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QDEF

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF

Passive ETF Equity

The QDEF Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is provided by Northern Trust. It is built to track an index: Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Index. The QDEF ETF provides physical exposure, so by buying it you actually own parts of all the 154 underlying holdings. This share class generates a stream of income by distributing dividends.

$90.66

-$0.88 (-0.96%) yesterday

1:30 PM 10/30/26 Closed

1D price range

$90.38$91.50

52W price range

$77.97$91.97

YTD Perf.

+14.30%

YTD Flows

Annualized volatility

Fund AuM

€497M

Share class AuM

€497M

TTM Yield

Tracking Error

Tracking Difference

Characteristics

ISIN

US33939L8458

TER

0.4%

Inception date

12/14/2012

Issuer

Northern Trust

Benchmark

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Index

Replication method

Dividend policy

Distributing

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PerformanceDec 31, 2025 - Oct 29, 2026

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Sector exposures

Data as of 09/30/26

Technology

41.95%

Finance

13.38%

Healthcare

10.95%

Consumer Non-Cyclicals

8.85%

Energy

5.76%

Industrials

5.36%

Non-Energy Materials

3.88%

Utilities

3.20%

Consumer Services

2.17%

Other

4.50%

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FAQ about QDEF

QDEF is a passively managed ETF. This ETF provides exposure to Other Large Cap US Equities.

QDEF tracks the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Total Return Index - USD, through a optimized sampling replication method.

QDEF carries a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.4%.

QDEF was introduced to the market on December 14, 2012.

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF, QDEF, is provided by Northern Trust. Learn more about Northern Trust here.

QDEF oversees €497M in assets as of October 29, 2026.

QDEF follows a distributing dividend policy, meaning it pays out income to investors. As of October 29, 2026, its 12-month trailing yield was 1.55%.

As of September 30, 2026, QDEF has significant geographic allocations in USA and Ireland.

As of September 30, 2026, QDEF focuses largely on Technology, Finance and Healthcare.

As of September 30, 2026, QDEF holds 154 positions in its portfolio, with 45.08% of assets concentrated in its top 15 holdings.

As of September 30, 2026, QDEF top three holdings include Apple, Inc., NVIDIA Corp. and Microsoft Corp..

The base currency of QDEF is USD.

Top 10 holdings

Data as of 09/30/26

Apple, Inc.

9.10%

NVIDIA Corp.

7.38%

Microsoft Corp.

4.59%

Johnson & Johnson

2.89%

Broadcom Inc.

2.75%

Alphabet, Inc.

2.41%

Philip Morris International, Inc.

2.11%

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

2.02%

Alphabet, Inc.

1.92%

Eli Lilly & Co.

1.88%

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