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QDEFFLEXSHARES QUALITY DIVIDEND DEFENSIVE INDEX FUNDINDEX

FLEXSHARES QUALITY DIVIDEND DEFENSIVE INDEX FUND

$91.43-0.09% vs prior close
789252-WK

Price through Oct 22, 2026 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 22, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 22, 2026.

QDEF price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateQDEF close
Oct 22, 2025$79.76
Oct 23, 2025$79.92
Oct 24, 2025$80.30
Oct 27, 2025$80.94
Oct 28, 2025$81.04
Oct 29, 2025$80.73
Oct 30, 2025$80.47
Oct 31, 2025$80.20
Nov 3, 2025$79.86
Nov 4, 2025$79.46
Nov 5, 2025$79.80
Nov 6, 2025$79.22
Nov 7, 2025$79.31
Nov 10, 2025$80.21
Nov 11, 2025$80.65
Nov 12, 2025$80.80
Nov 13, 2025$80.03
Nov 14, 2025$79.97
Nov 17, 2025$79.34
Nov 18, 2025$79.21
Nov 19, 2025$79.53
Nov 20, 2025$78.60
Nov 21, 2025$79.45
Nov 24, 2025$80.23
Nov 25, 2025$81.15
Nov 26, 2025$81.60
Nov 28, 2025$81.75
Dec 1, 2025$81.32
Dec 2, 2025$81.23
Dec 3, 2025$81.46
Dec 4, 2025$81.41
Dec 5, 2025$81.44
Dec 8, 2025$81.28
Dec 9, 2025$81.20
Dec 10, 2025$82.03
Dec 11, 2025$82.40
Dec 12, 2025$81.57
Dec 15, 2025$81.56
Dec 16, 2025$81.08
Dec 17, 2025$80.71
Dec 18, 2025$80.98
Dec 19, 2025$80.89
Dec 22, 2025$81.25
Dec 23, 2025$81.61
Dec 24, 2025$81.90
Dec 26, 2025$81.94
Dec 29, 2025$81.67
Dec 30, 2025$81.53
Dec 31, 2025$80.96
Jan 2, 2026$81.19
Jan 5, 2026$81.32
Jan 6, 2026$81.60
Jan 7, 2026$81.47
Jan 8, 2026$81.71
Jan 9, 2026$82.01
Jan 12, 2026$82.15
Jan 13, 2026$82.11
Jan 14, 2026$82.03
Jan 15, 2026$82.29
Jan 16, 2026$82.26
Jan 20, 2026$80.67
Jan 21, 2026$81.41
Jan 22, 2026$81.64
Jan 23, 2026$81.70
Jan 26, 2026$82.24
Jan 27, 2026$82.64
Jan 28, 2026$82.59
Jan 29, 2026$82.47
Jan 30, 2026$82.33
Feb 2, 2026$82.75
Feb 3, 2026$82.37
Feb 4, 2026$82.61
Feb 5, 2026$82.38
Feb 6, 2026$84.07
Feb 9, 2026$84.27
Feb 10, 2026$84.19
Feb 11, 2026$84.23
Feb 12, 2026$82.76
Feb 13, 2026$82.90
Feb 17, 2026$83.15
Feb 18, 2026$83.52
Feb 19, 2026$83.44
Feb 20, 2026$83.88
Feb 23, 2026$83.39
Feb 24, 2026$83.83
Feb 25, 2026$84.19
Feb 26, 2026$84.00
Feb 27, 2026$83.89
Mar 2, 2026$84.05
Mar 3, 2026$83.29
Mar 4, 2026$83.55
Mar 5, 2026$82.98
Mar 6, 2026$82.29
Mar 9, 2026$82.71
Mar 10, 2026$82.43
Mar 11, 2026$82.13
Mar 12, 2026$81.33
Mar 13, 2026$80.72
Mar 16, 2026$81.25
Mar 17, 2026$81.36
Mar 18, 2026$80.06
Mar 19, 2026$80.01
Mar 20, 2026$78.83
Mar 23, 2026$79.52
Mar 24, 2026$79.48
Mar 25, 2026$79.85
Mar 26, 2026$79.23
Mar 27, 2026$78.23
Mar 30, 2026$78.21
Mar 31, 2026$79.82
Apr 1, 2026$80.11
Apr 2, 2026$80.28
Apr 6, 2026$80.57
Apr 7, 2026$80.51
Apr 8, 2026$82.06
Apr 9, 2026$82.29
Apr 10, 2026$81.98
Apr 13, 2026$82.54
Apr 14, 2026$82.98
Apr 15, 2026$83.45
Apr 16, 2026$83.56
Apr 17, 2026$84.59
Apr 20, 2026$84.44
Apr 21, 2026$83.83
Apr 22, 2026$84.44
Apr 23, 2026$84.40
Apr 24, 2026$84.60
Apr 27, 2026$84.60
Apr 28, 2026$84.50
Apr 29, 2026$84.34
Apr 30, 2026$85.21
May 1, 2026$85.18
May 4, 2026$84.54
May 5, 2026$85.15
May 6, 2026$85.92
May 7, 2026$85.46
May 8, 2026$85.97
May 11, 2026$86.07
May 12, 2026$86.16
May 13, 2026$86.26
May 14, 2026$87.16
May 15, 2026$86.48
May 18, 2026$86.90
May 19, 2026$86.44
May 20, 2026$87.10
May 21, 2026$87.22
May 22, 2026$87.74
May 26, 2026$87.77
May 27, 2026$87.51
May 28, 2026$87.81
May 29, 2026$87.73
Jun 1, 2026$87.90
Jun 2, 2026$88.29
Jun 3, 2026$87.87
Jun 4, 2026$88.06
Jun 5, 2026$86.67
Jun 8, 2026$86.54
Jun 9, 2026$86.44
Jun 10, 2026$85.69
Jun 11, 2026$86.77
Jun 12, 2026$87.36
Jun 15, 2026$87.80
Jun 16, 2026$87.54
Jun 17, 2026$86.50
Jun 18, 2026$86.64
Jun 22, 2026$86.29
Jun 23, 2026$85.88
Jun 24, 2026$85.69
Jun 25, 2026$85.40
Jun 26, 2026$85.59
Jun 29, 2026$86.57
Jun 30, 2026$87.02
Jul 1, 2026$86.81
Jul 2, 2026$87.40
Jul 6, 2026$87.55
Jul 7, 2026$87.60
Jul 8, 2026$87.40
Jul 9, 2026$87.78
Jul 10, 2026$88.12
Jul 13, 2026$87.86
Jul 14, 2026$87.78
Jul 15, 2026$88.23
Jul 16, 2026$88.65
Jul 17, 2026$88.30
Jul 20, 2026$87.99
Jul 21, 2026$88.39
Jul 22, 2026$88.58
Jul 23, 2026$87.71
Jul 24, 2026$88.34
Jul 27, 2026$88.52
Jul 28, 2026$89.38
Jul 29, 2026$88.65
Jul 30, 2026$88.91
Jul 31, 2026$88.87
Aug 3, 2026$89.21
Aug 4, 2026$90.78
Aug 5, 2026$90.81
Aug 6, 2026$90.75
Aug 7, 2026$91.44
Aug 10, 2026$91.20
Aug 11, 2026$91.05
Aug 12, 2026$91.37
Aug 13, 2026$91.71
Aug 14, 2026$91.37
Aug 17, 2026$90.92
Aug 18, 2026$90.94
Aug 19, 2026$91.19
Aug 20, 2026$90.73
Aug 21, 2026$91.10
Aug 24, 2026$91.25
Aug 25, 2026$91.35
Aug 26, 2026$91.22
Aug 27, 2026$91.50
Aug 28, 2026$91.27
Aug 31, 2026$90.78
Sep 1, 2026$90.59
Sep 2, 2026$91.29
Sep 3, 2026$91.90
Sep 4, 2026$91.48
Sep 8, 2026$90.66
Sep 9, 2026$90.09
Sep 10, 2026$89.91
Sep 11, 2026$90.53
Sep 14, 2026$90.36
Sep 15, 2026$90.21
Sep 16, 2026$89.67
Sep 17, 2026$90.46
Sep 18, 2026$89.93
Sep 21, 2026$90.65
Sep 22, 2026$90.46
Sep 23, 2026$89.57
Sep 24, 2026$89.43
Sep 25, 2026$89.98
Sep 28, 2026$89.42
Sep 29, 2026$89.24
Sep 30, 2026$88.98
Oct 1, 2026$89.37
Oct 2, 2026$89.69
Oct 5, 2026$90.11
Oct 6, 2026$90.45
Oct 7, 2026$90.38
Oct 8, 2026$90.74
Oct 9, 2026$90.85
Oct 12, 2026$91.08
Oct 13, 2026$91.02
Oct 14, 2026$90.74
Oct 15, 2026$91.40
Oct 16, 2026$91.00
Oct 19, 2026$90.82
Oct 20, 2026$91.32
Oct 21, 2026$91.51
Oct 22, 2026$91.43

Price history on file begins Oct 22, 2025, so 5Y shows all of it.

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +12.9% so far this year.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$431Massets under management
—expense ratio
—net flow, trailing month
9Kavg daily volume, 30 days
130holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed February 3, 2024 · beta 0.66

Sector weights

  • Technology29.35%
  • Information Technology27.72%
  • Technology Services18.07%
  • Electronic Technology17.77%
  • Consumer Discretionary16.34%
  • Finance15.29%
  • Healthcare13.94%
  • Health Technology11.01%
  • Financial Services9.92%
  • Financials9.59%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
Show as table
ItemValue (%)
Technology29.35%
Information Technology27.72%
Technology Services18.07%
Electronic Technology17.77%
Consumer Discretionary16.34%
Finance15.29%
Healthcare13.94%
Health Technology11.01%
Financial Services9.92%
Financials9.59%

Country weights

  • United States98.95%
  • Other1.33%
  • United Kingdom0.52%
  • Israel0.27%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
Show as table
ItemValue (%)
United States98.95%
Other1.33%
United Kingdom0.52%
Israel0.27%
Performance
1 week+0.5%
1 month+1.1%
3 months+3.2%
6 months+8.3%
YTD+12.9%
1 year+14.6%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
7%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
10%realized volatility, 1 year
-7.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.5%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
7Kshares traded
The case against QDEF

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat QDEF on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$890.4B+$33.3B2067× the assets · +$33.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust0.09%$820.7B+$14.6B1905× the assets · +$14.6B in over the monthHead-to-head
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust0.20%$489.6B+$5.8B1136× the assets · +$5.8B in over the monthHead-to-head
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund0.09%$124.2B+$1.6B288× the assets · +$1.6B in over the monthHead-to-head
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF0.18%$80B+$175M186× the assets · +$175M in over the monthHead-to-head
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