QDEF vs. VO ETF Comparison

Comparison of FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF) to Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF - DNQ (VO)

QDEF

FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund

QDEF Description

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive IndexSM. The fund generally will invest under normal circumstances at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the underlying index. The underlying index is designed to provide exposure to a high-quality, income-oriented portfolio of U.S. equity securities, with an emphasis on long-term capital growth and a targeted overall volatility that is lower than that of the Northern Trust 1250 IndexSM. It may also invest up to 20% of its assets in cash and cash equivalents.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$72.79

Average Daily Volume

6,852

Number of Holdings ^*

123

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

VO

Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF - DNQ

VO Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of mid-capitalization stocks. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Mid Cap Index, a broadly diversified index of stocks of mid-size U.S. companies. It attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$281.84

Average Daily Volume

578,616

Number of Holdings ^*

306

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	QDEF	VO
30 Days	1.58%	5.97%
60 Days	2.63%	7.54%
90 Days	4.66%	10.26%
12 Months	30.49%	32.89%

34 Overlapping Holdings

Symbol	Grade	Weight in QDEF	Weight in VO	Overlap
AVB	B	0.18%	0.38%	0.18%
AVY	D	0.48%	0.2%	0.2%
BSY	D	0.37%	0.09%	0.09%
CAH	B	0.17%	0.32%	0.17%
COR	B	0.57%	0.49%	0.49%
D	C	0.56%	0.3%	0.3%
DPZ	C	0.41%	0.18%	0.18%
EA	A	0.6%	0.48%	0.48%
EBAY	D	0.4%	0.34%	0.34%
ED	D	0.49%	0.43%	0.43%
EQR	B	0.53%	0.31%	0.31%
ESS	B	0.54%	0.22%	0.22%
EVRG	A	0.4%	0.08%	0.08%
EXC	C	0.39%	0.48%	0.39%
EXPD	D	0.42%	0.2%	0.2%
FAST	B	0.58%	0.54%	0.54%
FIS	C	0.6%	0.59%	0.59%
GEN	B	0.59%	0.18%	0.18%
GIS	D	0.45%	0.46%	0.45%
K	A	0.53%	0.27%	0.27%
LDOS	C	0.57%	0.15%	0.15%
MAA	B	0.53%	0.21%	0.21%
MAS	D	0.23%	0.21%	0.21%
MSI	B	0.74%	0.91%	0.74%
OTIS	C	0.51%	0.48%	0.48%
PEG	A	0.26%	0.54%	0.26%
PPL	B	0.55%	0.28%	0.28%
RMD	C	0.54%	0.43%	0.43%
ROL	B	0.12%	0.17%	0.12%
SWKS	F	0.39%	0.17%	0.17%
VRSK	A	0.57%	0.47%	0.47%
VRT	B	0.45%	0.47%	0.45%
WEC	A	0.28%	0.37%	0.28%
WTW	B	0.58%	0.37%	0.37%

QDEF Overweight 89 Positions Relative to VO

Symbol	Grade	Weight
AAPL	C	6.07%
NVDA	C	6.0%
MSFT	F	4.97%
HD	A	3.07%
JNJ	D	2.93%
PG	A	2.83%
META	D	2.76%
ABBV	D	2.6%
MRK	F	2.25%
IBM	C	1.7%
QCOM	F	1.65%
PM	B	1.65%
GOOGL	C	1.36%
INTU	C	1.29%
TMUS	B	1.14%
ADP	B	1.13%
GOOG	C	1.1%
LMT	D	1.05%
GILD	C	1.03%
TJX	A	0.99%
SBUX	A	0.98%
AVGO	D	0.88%
MO	A	0.86%
CI	F	0.83%
AMT	D	0.82%
KLAC	D	0.79%
T	A	0.77%
DUK	C	0.77%
ITW	B	0.74%
JPM	A	0.73%
CME	A	0.71%
MCK	B	0.71%
BK	A	0.67%
MMM	D	0.66%
VZ	C	0.65%
UNM	A	0.65%
KO	D	0.65%
EME	C	0.64%
BWXT	B	0.64%
PAYX	C	0.63%
UMBF	B	0.61%
CSCO	B	0.61%
AFL	B	0.6%
CFR	B	0.6%
PSA	D	0.59%
AIZ	A	0.58%
VIRT	B	0.57%
CSWI	A	0.57%
WDFC	B	0.55%
ORI	A	0.54%
CSL	C	0.53%
OHI	C	0.53%
MET	A	0.53%
PNW	B	0.52%
IRDM	D	0.52%
CPT	B	0.51%
KMB	D	0.51%
XOM	B	0.5%
OMF	A	0.5%
LSTR	D	0.49%
DOX	D	0.48%
BPOP	B	0.48%
RDN	C	0.48%
LOW	D	0.47%
NSA	D	0.47%
OGE	B	0.47%
IPG	D	0.46%
DELL	C	0.46%
BMY	B	0.45%
HRB	D	0.45%
WU	D	0.43%
SAIC	F	0.41%
WSM	B	0.41%
CUBE	D	0.4%
CHE	D	0.39%
V	A	0.38%
MSM	C	0.37%
STNG	F	0.36%
STWD	C	0.32%
NEP	F	0.32%
COST	B	0.24%
MA	C	0.23%
NNN	D	0.21%
SCCO	F	0.16%
BAH	F	0.12%
DDS	B	0.12%
WMT	A	0.12%
ZTS	D	0.11%
BAC	A	0.02%

QDEF Underweight 272 Positions Relative to VO

Symbol	Grade	Weight
PLTR	B	-1.02%
CEG	D	-1.01%
WELL	A	-1.0%
APH	A	-0.98%
CTAS	B	-0.86%
TDG	D	-0.84%
CARR	D	-0.76%
AJG	B	-0.75%
DLR	B	-0.71%
OKE	A	-0.69%
APO	B	-0.69%
PCAR	B	-0.66%
URI	B	-0.65%
NEM	D	-0.64%
O	D	-0.63%
TTD	B	-0.63%
DASH	A	-0.62%
AMP	A	-0.61%
ALL	A	-0.6%
DHI	D	-0.6%
GWW	B	-0.59%
LHX	C	-0.57%
FICO	B	-0.56%
CMI	A	-0.55%
RCL	A	-0.55%
WCN	A	-0.55%
PWR	A	-0.54%
CPRT	A	-0.54%
PRU	A	-0.53%
KVUE	A	-0.53%
MSCI	C	-0.52%
VST	B	-0.52%
CTVA	C	-0.51%
PCG	A	-0.51%
AME	A	-0.51%
LEN	D	-0.5%
LNG	B	-0.5%
GEV	B	-0.5%
CBRE	B	-0.49%
SQ	B	-0.49%
HWM	A	-0.49%
MCHP	D	-0.48%
IR	B	-0.47%
ODFL	B	-0.47%
BKR	B	-0.46%
GEHC	F	-0.46%
A	D	-0.46%
IT	C	-0.45%
SYY	B	-0.45%
YUM	B	-0.45%
DAL	C	-0.45%
CTSH	B	-0.45%
DDOG	A	-0.45%
XEL	A	-0.45%
DFS	B	-0.45%
HES	B	-0.45%
VMC	B	-0.44%
MLM	B	-0.44%
KR	B	-0.44%
IRM	D	-0.44%
GLW	B	-0.44%
MPWR	F	-0.43%
ACGL	D	-0.43%
IQV	D	-0.43%
ALNY	D	-0.42%
EXR	D	-0.42%
MRVL	B	-0.42%
DOW	F	-0.42%
HPQ	B	-0.42%
IDXX	F	-0.41%
FANG	D	-0.41%
NUE	C	-0.41%
LULU	C	-0.41%
NDAQ	A	-0.41%
CNC	D	-0.4%
EFX	F	-0.4%
WAB	B	-0.4%
ETR	B	-0.4%
WMB	A	-0.39%
HIG	B	-0.39%
MTB	A	-0.39%
COIN	C	-0.38%
DD	D	-0.38%
EIX	B	-0.38%
TEAM	A	-0.37%
ON	D	-0.37%
ROK	B	-0.37%
VEEV	C	-0.37%
GRMN	B	-0.37%
FITB	A	-0.36%
XYL	D	-0.36%
ARES	A	-0.36%
CSGP	D	-0.36%
VICI	C	-0.36%
TSCO	D	-0.35%
HLT	A	-0.35%
PPG	F	-0.35%
RBLX	C	-0.34%
ANSS	B	-0.34%
DXCM	D	-0.34%
PHM	D	-0.33%
AWK	D	-0.33%
TTWO	A	-0.33%
VTR	C	-0.33%
HUBS	A	-0.33%
RJF	A	-0.33%
MTD	D	-0.33%
KEYS	A	-0.32%
DOV	A	-0.32%
SPG	B	-0.32%
HSY	F	-0.32%
STT	A	-0.32%
ADM	D	-0.32%
NVR	D	-0.32%
JCI	C	-0.31%
NET	B	-0.31%
HPE	B	-0.31%
BIIB	F	-0.31%
IFF	D	-0.31%
AZO	C	-0.31%
UAL	A	-0.31%
TYL	B	-0.31%
AIG	B	-0.3%
TROW	B	-0.3%
CHD	B	-0.3%
BR	A	-0.3%
SBAC	D	-0.3%
FTV	C	-0.3%
CDW	F	-0.3%
GDDY	A	-0.29%
ES	D	-0.29%
NTAP	C	-0.29%
BRO	B	-0.29%
VLTO	D	-0.29%
FTNT	C	-0.29%
DVN	F	-0.29%
FE	C	-0.28%
ILMN	D	-0.28%
KMI	A	-0.28%
AEE	A	-0.28%
DTE	C	-0.27%
STE	F	-0.27%
CINF	A	-0.27%
HAL	C	-0.27%
WST	C	-0.27%
CBOE	B	-0.27%
WDC	D	-0.27%
LYB	F	-0.27%
HBAN	A	-0.27%
WY	D	-0.27%
LPLA	A	-0.26%
STX	D	-0.26%
GPN	B	-0.26%
TDY	B	-0.26%
MSTR	C	-0.26%
CPAY	A	-0.26%
ZBH	C	-0.26%
SYF	B	-0.26%
RF	A	-0.26%
PKG	A	-0.25%
CMS	C	-0.25%
CCL	B	-0.25%
EXPE	B	-0.24%
ARE	D	-0.24%
CLX	B	-0.24%
TRU	D	-0.24%
ZBRA	B	-0.24%
MKC	D	-0.24%
OMC	C	-0.24%
FSLR	F	-0.24%
EW	C	-0.24%
HOLX	D	-0.23%
MRNA	F	-0.23%
MDB	C	-0.23%
APP	B	-0.23%
DRI	B	-0.23%
MKL	A	-0.23%
LYV	A	-0.23%
PFG	D	-0.23%
LVS	C	-0.23%
LH	C	-0.23%
CNP	B	-0.23%
WAT	B	-0.23%
PINS	D	-0.23%
NTRS	A	-0.23%
IP	B	-0.23%
MOH	F	-0.22%
CFG	B	-0.22%
WBD	C	-0.22%
BALL	D	-0.22%
BAX	D	-0.22%
INVH	D	-0.22%
TRGP	B	-0.22%
LUV	C	-0.22%
DGX	A	-0.21%
FDS	B	-0.21%
SNOW	C	-0.21%
TER	D	-0.21%
SNA	A	-0.21%
J	F	-0.21%
BBY	D	-0.21%
DG	F	-0.21%
ULTA	F	-0.21%
ZM	B	-0.21%
WRB	A	-0.2%
ZS	C	-0.2%
SUI	D	-0.2%
TSN	B	-0.2%
CTRA	B	-0.2%
AKAM	D	-0.19%
EG	C	-0.19%
LNT	A	-0.19%
MRO	B	-0.19%
FNF	B	-0.19%
IBKR	A	-0.19%
BURL	A	-0.19%
GPC	D	-0.19%
KEY	B	-0.19%
AVTR	F	-0.18%
HEI	B	-0.18%
SMCI	F	-0.18%
CVNA	B	-0.18%
ALGN	D	-0.18%
SSNC	B	-0.18%
RVTY	F	-0.18%
VRSN	F	-0.18%
L	A	-0.18%
JBHT	C	-0.18%
TW	A	-0.18%
TRMB	B	-0.18%
CF	B	-0.18%
TXT	D	-0.18%
APTV	D	-0.18%
CE	F	-0.17%
VTRS	A	-0.17%
CAG	D	-0.17%
SWK	D	-0.17%
SNAP	C	-0.16%
NWSA	B	-0.16%
DLTR	F	-0.16%
WPC	D	-0.15%
BMRN	D	-0.15%
TPL	A	-0.14%
HUBB	B	-0.14%
OKTA	C	-0.14%
ENPH	F	-0.13%
EQT	B	-0.13%
STLD	B	-0.12%
FOXA	B	-0.12%
HEI	B	-0.12%
RPRX	D	-0.12%
CPB	D	-0.11%
HRL	D	-0.11%
DOC	D	-0.1%
NI	A	-0.1%
PODD	C	-0.1%
EL	F	-0.09%
CRBG	B	-0.08%
POOL	C	-0.08%
UDR	B	-0.08%
ALB	C	-0.07%
INCY	C	-0.07%
FOX	A	-0.05%
WMG	C	-0.05%
MGM	D	-0.05%
BEN	C	-0.04%
WBA	F	-0.04%
RKT	F	-0.03%
WLK	D	-0.03%
AGR	B	-0.03%
LEN	D	-0.02%
NWS	B	-0.01%