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Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF (QDEF) Price, Holdings & Fees

$485.84+0.34%+$1.65End-of-day price as of Oct 9, 2026

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF (QDEF) closed at $485.84 on Oct 9, 2026, up 0.34% from the previous close of $484.19.

Share price, past year

1Y −4.50%

52-week range $469.81 – $546.27. Daily closing prices.
Monthly closing prices
Last closing price of each month
DateClose
Oct 9, 2026$485.84
Sep 30, 2026$496.73
Aug 31, 2026$486.90
Jul 31, 2026$484.06
Jun 30, 2026$476.13
May 29, 2026$493.76
Apr 30, 2026$495.56
Mar 31, 2026$526.58
Feb 27, 2026$528.51
Jan 30, 2026$520.85
Dec 31, 2025$530.92
Nov 28, 2025$524.24
Oct 31, 2025$538.17

Key statistics

Expense ratio
0.39%
as of Oct 31, 2025
Net assets
$545.8M
as of Jul 31, 2026
Holdings
145
as of Jul 31, 2026
52-week range
$469.81 – $546.27

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF's expense ratio is 0.39%: $39.00 a year on $10,000 invested.

Holdings

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF held 145 investments worth $545.85M as of Jul 31, 2026. Its largest holding was Apple, Inc., at 8.31% of the fund.

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF largest holdings by share of net assets
#Holding% of fundValue
1Apple, Inc.8.31%$45.37M
2NVIDIA Corp.6.40%$34.91M
3Broadcom, Inc.4.67%$25.47M
4Microsoft Corp.4.04%$22.06M
5AbbVie, Inc.3.03%$16.54M
6Johnson & Johnson2.76%$15.07M
7Alphabet, Inc.2.44%$13.32M
8Procter & Gamble Co. (The)2.34%$12.80M
9Cisco Systems, Inc.2.27%$12.38M
10CF SECURED LLC2.17%$11.84M
11JPMorgan Chase & Co.2.11%$11.51M
12Philip Morris International, Inc.2.07%$11.31M
13Alphabet, Inc.1.98%$10.79M
14KLA Corp.1.69%$9.23M
15Lam Research Corp.1.36%$7.42M
16TJX Cos., Inc. (The)1.22%$6.66M
17QUALCOMM, Inc.1.11%$6.06M
18Gilead Sciences, Inc.1.07%$5.83M
19ConocoPhillips1.06%$5.78M
20Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.0.93%$5.06M
21NATIONAL BK OF CANADA FINANCIAL INC0.92%$5.00M
22Lockheed Martin Corp.0.84%$4.59M
23Eli Lilly & Co.0.83%$4.52M
24Altria Group, Inc.0.80%$4.37M
25GE Vernova, Inc.0.76%$4.14M

Top 25 of 145 holdings, as of Jul 31, 2026. Percentages are of the fund's net assets.

What the fund owns

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF holdings by asset type
Asset type% of fund
Stocks99.38%
Repurchase agreements3.82%
Cash and short-term investments0.15%
Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF holdings by country, largest 6
Country% of fund
United States99.03%
Canada1.79%
Ireland1.66%
United Kingdom0.41%
Guernsey0.38%
Bermuda0.07%

Shares of net assets from the fund's N-PORT report. Funds that borrow can add up to more than 100%, with borrowing (such as repurchase agreements) shown as a negative share.

Monthly total returns

Over the 3 months to Jul 31, 2026, Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF's total return was +4.60%, as reported to the SEC.

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF monthly total returns
MonthTotal return
Jul 31, 2026+2.05%
Jun 30, 2026−0.49%
May 31, 2026+3.01%

The fund's own total returns as reported to the SEC (N-PORT), including reinvested distributions. Not the sample prices above.

Fund profile

Name
Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF
Ticker
QDEF
Exchange
ARCA
Fund type
ETF
Trust
FLEXSHARES TRUST
SEC series ID
S000038875
SEC CIK
0001491978
Fractional shares
Yes

Recent SEC filings

Shareholder reports and prospectuses are filed by FLEXSHARES TRUST, the trust behind Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF, and cover all of its funds.

Frequently asked questions

What is QDEF's price?

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF (QDEF) closed at $485.84 on Oct 9, 2026, up 0.34% from the previous close of $484.19.

What is QDEF's expense ratio?

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF's expense ratio is 0.39%: $39.00 a year on $10,000 invested.

What does QDEF hold?

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF held 145 investments worth $545.85M as of Jul 31, 2026. Its largest holding was Apple, Inc., at 8.31% of the fund. Its five largest holdings were Apple, Inc., NVIDIA Corp., Broadcom, Inc., Microsoft Corp., AbbVie, Inc..

How has QDEF performed?

Over the 3 months to Jul 31, 2026, Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF's total return was +4.60%, as reported to the SEC.

Sources and methodology

Holdings, net assets and monthly returns come from the fund's N-PORT filing with the SEC, as of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 25, 2026). The expense ratio is from the fund's prospectus or shareholder report, as of Oct 31, 2025. Prices are generated sample data for development. Data sources and disclosures