Summary
Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by FlexShares. Positions inside: 143. The ten largest make up 37% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.40%
- Fund size
- $2.17B
- Positions
- 143
- Dividend yield
- 1.51%
- Running since
- 2012
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $2.17B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.4%.
- It has been running since 2012.
What to watch
- 95% of the fund is in one country (United States).
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
- -0.2%
- 3 months
- -0.2%
- This year
- +12%
- 1 year
- +13%
- 3 years
- +66%
- 5 years
- +55%
- 10 years
- +146%
- Avg. market cap
- $1.89T
- P/E
- 22.2x
- Forward P/E
- 19.3x
- P/S
- 4.1x
- P/B
- 6.9x
- P/FCF
- 21.5x
- EV/EBITDA
- 16.8x
- Dividend yield
- 1.46%
- ROIC
- 30.5%
- ROE
- 65.2%
- Gross margin
- 59.6%
- Operating margin
- 34.3%
- Net margin
- 30.7%
- Payout ratio
- 32.4%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.5x
- Beta
- 0.92
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 69% 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 9.7%
- 2 NVNvidia NVDA 7.0%
- 3 MSMicrosoft MSFT 4.6%
- 4 JNJohnson & Johnson JNJ 3.0%
- 5 JPJPMorgan JPM 2.5%
- 6 AVBroadcom AVGO 2.4%
- 7 GEGeneral Electric Company GE 2.2%
- 8 LRLam Research LRCX 2.1%
- 9 PMPhilip Morris PM 2.1%
- 10 GOAlphabet GOOGL 1.9%
Positions in the fund: 143. The ten largest make up 37% of it.
Composition as of Oct 31, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Technology 38%
- Financials 12%
- Industrials 9.2%
- Healthcare 8.4%
- Communication services 7.7%
- Other 25%
By country
- United States 95%
- Ireland 1.8%
- Sweden 0.5%
- Bermuda 0.2%
- Other countries 2.7%
By company size
- Mega cap 54%
- Large cap 34%
- Mid cap 12%
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 (38%). Largest country: United States (95%). Largest size group: Mega cap (54%).
What does it cost me?
Usual costs- 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
- +9.4%
- Deepest drop
- -23%
- Yearly volatility
- 12%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.4%. Deepest drop in these years: 23% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.51%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.35
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.37 per share, which is 1.51% of today's price. The last payment was $0.35 on Sep 18, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $2.26M
- Shares a day
- 25K
On an average day about $2.26M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 22.2
- Average Bulios Score
- 74 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 16%
- Fairly valued 13%
- Overvalued 71%
On average the companies inside trade for 22.2 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 71% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 69% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QD QDEF Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF | United States | 0.40% | $551.2M | +13% | Pays out | 73% |
QL QLC Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF | United States | 0.26% | $1.12B | +12% | Pays out | 53% |
FL FLUS.TO Franklin U.S. Large Cap Multifactor Index ETF | Canada | 0.29% | $94.5M | +12% | Pays out | 49% |
FL FLXU.DE Franklin U.S. Equity UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.20% | $79.6M | +15% | Reinvests | 48% |
FL FLQL Franklin U.S. Large Cap Multifactor Index ETF | United States | 0.15% | $2.13B | +10.0% | Pays out | 48% |
FU FUSU.DE Fidelity US Quality Income UCITS ETF EUR Hedged Acc | Ireland | 0.30% | $2.32B | +12% | Reinvests | 47% |