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 Broadcom. The top 25 QDEF holdings ordered by weight make up 57.60% of the total fund. QDEF is an equity fund in the strategy category that invests in publicly traded companies and other investments, 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	$308.82	8.38%	149,151
2	NVDA NVIDIA	$215.33	7.26%	179,529
3	AVGO Broadcom	$414.14	5.40%	70,716
4	MSFT Microsoft	$418.57	3.83%	49,551
5	GOOGL Alphabet	$382.97	2.70%	37,839
6	ABBV AbbVie	$216.02 +0.1%	2.64%	66,732
7	JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$234.67 +0.1%	2.54%	59,511
8	PG Procter & Gamble	$144.50 +0.0%	2.38%	89,889
9	CSCO Cisco Systems	$120.41	2.36%	108,315
10	PM Philip Morris International	$189.26 +0.1%	2.14%	61,752
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11	GOOG Alphabet	$379.38	2.14%	30,323
12	JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co.	$306.49 +0.0%	1.85%	33,117
13	KLAC KLA	$1,888.38	1.78%	5,229
14	QCOM Qualcomm	$238.16	1.65%	41,832
15	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$122.55 +0.1%	1.36%	63,495
16	TJX TJX Companies	$158.29 +0.0%	1.26%	43,326
17	COP ConocoPhillips	$120.48 +0.0%	1.11%	50,049
18	GILD Gilead Sciences	$134.36	1.10%	45,567
19	MO Altria Group	$73.95 +0.1%	0.90%	66,483
20	BMY Bristol Myers Squibb	$59.51 +0.1%	0.87%	78,933
21	NEM Newmont	$107.74 +0.1%	0.85%	42,579
22	GEV GE Vernova	$1,039.71 +0.1%	0.81%	4,233
23	LMT Lockheed Martin	$533.57 +0.1%	0.79%	8,217
24	Cash	N/A	0.75%	4,089,561
25	LLY Eli Lilly and Company	$1,066.59 +0.1%	0.75%	3,885

QDEF Geographic Exposure

QDEF's largest geographic exposure is United States at 95.7%, followed by Ireland at 1.5%.

United States
95.7%
Ireland
1.5%
Canada
0.6%
Puerto Rico
0.5%
United Kingdom
0.4%

QDEF Currency Exposure

QDEF is predominantly exposed to USD at 99.2%, followed by CAD at 0.6%.

USD
99.2%
CAD
0.6%

QDEF Sector Exposure

QDEF's largest sector exposure is Technology at 35.5%, followed by Financials at 13.4%.

Technology
35.5%
Financials
13.4%
Health Care
11.3%
Consumer Staples
7.4%
Communications
6.7%
Consumer Discretionary
6.6%
Industrials
4.9%
Energy
3.6%
Materials
3.5%
Real Estate
3.3%
Other
2.8%

QDEF Industry Exposure

QDEF's largest industry exposure is Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment at 16.1%, followed by Communications Equipment at 10.8%.

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
16.1%
Communications Equipment
10.8%
Biotechnology
10.2%
Media
5.9%
Banks
5.5%
Software
5.3%
Real Estate Management & Development
3.9%
Insurance
3.7%
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
3.6%
Specialty Retail
3.6%
Other
29.1%

QDEF Sub-Industry Exposure

QDEF's largest sub-industry exposure is Semiconductors at 16.1%, followed by Communications Equipment at 10.8%.

Semiconductors
16.1%
Communications Equipment
10.8%
Biotechnology
10.2%
Interactive Media & Services
5.3%
Diversified Banks
5.0%
REIT
4.3%
Systems Software
3.9%
Household Products
3.2%
Tobacco
3.0%
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
2.7%
Other
33.7%

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This page (NYSEARCA:QDEF) was last updated on 5/25/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.

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FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF) Holdings List