NYSEARCA:QDEF FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF) Price, Holdings, & News $69.56 -0.31 (-0.44%) As of 05/5/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisChartDividendHoldingsOwnershipRatingsBuy This Stock About FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (NYSEARCA:QDEF) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get QDEF alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$69.52▼$69.8250-Day Range$62.50▼$72.5152-Week Range$61.61▼$73.86Volume15,563 shsAverage Volume8,424 shsMarket Capitalization$402.06 millionAssets Under Management$407.22 millionDividend Yield1.91%Net Expense Ratio0.37%Aggregate RatingModerate Buy ETF OverviewThe FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of companies with higher dividend yields and lower betas chosen from the Northern Trust 1250 Index. QDEF was launched on Dec 14, 2012 and is managed by FlexShares.Read More… FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund ExpensesTypeQDEFHigh Dividend Yield ETFsEquity ETFsNYSEARCA ETFsAll ETFsManagement Fee0.37%0.44%0.56%0.52%0.53%Other Expenses0.01%0.26%0.48%0.56%0.52%Total Expense0.38%0.53%0.72%0.73%0.71%Fee Waiver-0.01%-0.27%-0.49%-0.65%-0.54%Net Expense0.37%0.50%0.63%0.58%0.60% Receive QDEF Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address QDEF ETF News HeadlinesQDEF: Heavy IT Concentration Challenges This Fund's 'Defensiveness'January 20, 2025 | seekingalpha.comFlexShares International Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund declares quarterly distribution of $1.063918December 20, 2024 | msn.comBuffett’s favorite chart just hit 209% – here’s what that means for goldA Historic Gold Announcement Is About to Rock Wall Street For months, sharp-eyed analysts have watched the quiet buildup behind the scenes. Now, in just days, the floodgates are set to open. The greatest investor of all time is about to validate what Garrett Goggin has been saying for months: Gold is entering a once-in-a-generation mania. Front-running Buffett has never been more urgent — and four tiny miners could be your ticket to 100X gains.May 6, 2025 | Golden Portfolio (Ad)FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund declares quarterly distribution of $0.2322September 23, 2024 | msn.comQDEF FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund ETFSeptember 7, 2024 | seekingalpha.comQDF: Quality-Heavy Dividend ETF Does Not Impress On Performance, Yield FrontsMay 13, 2024 | seekingalpha.comSee More Headlines QDEF ETF - Frequently Asked Questions How have QDEF shares performed this year? FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund's stock was trading at $70.22 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, QDEF shares have decreased by 0.9% and is now trading at $69.56. View the best growth stocks for 2025 here. Who are FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund's major shareholders? Top institutional shareholders of FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund include Foresight Capital Management Advisors Inc. (0.48%), Greenleaf Trust (0.48%), Advisor Resource Council (0.40%) and Rik Saylor Financial Inc. (0.35%). How do I buy shares of FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund? Shares of QDEF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund investors own include iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC), The RMR Group (RMR), Waste Connections (WCN), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), AUO (AUOTY), American Water Works (AWK) and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM). Fund Details IssuerNorthern Trust Fund NameFlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund Tax ClassificationRegulated Investment Company Stock ExchangeNYSEARCACurrent SymbolNYSEARCA:QDEF Inception Date12/14/2012 Fund ManagerRobert Anstine, Brendan Sullivan WebN/A PhoneN/AFund Focus Asset ClassEquity BenchmarkNorthern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Index CategoryStrategy FocusHigh Dividend Yield Development LevelDeveloped Markets RegionNorth America Number of Holdings144 Fund Statistics Assets Under Management$407.22 million Average Daily Volume$15,620.00 Discount/Premium-0.04% Administrator, Advisor and Custodian AdministratorJ.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. AdvisorNorthern Trust Investments, Inc. CustodianJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. DistributorForeside Fund Services, LLC Transfer AgentJ.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. TrusteeN/A Lead Market MakerCitadel Options OptionableN/A Short Interest2,100 shs Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares5,780,000Beta0.86 Creation Unit50,000 Creation Fee$750.00 12 Stocks Corporate Insiders are AbandoningIf a company's CEO, COO, and CFO were all selling shares of their stock, would you want to know? MarketBeat just compiled its list of the twelve stocks that corporate insiders are abandoning. Complete the form below to see which companies made the list.Get This Free Report Top 10 QDEF HoldingsApple (NASDAQ:AAPL)Holding Weight: 6.99%Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)Holding Weight: 4.86%NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)Holding Weight: 4.81%Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG)Holding Weight: 3.36%Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)Holding Weight: 3.16%AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV)Holding Weight: 2.89%Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)Holding Weight: 2.81%Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM)Holding Weight: 2.24%International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM)Holding Weight: 2.03%Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK)Holding Weight: 1.88%Full Holdings DetailsQDEF Sector ExposureQDEF Industry Exposure This page (NYSEARCA:QDEF) was last updated on 5/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s Terrifying Warning Forces Trump To Take ActionElon Musk has avoided two major financial crises before. He pulled Tesla and SpaceX back from the brink of col...American Hartford Gold | SponsoredTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? In a single tariff announcement, he wiped out n...Porter & Company | SponsoredShocking AI play that’s beats Nvidia by a country mileYou’ve seen the headlines about Nvidia. Now Tim Sykes is sounding the alarm — because what CEO Jensen Huang is...Timothy Sykes | SponsoredMost traders are panicking. We’re cashing inMost traders are panicking right now. Bitcoin’s dropping. Altcoins are bleeding. 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