FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (QDF)

NYSEARCA: QDF · Real-Time Price · USD
70.74
-0.59 (-0.83%)
Oct 7, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed
-0.83%
Assets $1.86B
Expense Ratio 0.37%
PE Ratio 17.88
Shares Out 26.24M
Dividend (ttm) $1.33
Dividend Yield 1.88%
Ex-Dividend Date Sep 20, 2024
Payout Ratio 33.84%
1-Year Return +26.84%
Volume 13,325
Open 71.07
Previous Close 71.33
Day's Range 70.59 - 71.13
52-Week Low 53.35
52-Week High 71.72
Beta 0.98
Holdings 133
Inception Date Dec 14, 2012

About QDF

Fund Home Page

The FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (QDF) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Northern Trust Quality Dividend index. The fund tracks an index of companies deemed to have secure dividends that matches the beta of the Northern Trust 1250 Index. QDF was launched on Dec 14, 2012 and is issued by FlexShares.

Asset Class Equity
Category Large Value
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol QDF
ETF Provider FlexShares
Index Tracked Northern Trust Quality Dividend

Top 10 Holdings

37.44% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Apple Inc. AAPL 8.53%
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA 5.20%
Microsoft Corporation MSFT 4.94%
Meta Platforms, Inc. META 3.35%
Johnson & Johnson JNJ 3.14%
AbbVie Inc. ABBV 3.03%
The Procter & Gamble Company PG 3.02%
The Coca-Cola Company KO 2.47%
Accenture plc ACN 1.99%
The Home Depot, Inc. HD 1.77%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Sep 20, 2024 $0.34431 Sep 26, 2024
Jun 21, 2024 $0.34191 Jun 27, 2024
Mar 15, 2024 $0.1939 Mar 21, 2024
Dec 15, 2023 $0.45118 Dec 21, 2023
Sep 15, 2023 $0.28706 Sep 21, 2023
Jun 16, 2023 $0.39391 Jun 23, 2023
Full Dividend History

News

QDF: Better Options Out There

The FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund offers quality stocks with dividends, suitable for volatile markets or economic slowdowns. QDF replicates the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Index, focusing...

2 months ago - Seeking Alpha

QDF: Quality-Heavy Dividend ETF Does Not Impress On Performance, Yield Fronts

QDF is a passively managed vehicle that targets U.S. dividend stocks with robust quality, with the key parameters assessed being management efficiency, profitability, and cash flows. After two reconst...

5 months ago - Seeking Alpha

QDEF Vs. QDF: Which Is The Best FlexShares Quality Dividend Fund?

FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund ETF (QDEF) is a variant of QDF aiming at reducing volatility.

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7 months ago - Seeking Alpha

QDF Vs. Peers: Which Is The Best Quality Dividend Fund?

FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund ETF has a portfolio of 130 dividend stocks screened with a proprietary quality score.

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8 months ago - Seeking Alpha

QDF: Apple-Heavy Dividend Vehicle Still Does Not Appeal To Me

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11 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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QDF: Attractive Value And Quality, Average Performance

FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund ETF holds 146 dividend stocks selected with a proprietary quality score. Its sector breakdown is close to the S&P 500, but valuation and quality metrics are much...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

QDF: The Dividend ETF With Excellent Quality But Vulnerabilities Elsewhere

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1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

Quality Check: Analyzing QDF's Dividend Strategy

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Only the Large Cap Value, Large Cap Blend, and All Cap Blend styles earn Attractive-or-better ratings. The primary driver behind an Attractive fund rating is good portfolio management, or good stock p...

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The Large Cap Value style ranks first in Q4'20. Based on an aggregation of ratings of 66 ETFs and 752 mutual funds in the Large Cap Value style.

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5 years ago - CNBC

Safe Income Generation with This Quality ETF

My analysis of the holdings of over 7,500 U.S. ETFs and mutual funds reveals an ETF that invests in higher-quality stocks than its benchmark.

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