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FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund

QDEF tracks an index of companies with higher dividend yields and lower betas chosen from the Northern Trust 1250 Index.

QDEF tracks an index of companies with higher dividend yield and lower beta than the Northern Trust 1250 Index.

Launched on 12/14/2012, the FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive ETF (QDEF) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Blend category of the market.

Is FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive ETF (QDEF) a Strong ETF Right Now?

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Dividend-paying stocks provide a steady income stream and help mitigate potential losses during weaker market periods.

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The FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF) focuses on high-quality, low-volatility stocks, outperforming peers with significant technology exposure and underweight in energy and utilities sectors. QDEF's portfolio targets U.S. mid and large-cap companies, emphasizing management efficiency, profitability, and cash flow, with a dividend yield higher than the broader market. Despite a lower yield than other dividend ETFs, QDEF's quality bias and defensive sector allocation offer potential for capital gains with limited volatility.

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QDEF relies on a proprietary model to optimize a portfolio based on quality, beta, and dividend yield. At current prices, QDEF yields 1.98%. QDEF's expense ratio is 0.37%, which isn't a deal-breaker on its own. However, QDEF's fundamentals aren't as strong as VIG's and arguably, DGRO's, both of which are lower-cost options. The Index's security constraints result in high allocations to low-yielding mega-cap stocks like Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, and potentially Nvidia, come August. Technology exposure is currently 30%.

QDEF: FlexShares' Defensive Dividend ETF Fails To Stand Out

The FlexShares Quality Dividend Defense Index Fund aims to capture defensive, high-quality dividend stocks. However, the top holdings of the fund, such as Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Broadcom, do not align with the defensive strategy. The sector composition of QDEF, with a large allocation to Information Technology, raises concerns about its defensive positioning.

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FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund ETF (QDEF) is a variant of QDF aiming at reducing volatility.

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QDEF is a dividend- and quality-focused ETF with a tilt towards low-beta stocks. QDEF has an almost 105% ROE, as per my calculations. But supersized ROE is misleading as it is skewed by companies with burdensome borrowings on the balance sheets, with HD being the key contributor.

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FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund ETF holds 126 dividend stocks selected with a proprietary quality score and low-beta optimization. The QDEF ETF has outperformed a number of dividend ETFs in the last 12 months, but historical performance is underwhelming. QDEF is a variant of QDF, aiming at reducing volatility, but the two funds have very close fundamental, performance and risk metrics.

QDEF: Unconvincing Low-Beta Variant Of QDF

QDEF has a seemingly attractive strategy for selecting high-quality U.S. dividend stocks and optimizing the mix to reduce the beta. However, concerns include an inflated valuation, large exposure to AAPL and MSFT, low revenue and EPS growth rates, and unconvincing performance. Despite its quality-focused approach, QDEF only earns a Hold rating due to these issues; the rating could potentially be revised higher if the valuation improves.

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Investing in dividend-paying stocks has proved to be a helpful strategy, outperforming global markets over the long term. Dividend income strategies play an important role for multi-asset income portfolios. But they can also run the risk of being too narrowly focused, which can limit both income potential and upside participation when equity markets rise.

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Weighed on by inflation concerns, Fed rate hikes, and slowing economic growth, U.S. equities posted their worst first-half performance since 1970.  Dividend, value, and low volatility strategies outperformed in the first half of the year, signaling the market's continuing emphasis on defense.

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Value is getting plenty of adulation this year, but combing through it with the quality factor can be potent. One avenue for doing that is the FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (NYSEArca: QDEF).

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Arguably, dividends never really go out of style, but dividend stocks do encounter rough patches as was the case earlier this year. Good news: payouts are back in style setting up well for the FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (NYSEArca: QDEF) in 2021.

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Expect big things from dividend stocks and payout growth next, scenarios highlighting opportunities with the FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (NYSEArca: QDEF). QDEF's underlying index is designed to reflect the performance of a selection of companies that, in aggregate, possess greater financial strength and stability characteristics relative to the Northern Trust 1250 Index, a float-adjusted market-capitalization [.

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The first half of 2020 was utterly forgettable for dividend stocks and their devotees, but that scenario is changing for the better, putting some focus on payout exchange traded funds, including the FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (NYSEArca: QDEF). QDEF's underlying index is designed to reflect the performance of a selection of companies that, in aggregate, [.

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