FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF)

NYSEARCA: QDEF · IEX Real-Time Price · USD
54.52
-0.10 (-0.18%)
Sep 25, 2023, 9:30 AM EDT - Market open
-0.18%
Assets $334.07M
Expense Ratio 0.37%
PE Ratio 16.47
Shares Out n/a
Dividend (ttm) $1.24
Dividend Yield 2.28%
Ex-Dividend Date Sep 15, 2023
Payout Ratio 37.41%
1-Year Return +12.59%
Volume 487
Open 54.52
Previous Close 54.62
Day's Range 54.52 - 54.52
52-Week Low 45.30
52-Week High 58.00
Beta n/a
Holdings 131
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
Index Tracked Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive

Top 10 Holdings

35.34% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Apple Inc. AAPL 7.76%
Microsoft Corporation MSFT 5.67%
The Procter & Gamble Company PG 3.42%
Broadcom Inc. AVGO 3.20%
The Home Depot, Inc. HD 3.08%
AbbVie Inc. ABBV 2.74%
The Coca-Cola Company KO 2.73%
Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO 2.65%
Abbott Laboratories ABT 2.09%
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA 2.01%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
2023-09-15 $0.27007 2023-09-21
2023-06-16 $0.38179 2023-06-23
2023-03-17 $0.19454 2023-03-23
2022-12-16 $0.39419 2022-12-22
2022-09-16 $0.31895 2022-09-22
2022-06-17 $0.32341 2022-06-24
Full Dividend History

News

As Dividend, Value, & Low Vol Outperform, Check Out QDEF

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1 year ago - ETF Trends

The Case for Quality Dividends

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1 year ago - ETF Trends

Love Value? Need Dividends?

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2 years ago - ETF Trends

Factor Fundamentals for Your Portfolio

Investors are facing new challenges as they try to predict how to best position their equity portfolios for what lies ahead. While significant risks loom large on the horizon and threaten to derail th...

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Got Quality Queries? The FlexShares QDEF ETF Has Answers

Value is getting plenty of adulation this year, but combing through it with the quality factor can be potent. One avenue for doing that is the FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (NYSEArc...

2 years ago - ETF Trends

Risk-Averse, Retiring, and More: QDEF Has Something for Everyone

Arguably, dividends never really go out of style, but dividend stocks do encounter rough patches as was the case earlier this year. Good news: payouts are back in style setting up well for the FlexSha...

2 years ago - ETF Trends

Quality Investments Are Never Out of Style: The QDEF ETF

Expect big things from dividend stocks and payout growth next, scenarios highlighting opportunities with the FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (NYSEArca: QDEF). QDEF's underlying index ...

3 years ago - ETF Trends

The Defensive ETF for Dividend Stock Exposure

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How to Defensively Invest for Both Dividends and Quality

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Reliable Dividends And Risk Defense With This ETF

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A Better Pie: Asset Allocation for the Next 5 Years

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Dividends Still Matter Making This ETF Important

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3 years ago - ETF Trends

Don’t Rely on the Same Old Sectors With Dividend ETFs

The $443.49 million FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (NYSEArca: QDEF) is nearly eight years old, but it offers one of the fresher approaches in the world of dividend ETFs and that’s me...

3 years ago - ETF Trends

Improving Dividend Expectations Support Case for FlexShares QDEF

The S&P 500 is home to plenty of negative dividend action this year, but that once ominous outlook is improving, potentially spotlighting opportunity with the FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Ind...

3 years ago - ETF Trends

Look to Quality Dividend ETFs in Today’s Market Environment

Investors who are looking for ways to diversify in a tumultuous market may want to consider exchange traded fund strategies that identify quality dividends.

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Navigating Current Markets and Dividend Investment Strategies

Recent markets have proved one point very clearly: there are winning companies, and losing companies. So how do you maintain exposure while focusing on high-quality companies for the long term?

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Get Defensive in the Hunt for Quality, Reliable Dividends

Some dividend stocks are defensive. Others exhibit quality traits.

3 years ago - ETF Trends

Income and Value Meet in This Defensive ETF

With quality taking on added importance for dividend investors in 2020 and talks of value stocks gaining steam mounting, the FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (NYSEArca: QDEF) is one ET...

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ETFs That Track Quality Companies Are a Portfolio Mainstay

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