Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF QDEF AMEX · Financials · United States
$90.35 -0.08% -$0.08
Summary
Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by FlexShares. Positions inside: 157. The ten largest make up 35% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.40%
- Fund size
- $536.5M
- Positions
- 157
- Dividend yield
- 1.57%
- Running since
- 2012
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.40% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.45%).
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.1%.
- It has been running since 2012.
What to watch
- 99% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- It trades little: only about $595.3K changes hands a day.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -0.5%
- 3 months
- -1.1%
- This year
- +12%
- 1 year
- +13%
- 3 years
- +60%
- 5 years
- +58%
- 10 years
- +139%
- Avg. market cap
- $1.82T
- P/E
- 21.1x
- Forward P/E
- 18.3x
- P/S
- 3.5x
- P/B
- 6.4x
- P/FCF
- 22.0x
- EV/EBITDA
- 16.0x
- Dividend yield
- 1.42%
- ROIC
- 30.1%
- ROE
- 61.7%
- Gross margin
- 59.8%
- Operating margin
- 34.9%
- Net margin
- 29.1%
- Payout ratio
- 29.9%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.2x
- Beta
- 0.83
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 67% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 AAApple AAPL 9.3%
- 2 NVNvidia NVDA 6.0%
- 3 MSMicrosoft MSFT 4.7%
- 4 JNJohnson & Johnson JNJ 3.0%
- 5 AVBroadcom AVGO 2.3%
- 6 LLEli Lilly LLY 2.2%
- 7 PMPhilip Morris PM 2.2%
- 8 JPJPMorgan JPM 2.0%
- 9 GOAlphabet GOOGL 2.0%
- 10 GOAlphabet GOOG 1.6%
Positions in the fund: 157. The ten largest make up 35% of it.
Composition as of Nov 7, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Technology 34%
- Healthcare 12%
- Financials 9.8%
- Consumer defensive 7.4%
- Consumer cyclical 7.0%
- Other 30%
By country
- United States 99%
- Canada 0.6%
- India 0.6%
By company size
- Mega cap 49%
- Large cap 40%
- Mid cap 10%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Technology (34%). Largest country: United States (99%). Largest size group: Mega cap (49%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $40.00
- Over 20 years
- $1,950
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $40.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $1,950.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +9.1%
- Deepest drop
- -23%
- Yearly volatility
- 10%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.1%. Deepest drop in these years: 23% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.57%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.34
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.42 per share, which is 1.57% of today's price. The last payment was $0.34 on Sep 18, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $595.3K
- Shares a day
- 6.6K
On an average day about $595.3K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 21.1
- Average Bulios Score
- 75 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 40%
- Fairly valued 20%
- Overvalued 40%
On average the companies inside trade for 21.1 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 40% of the rated weight comes out as undervalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 67% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QD QDF Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF | United States | 0.40% | $2.12B | +13% | Pays out | 73% |
QL QLC Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF | United States | 0.26% | $1.09B | +13% | Pays out | 54% |
FL FLUS.TO Franklin U.S. Large Cap Multifactor Index ETF | Canada | 0.29% | $89.8M | +13% | Pays out | 50% |
FL FLQL Franklin U.S. Large Cap Multifactor Index ETF | United States | 0.15% | $2.05B | +11% | Pays out | 50% |
FQ FQAL Fidelity Quality Factor ETF | United States | 0.15% | $1.55B | +12% | Pays out | 50% |
FL FLXU.DE Franklin U.S. Equity UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.20% | $77.0M | +17% | Reinvests | 50% |