FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF)

Assets	$345.61M
Expense Ratio	0.37%
PE Ratio	18.34
Shares Out	5.68M
Dividend (ttm)	$1.30
Dividend Yield	2.13%
Ex-Dividend Date	Mar 15, 2024
Payout Ratio	39.10%
1-Year Return	+13.38%

Volume	3,624
Open	60.94
Previous Close	60.92
Day's Range	60.75 - 60.97
52-Week Low	52.35
52-Week High	64.29
Beta	0.83
Holdings	128
Inception Date	Dec 14, 2012

About QDEF

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The FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund 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

37.56% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Apple Inc	AAPL	6.68%
Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	5.88%
Broadcom Inc.	AVGO	3.96%
NVIDIA Corporation	NVDA	3.78%
The Procter & Gamble Company	PG	3.14%
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	3.08%
The Home Depot, Inc.	HD	2.98%
AbbVie Inc.	ABBV	2.94%
Meta Platforms, Inc.	META	2.79%
The Coca-Cola Company	KO	2.33%

Dividends

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
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
Dec 16, 2022	$0.39419	Dec 22, 2022