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Northern Trust US Quality Low Volatility ETF QLV

Issuer: Northern Trust SEC registrant: FlexShares Trust Equity · US
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Last price 81.30 USD Change: Up +0.48 Percent change: Up +0.59%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Net expense ratio
0.08%
Prospectus 1 Mar 2026
Net assets
$163.7M
As of 31 Jul 2026
Holdings
126
As of 31 Jul 2026
12-month distribution yield
1.45%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

Northern Trust US Quality Low Volatility ETF (QLV) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by Northern Trust. Its category is Equity · US (equity). Its last price was US$81.30 on 20 Oct 2026. Its net expense ratio is 0.08% a year, from its prospectus dated 1 Mar 2026. It reported net assets of US$163.66 million as of 31 Jul 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 126 holdings as of 31 Jul 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$1.18 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 1.45%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.09%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
0.08%
Management fee
0.08%
Prospectus date
1 Mar 2026
Filed with the SEC
25 Feb 2026

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$163,659,761
Total assets
$170,990,876
Holdings as of
31 Jul 2026
Report made public
25 Sep 2026 (56 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 126 positions, as of 31 Jul 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

QLV top holdings as of 31 Jul 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 NVIDIA Corp. US67066G1040 5.96% $9.7M Equity (common) United States USD
2 Microsoft Corp. US5949181045 5.89% $9.6M Equity (common) United States USD
3 Apple, Inc. US0378331005 5.64% $9.2M Equity (common) United States USD
4 Johnson & Johnson US4781601046 4.30% $7.0M Equity (common) United States USD
5 CF SECURED LLC Treasury Repurchase Agreement No identifier reported 3.69% $6.0M Repurchase agreements United States USD
6 AbbVie, Inc. US00287Y1091 2.43% $4.0M Equity (common) United States USD
7 ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. US30233Q1085 2.33% $3.8M Equity (common) United States USD
8 Visa, Inc. Visa, Inc., Class A US92826C8394 2.18% $3.6M Equity (common) United States USD
9 Alphabet, Inc. Alphabet, Inc., Class A US02079K3059 2.01% $3.3M Equity (common) United States USD
10 Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B US0846707026 1.89% $3.1M Equity (common) United States USD
11 Broadcom, Inc. US11135F1012 1.76% $2.9M Equity (common) United States USD
12 Mastercard, Inc. Mastercard, Inc., Class A US57636Q1040 1.62% $2.6M Equity (common) United States USD
13 Alphabet, Inc. Alphabet, Inc., Class C US02079K1079 1.56% $2.5M Equity (common) United States USD
14 Eli Lilly & Co. US5324571083 1.53% $2.5M Equity (common) United States USD
15 Coca-Cola Co. (The) US1912161007 1.53% $2.5M Equity (common) United States USD
16 Costco Wholesale Corp. US22160K1051 1.46% $2.4M Equity (common) United States USD
17 Procter & Gamble Co. (The) US7427181091 1.36% $2.2M Equity (common) United States USD
18 McDonald's Corp. US5801351017 1.35% $2.2M Equity (common) United States USD
19 Merck & Co., Inc. US58933Y1055 1.34% $2.2M Equity (common) United States USD
20 PepsiCo, Inc. US7134481081 1.33% $2.2M Equity (common) United States USD
21 Analog Devices, Inc. US0326541051 1.26% $2.1M Equity (common) United States USD
22 International Business Machines Corp. US4592001014 1.23% $2.0M Equity (common) United States USD
23 Palo Alto Networks, Inc. US6974351057 1.00% $1.6M Equity (common) United States USD
24 TJX Cos., Inc. (The) US8725401090 0.97% $1.6M Equity (common) United States USD
25 Roper Technologies, Inc. US7766961061 0.93% $1.5M Equity (common) United States USD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 Jul 2026

All 126 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 99.30%
Repurchase agreements 4.30%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.20%
Equity derivatives <0.01%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 98.52%
Canada 2.22%
Bermuda 0.93%
Switzerland 0.68%
Guernsey 0.66%
Israel 0.40%
Ireland 0.25%
United Kingdom 0.14%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 103.80%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Technology 29.88%
Health Care 13.34%
Consumer Discretionary 13.26%
Utilities 10.32%
Finance 5.27%
Consumer Staples 5.06%
Industrials 4.78%
Energy 4.49%
Telecommunications 2.12%
Financial Services 1.89%
Real Estate 1.39%
Technology Services 0.82%
Miscellaneous 0.79%
Consumer Cyclical 0.75%
Basic Materials 0.52%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 94.7% of net assets (95% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.1770
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
1.45%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
18 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($1.1770) ÷ latest price ($81.30) × 100 = 1.45%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (21 payments)
QLV distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
18 Sep 2026$0.2760
18 Jun 2026$0.3150
20 Mar 2026$0.2290
19 Dec 2025$0.3570
19 Sep 2025$0.2890
20 Jun 2025$0.2790
21 Mar 2025$0.2270
20 Dec 2024$0.3530
20 Sep 2024$0.2540
21 Jun 2024$0.3040
15 Mar 2024$0.1720
22 Dec 2023$0.0240
15 Dec 2023$0.3020
15 Sep 2023$0.1890
16 Jun 2023$0.2410
17 Mar 2023$0.1440
16 Dec 2022$0.3320
16 Sep 2022$0.2160
17 Jun 2022$0.1780
18 Mar 2022$0.1480
17 Dec 2021$0.1550

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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