QDEF — FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-25
QDEF — FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Large Cap Value Equity · $530.30M AUM · 0.39% expense ratio · 25.9% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
QDEF Fund Overview
QDEF — FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund is a US ETF managed by Flexshares Trust, categorised as United States Large Cap Value Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: Flexshares Trust
- Category: United States Large Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $530.30M
- 1-year return: 25.9%
- Ticker: QDEF
- SEC CIK: 0001491978
- SEC series ID: S000038875
- Share class ID: C000119639
QDEF Holdings
Top 10 holdings of FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Apple, Inc. | 7.63% |
| NVIDIA Corp. | 6.76% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 5.57% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 3.81% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 2.75% |
| AbbVie, Inc. | 2.66% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2.58% |
| Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 2.49% |
| Cf Secured LLC | 2.22% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 2.18% |
QDEF Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.5% |
| Derivatives | 0.1% |
QDEF Performance
Total returns for QDEF (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.6% |
| 1 year | 25.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 18.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 12.4% |
QDEF Risk Information
Risk metrics for QDEF, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 9.7%
QDEF Costs and Fees
QDEF costs about $39 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.39%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.40%
- Portfolio turnover: 41%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.02 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
QDEF Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund had net inflows of $32.75M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $6.21M |
| 2026-03 | −$16.87M |
| 2026-02 | $18.93M |
| 2026-01 | $4.10M |
| 2025-12 | $2.04M |
| 2025-11 | $5.62M |
QDEF Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
QDEF Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.