FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund (QLC)
- Expense ratio0.24%
- Net assets$1.13B
- Dividend yield0.95%
- 1-year return+19.14%
- Holdings156
QLC ETF price chart
QLC quote & trading statistics
QLC performance
Total return · as of October 17, 2026- YTD+13.35%
- 1 year+19.14%
- 3 years+23.71%/yr
- 5 years+14.12%/yr
- 10 years+14.09%/yr
- 1Y volatility
- 11.74%
- 3Y volatility
- 12.57%
- 3Y Sharpe ratio
- 1.56
Returns include reinvested distributions; 3-, 5- and 10-year figures are annualized.
QLC top 10 holdings
| # | Symbol | Name | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 7.60% |
| 2 | AAPL | Apple Inc. | 5.78% |
| 3 | MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 4.24% |
| 4 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc Class A | 4.15% |
| 5 | GOOG | Alphabet Inc Class C | 3.50% |
| 6 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 2.57% |
| 7 | AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 2.42% |
| 8 | MU | Micron Technology Inc | 2.01% |
| 9 | JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1.94% |
| 10 | META | Meta Platforms Inc. | 1.89% |
The top 10 holdings make up 36.1% of the fund (156 holdings in total). As of October 17, 2026.
About FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund
The underlying index is designed to reflect the performance of a selection of companies that, in aggregate, possess greater exposure to quality, value and momentum factors relative to a universe of publicly-traded U.S. large-capitalization equity securities. The fund generally will invest under normal circumstances at least 80% of its total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in the securities of its underlying index.
QLC ETF FAQ
What is the QLC expense ratio?
FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund has a net expense ratio of 0.24%, or $24.00 a year for every $10,000 invested.
How much money is in QLC?
FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund has about $1.13B in net assets.
What are the top holdings of QLC?
The largest positions in QLC are NVIDIA Corporation (7.60%), Apple Inc. (5.78%), Microsoft Corporation (4.24%). The fund holds 156 securities in total.
How has QLC performed?
QLC returned +19.14% over the past year and +14.12% a year over the past five years, including reinvested distributions.
Does QLC pay dividends?
QLC has a dividend yield of 0.95% and pays distributions na.
When was QLC launched?
FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund began trading on September 23, 2015.
ETFs similar to QLC
Funds that track the same index or whose top-10 holdings overlap most with QLC'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QLC | FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund | — | 0.24% | $1.13B | +19.14% |
| MSLC | Morgan Stanley Pathway Large Cap Equity ETF | 89% | 0.40% | $4.03B | +14.76% |
| SPYI | NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF | 85% | 0.65% | $12.49B | +15.64% |
| VONE | Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF | 85% | 0.07% | $9.04B | +15.89% |
| LRGF | iShares U.S. Equity Factor ETF | 85% | 0.08% | $3.68B | +16.64% |
| IYY | iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF | 85% | 0.20% | $2.99B | +16.44% |
| DFAL | Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market ETF | 85% | — | $1.71B | — |
| BSEP | Innovator S&P 500 Buffer ETF - September | 85% | 0.81% | $463.5M | +12.45% |
| BOCT | Innovator S&P 500 Buffer October | 85% | 0.76% | $303.0M | +14.31% |