & Johnson JNJ 3.17%
The Procter & Gamble Company PG 3.05%
The Home Depot, Inc. HD 2.96%
AbbVie Inc. ABBV 2.87%
Meta Platforms, Inc. META 2.44%
The Coca-Cola Company KO 2.36%
Broadcom Inc. AVGO 2.15%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Jun 21, 2024 $0.34211 Jun 27, 2024
Mar 15, 2024 $0.18321 Mar 21, 2024
Dec 15, 2023 $0.46012 Dec 21, 2023
Sep 15, 2023 $0.27007 Sep 21, 2023
Jun 16, 2023 $0.38179 Jun 23, 2023
Mar 17, 2023 $0.19454 Mar 23, 2023
Full Dividend History

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