FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF) Holdings List

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What stocks does QDEF hold?

The FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF) top stock holdings include Apple, NVIDIA, and Microsoft. The top 25 QDEF holdings ordered by weight make up 53.25% of the total fund. QDEF is an equity fund in the strategy category that invests in publicly traded companies, focused on high dividend yield strategies within the North America region. This page includes a complete QDEF stock holdings list ranked by weight, along with a full breakdown of sector, geographic, industry, and currency exposure.

Top 25 QDEF Holdings

Rank	Company	Current Price	Weight	Shares Held
1	AAPL Apple	$337.02 -0.8%	8.98%	147,620
2	NVDA NVIDIA	$225.51 -1.5%	7.02%	174,460
3	MSFT Microsoft	$500.59 +0.5%	4.32%	48,312
4	JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$269.01 -0.1%	2.89%	59,048
5	AVGO Broadcom	$354.99 -2.6%	2.73%	42,212
6	GOOGL Alphabet	$337.83 -3.8%	2.39%	37,820
7	JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co.	$337.36 -0.8%	2.09%	32,940
8	PM Philip Morris International	$190.61 +0.2%	2.04%	59,780
9	GOOG Alphabet	$334.98 -3.6%	1.90%	30,500
10	LLY Eli Lilly and Company	$1,153.69 -1.4%	1.83%	8,784
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11	KLAC KLA	$187.86 -0.2%	1.61%	50,264
12	MU Micron Technology	$1,071.88 -2.2%	1.57%	8,540
13	META Meta Platforms	$744.10 +1.0%	1.44%	11,956
14	LRCX Lam Research	$307.28 -1.2%	1.32%	25,376
15	QCOM Qualcomm	$197.24 -0.5%	1.30%	40,260
16	GILD Gilead Sciences	$151.37 -0.9%	1.23%	45,140
17	ABBV AbbVie	$265.43 +0.1%	1.14%	23,912
18	CSCO Cisco Systems	$106.43 0.0%	1.10%	55,388
19	PG Procter & Gamble	$147.37 -0.6%	0.98%	37,088
20	TJX TJX Companies	$131.65 +0.7%	0.97%	42,212
21	GEV GE Vernova	$950.59 +0.0%	0.91%	5,368
22	NEM Newmont	$123.57 -2.9%	0.90%	40,260
23	BMY Bristol Myers Squibb	$61.14 -1.8%	0.89%	78,324
24	WFC Wells Fargo & Company	$81.89 -1.5%	0.88%	56,364
25	VLO Valero Energy	$376.39 -0.2%	0.82%	10,980

QDEF Geographic Exposure

QDEF's largest geographic exposure is United States at 95.7%, followed by Ireland at 1.3%.

United States
95.7%
Ireland
1.3%
Canada
0.7%
Marshall Islands
0.5%
Bermuda
0.5%
United Kingdom
0.4%

QDEF Currency Exposure

QDEF is predominantly exposed to USD at 99.5%, followed by CAD at 0.7%.

USD
99.5%
CAD
0.7%

QDEF Sector Exposure

QDEF's largest sector exposure is Technology at 37.0%, followed by Financials at 11.7%.

Technology
37.0%
Financials
11.7%
Health Care
10.9%
Communications
8.0%
Consumer Staples
6.5%
Consumer Discretionary
5.6%
Industrials
5.4%
Energy
5.1%
Materials
4.1%
Utilities
3.2%
Other
1.7%

QDEF Industry Exposure

QDEF's largest industry exposure is Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment at 16.4%, followed by Communications Equipment at 10.2%.

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
16.4%
Communications Equipment
10.2%
Biotechnology
9.4%
Media
7.3%
Software
5.8%
Banks
5.3%
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
5.1%
IT Services
3.5%
Utilities
3.2%
Real Estate Management & Development
2.9%
Other
29.2%

QDEF Sub-Industry Exposure

QDEF's largest sub-industry exposure is Semiconductors at 14.9%, followed by Communications Equipment at 10.2%.

Semiconductors
14.9%
Communications Equipment
10.2%
Biotechnology
9.4%
Interactive Media & Services
6.5%
Diversified Banks
5.1%
Systems Software
4.7%
REIT
3.4%
Tobacco
2.9%
IT Consulting & Other Services
2.4%
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
2.2%
Other
36.4%

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FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF) Holdings List