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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 134 underlying holdings. This share class generates a stream of income by distributing dividends.

$89.93

-$0.53 (-0.59%) 3 days ago

7:59 PM 09/18/26 Open

1D price range

$89.79$89.93

52W price range

$77.97$91.97

YTD Perf.

+12.37%

YTD Flows

Annualized volatility

Fund AuM

€478M

Share class AuM

€478M

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 - Sep 18, 2026

Flows

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Sector exposures

Data as of 07/31/26

Technology

39.07%

Finance

16.13%

Healthcare

10.34%

Consumer Non-Cyclicals

9.59%

Industrials

5.18%

Energy

4.20%

Non-Energy Materials

3.69%

Consumer Services

3.21%

Unavailable

1.28%

Other

7.30%

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FAQ about QDEF

QDEF is a Passive 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%, indicating the annual cost for holding the fund.

QDEF was introduced to the market on December 14, 2012. It trades on United States

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

QDEF oversees €478M in assets as of September 18, 2026.

QDEF follows a distributing dividend policy, meaning it pays out income to investors. As of September 18, 2026, its 12-month trailing yield was 1.93%.

As of July 31, 2026, QDEF has significant geographic allocations in USA and Ireland.

As of July 31, 2026, QDEF focuses largely on Technology, Finance and Healthcare.

As of July 31, 2026, QDEF holds 134 positions in its portfolio, with 46.38% of assets concentrated in its top 15 holdings.

As of July 31, 2026, QDEF top three holdings include Apple, Inc., NVIDIA Corp. and Broadcom Inc..

The base currency of QDEF is USD.

Top 10 holdings

Data as of 07/31/26

Apple, Inc.

8.26%

NVIDIA Corp.

6.35%

Broadcom Inc.

4.64%

Microsoft Corp.

4.02%

AbbVie, Inc.

3.01%

Johnson & Johnson

2.74%

Alphabet, Inc.

2.42%

Procter & Gamble Co.

2.33%

Cisco Systems, Inc.

2.25%

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

2.09%

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