Northern TrustLarge ValueQDEF · NYSE Arca

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF (QDEF)

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Price: $90.53; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $615M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.39%; Category 0.85%
Yield: 1.54%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 15.6%-4.6%; Category 20.2%
3Y CAGR: 19.4%+1.6%; Category 17.9%
5Y CAGR: 12.7%+1.2%; Category 11.5%

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Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-0.9%	+4.0%	+12.9%	+12.6%	+15.6%	+19.4%	+12.7%	+12.5%	+12.7%
Large Value average	-1.1%	3.4%	13.6%	15.6%	20.2%	17.9%	11.5%	12.3%	12.8%
Difference	+0.2%	+0.6%	-0.7%	-3.0%	-4.6%	+1.6%	+1.2%	+0.2%	0.0%

Holdings

The 10 largest positions make up 38.9% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
AAPL	Apple Inc	8.43%
NVDA	NVIDIA Corp	6.96%
AVGO	Broadcom Inc	4.40%
MSFT	Microsoft Corp	4.37%
ABBV	AbbVie Inc	3.06%
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	2.83%
PG	Procter & Gamble Co	2.33%
GOOGL	Alphabet Inc Class A	2.31%
CSCO	Cisco Systems Inc	2.14%
JPM	JPMorgan Chase & Co	2.11%

Portfolio valuation

Weighted averages of what the fund holds.

P/E: 21.0
P/B: 4.6
P/S: 3.4
P/CF: 15.1

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Technology36.2%
Financial services11.8%
Health care10.8%
Consumer discretionary7.4%
Consumer staples7.0%
Industrials6.8%
Communication services6.1%
Energy4.6%
Materials3.7%
Real estate3.1%
Utilities2.5%

Asset mix

Stocks99.3%
Cash0.7%

ETF details

Issuer: Northern Trust
Category: Equity · Large Value
Ticker: QDEF
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 14 Dec 2012 (13.7 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.39% (category 0.85%)
Holdings turnover: 41% (category 57%)
Distribution yield: 1.54%
Beta, 3 years: 0.75
Total net assets: $615M

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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