FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (QDF)
- Expense ratio0.36%
- Net assets$2.19B
- Dividend yield1.53%
- 1-year return+17.80%
- Holdings139
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QDF quote & trading statistics
QDF performance
Total return · as of October 17, 2026- YTD+13.44%
- 1 year+17.80%
- 3 years+18.59%/yr
- 5 years+12.14%/yr
- 10 years+11.93%/yr
- 1Y volatility
- 10.93%
- 3Y volatility
- 11.14%
- 3Y Sharpe ratio
- 1.23
Returns include reinvested distributions; 3-, 5- and 10-year figures are annualized.
QDF top 10 holdings
| # | Symbol | Name | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AAPL | Apple Inc. | 9.88% |
| 2 | NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 7.68% |
| 3 | MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 4.94% |
| 4 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | 2.89% |
| 5 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 2.69% |
| 6 | JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 2.52% |
| 7 | LRCX | Lam Research Corp | 2.37% |
| 8 | GCP | General Electric Company | 2.31% |
| 9 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc Class A | 2.30% |
| 10 | PM | Philip Morris International Inc | 2.08% |
The top 10 holdings make up 39.7% of the fund (139 holdings in total). As of October 17, 2026.
About FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund
The underlying index is designed to reflect the performance of a selection of companies that, in aggregate, provide exposure to a high-quality income-oriented universe of long-only U.S. equity securities, with an emphasis on long-term capital growth and a targeted overall beta that is similar to that of the Northern Trust 1250 Index (the "parent index"), a float-adjusted market-capitalization weighted index of U.S. domiciled large- and mid-capitalization companies.
QDF ETF FAQ
What is the QDF expense ratio?
FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund has a net expense ratio of 0.36%, or $36.00 a year for every $10,000 invested.
How much money is in QDF?
FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund has about $2.19B in net assets.
What are the top holdings of QDF?
The largest positions in QDF are Apple Inc. (9.88%), NVIDIA Corporation (7.68%), Microsoft Corporation (4.94%). The fund holds 139 securities in total.
How has QDF performed?
QDF returned +17.80% over the past year and +12.14% a year over the past five years, including reinvested distributions.
Does QDF pay dividends?
QDF has a dividend yield of 1.53% and pays distributions quarterly.
When was QDF launched?
FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund began trading on December 14, 2012.
ETFs similar to QDF
Funds that track the same index or whose top-10 holdings overlap most with QDF's. Overlap: shared top-10 weight as a share of the larger top-10 total of the two funds.
| Symbol | Fund | Overlap | Expense ratio | Net assets | 1-year return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QDF | FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund | — | 0.36% | $2.19B | +17.80% |
| QDEF | FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund | 86% | 0.37% | $555.2M | +18.04% |
| FDVV | Fidelity High Dividend ETF | 76% | 0.15% | $10.38B | +14.89% |
| YLDY | YLDY | 71% | — | $21.4M | — |
| FQAL | Fidelity Quality Factor ETF | 70% | 0.15% | $1.44B | +16.22% |
| INRO | BlackRock U.S. Industry Rotation ETF | 70% | 0.42% | $521.1M | +17.76% |
| FBUF | Fidelity Dynamic Buffered Equity ETF | 70% | 0.46% | $26.9M | +13.81% |
| FLQL | Franklin LibertyQ U.S. Equity ETF | 69% | 0.14% | $2.16B | +16.38% |
| DYNF | iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF | 68% | 0.31% | $42.95B | +18.56% |