QLV
FlexShares US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund

Price: $67.09
Change: $0.35 (0.01%)
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Vitals

Brand FlexShares
Structure ETF
Expense Ratio 0.17%
ETF Home Page Home page
Inception Jul 15, 2019

Analyst Report

The FlexShares US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund (QLV) is part of Northern Trust’s stable of factor ETFs. QLV tracks a proprietary index of U.S. companies that aims for a portfolio bias toward quality and reduced volatility. The index methodology first assesses financial strength and stability based on quality metrics like profitability, management efficiency and cash flow. The lowest-scoring companies are excluded. Top holdings include Johnson & Johnson, MasterCard, Verizon, and Apple.


As with many FlexShares ETFs, investors pay a premium for a factor twist, though it’s not unreasonably priced for a multi-factor fund. Investors can compare it to some of the other quality and low-volatility funds on the market, such as the iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol U.S.A. ETF (USMV) or the Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF (SPLV). There are also straightforward quality-focused funds, like the relatively inexpensive iShares Edge MSCI U.S.A. Quality Factor ETF (QUAL), which shares a lot of the top holdings with QLV.

ETF Database Themes

Asset Class Equity
Asset Class Size Large-Cap
Asset Class Style Blend
Region (General) North America
Region (Specific) U.S.

FactSet Classifications

Segment Equity: U.S. - Total Market
Category Size and Style
Focus Total Market
Niche Broad-based
Strategy Multi-factor
Weighting Scheme Market Cap

Trading Data

Open - Volume -
Day Lo - Day Hi -
  • Open
  • Volume
  • Day Lo
  • Day Hi
  • 52 Week Lo $49.60
  • 52 Week Hi $67.22
  • AUM $136.8 M
  • Shares 2.1 M

Historical Trading Data

  • 1 Month Avg. Volume 3,609
  • 3 Month Avg. Volume 3,532

Alternative ETFs in the ETF Database Volatility Hedged Equity Category

Type Symbol Expense Ratio Assets Avg. Daily Vol YTD Return
Cheapest LGLV 0.12% $831.6 M 29,026 19.55%
Largest (AUM) USMV 0.15% $24.6 B 2 M 20.18%
Most Liquid (Volume) USMV 0.15% $24.6 B 2 M 20.18%
Top YTD Performer DVOL 0.60% $52.4 M 5,145 25.28%

Alternative ETFs in the FactSet Equity: U.S. - Total Market Segment

Type Symbol Expense Ratio Assets Avg. Daily Vol YTD Return
Cheapest LOPP 0.00% $12.2 M 357 12.96%
Largest (AUM) VTI 0.03% $443.8 B 3 M 22.79%
Most Liquid (Volume) SCHD 0.06% $63.3 B 9 M 15.47%
Top YTD Performer MTUM 0.15% $10.5 B 640,185 33.73%

Top 15 Holdings

Concentration Analysis

This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to its peers.

Holdings Comparison

QLV ETF Database Category Average FactSet Segment Average
Number of Holdings 119 31 348
% of Assets in Top 10 34.93% 78.44% 35.72%
% of Assets in Top 15 42.67% 80.60% 44.71%
% of Assets in Top 50 71.80% 87.90% 75.62%

Size Comparison

QLV ETF Database Category Average FactSet Segment Average
Large (>12.9B) 85.04% 14.17% 73.32%
Mid (>2.7B) 14.94% 3.73% 12.22%
Small (>600M) 0.00% 1.56% 2.52%
Micro (<600M) 0.00% 0.18% 0.64%

QLV Valuation

This section compares the P/E ratio of this ETF to its peers.

QLV
P/E Ratio
24.97
ETF Database Category Average
P/E Ratio
3.11
FactSet Segment Average
P/E Ratio
7.50

QLV Dividend

This section compares the dividend yield of this ETF to its peers.

QLV ETF Database Category Average FactSet Segment Average
Dividend $ 0.25 $ 0.15 $ 0.24
Dividend Date 2024-09-20 N/A N/A
Annual Dividend Rate $ 1.03 $ 0.31 $ 0.79
Annual Dividend Yield 1.55% 0.74% 1.85%

QLV Price and Volume Charts

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QLV Fund Flows Charts

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5 Day Net Flows: 0 1 Month Net Flows: 0 3 Month Net Flows: -1.64 M 6 Month Net Flows: -36.77 M 1 Year Net Flows: -94.81 M 3 Year Net Flows: -54.31 M 5 Year Net Flows: 55.34 M 10 Year Net Flows: 57.34 M

QLV Price vs Flows AUM Influence Charts

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5 Day Net AUM Change: 1.31 M
1 Month Net AUM Change: 2.46 M
3 Month Net AUM Change: 4.76 M
6 Month Net AUM Change: -20.93 M
1 Year Net AUM Change: -54.48 M
3 Year Net AUM Change: -8.62 M
5 Year Net AUM Change: 130.85 M
10 Year Net AUM Change: 132.81 M

Realtime Rating

The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for QLV on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETF Database Pro members, shows the ETF in the Volatility Hedged Equity with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETF Database Pro. To view information on how the ETF Database Realtime Ratings work, click here.

Metric Metric Realtime Rating A+ Metric Rated ETF
Liquidity C SPLV
Expenses A- SMLV
Performance
Volatility
Dividend
Concentration

A+ Overall Rated ETF:

QLV Expenses & Fees

This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to its peers.

Expenses Ratio Analysis

QLV
Expense Ratio
0.17%
ETF Database Category Average
Expense Ratio
0.72%
FactSet Segment Average
Expense Ratio
0.49%

Tax Analysis

Max ST Capital Gains Rate 39.60%
Max LT Capital Gains Rate 20.00%
Tax On Distributions Qualified dividends
Distributes K1 No
ESG Themes and Scores
6.76/10
ESG Score
59.0%
Global Percentile
61.32%
Peer Percentile
    • Revenue Exposure to Environmental Impact (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Environment Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Sustainable Impact Solutions (%)
      9.32%
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Weighted Average Carbon Intensity (Tons of CO2e / $M Sales)
      188.83
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Fossil Fuel Reserves (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • High Impact Fossil Fuel Reserves (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Water Stress High Risk Business Segment (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress High Risk Geography (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure Moderate (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure High (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure Low (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • Revenue Exposure to Energy Efficiency (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Alternative Energy (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Green Building (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Pollution Prevention (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Water Sustainability (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Social Impact (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Sustainable Impact Solutions (%)
      9.32%
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • SRI Exclusion Criteria (%)
      9.67%
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Affordable Real Estate (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Education (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Major Disease Treatment (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Nutrition (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Sanitation (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to SME Finance (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Human Rights Norms Violation (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Human Rights Norms Violation OR Watch List (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Human Rights Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Labor Norms Violation (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Labor Norms Violation OR Watch List (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Labor Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Severe Customer Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Global Compact Compliance Violation (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Global Compact Compliance Violation OR Watch List (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Catholic Values Fail (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Islamic Non-Compliant (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Adult Entertainment Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Alcohol Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Gambling Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Nuclear Power Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Tobacco Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Weapons Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Controversies Weapons Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Civilian Firearms Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Civilian Firearms Retailer (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Civilian Firearms Producer (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Direct Predatory Lending Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Genetic Engineering Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Governance Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Flag (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Lack of Independent Board Majority (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (0-25%) (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (25-50%) (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (50-75%) (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (75-100%) (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • No Female Directors (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Three OR More Female Directors (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • Females Represent 30% of Directors (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • Entrenched Board (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Overboarding (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Negative Director Votes (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Ownership AND Control Flag (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • One Share One Vote (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • No Annual Director Elections (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Does Not Use Majority Voting (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Significant Votes Against Pay Practices (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Controlling Shareholder (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Controlling Shareholder Concerns (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Cross Shareholdings (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Poison Pill (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Pay Flag (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • No Pay Performance Link (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Lack of Internal Pay Equity (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Executive Pay Non-Disclosure (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Accounting Flag (%)
      Lower improves ESG score

QLV Performance

This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peers. Returns over 1 year are annualized.

QLV ETF Database
Category Average
Factset Segment
Average
1 Month Return 1.33% 1.79% 3.19%
3 Month Return 5.43% 3.55% 4.37%
YTD Return 20.75% 12.42% 13.75%
1 Year Return 30.30% 20.39% 21.60%
3 Year Return 11.12% 6.50% 4.23%
5 Year Return 12.46% 2.71% 5.10%

Geographic Exposure

The following charts reflect the geographic spread of QLV's underlying holdings.

Region Percentage
North, Central and South America 99.98%
Other 0.02%
Country Percentage
United States 94.31%
Canada 1.56%
United Kingdom 0.99%
Israel 0.84%
Switzerland 0.72%
Monaco 0.7%
Netherlands 0.69%
Ireland 0.19%

Holdings Analysis

The following charts reflect the allocation of QLV's underlying holdings.

Sector Percentage
Technology Services 18.66%
Electronic Technology 15.09%
Health Technology 13.91%
Finance 10.12%
Consumer Non-Durables 8.14%
Utilities 5.96%
Process Industries 5.09%
Communications 4.08%
Retail Trade 3.56%
Consumer Services 2.96%
Commercial Services 2.56%
Transportation 2.53%
Industrial Services 2.33%
Energy Minerals 2.06%
Non-Energy Minerals 1.32%
Health Services 0.86%
Distribution Services 0.47%
Producer Manufacturing 0.28%
Government 0.02%
Market Cap Percentage
Large 85.04%
Mid 14.94%
Small 0.0%
Micro 0.0%
Region Percentage
Asset Percentage
Share/Common/Ordinary 99.98%
Sovereign 0.02%
Sector Percentage
Technology Services 18.66%
Electronic Technology 15.09%
Health Technology 13.91%
Finance 10.12%
Consumer Non-Durables 8.14%
Utilities 5.96%
Process Industries 5.09%
Communications 4.08%
Retail Trade 3.56%
Consumer Services 2.96%
Commercial Services 2.56%
Transportation 2.53%
Industrial Services 2.33%
Energy Minerals 2.06%
Non-Energy Minerals 1.32%
Health Services 0.86%
Distribution Services 0.47%
Producer Manufacturing 0.28%
Government 0.02%

QLV Technicals

Volatility Analysis

This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETF Database Category.

5 Day Volatility 18.84%
20 Day Volatility 7.52%
50 Day Volatility 11.63%
200 Day Volatility 9.71%
Beta 0.83
Standard Deviation 4.32%
5 Day Volatility
18.84%
Rank
52 of 129

20 Day Volatility
7.52%
Rank
37 of 129

50 Day Volatility
11.63%
Rank
19 of 129

200 Day Volatility
9.71%
Rank
38 of 129

Beta
0.83
Rank
13 of 128

Standard Deviation
4.32%
Rank
5 of 129

Technicals

  • 20 Day MA $66.21
  • 60 Day MA $64.70
  • MACD 15 Period 0.84
  • MACD 100 Period 3.47
  • Williams % Range 10 Day 7.35
  • Williams % Range 20 Day 7.35
  • RSI 10 Day 67
  • RSI 20 Day 63
  • RSI 30 Day 62
  • Ultimate Oscillator 66

Bollinger Bands

  • Lower Bollinger (10 Day) $65.40
  • Upper Bollinger (10 Day) $67.01
  • Lower Bollinger (20 Day) $65.61
  • Upper Bollinger (20 Day) $66.81
  • Lower Bollinger (30 Day) $64.36
  • Upper Bollinger (30 Day) $67.28

Support & Resistance

  • Support Level 1 $66.93
  • Support Level 2 $66.78
  • Resistance Level 1 $67.23
  • Resistance Level 2 $67.38

Stochastic

  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (1 Day) 77.42
  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (5 Day) 84.80
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (1 Day) 76.71
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (5 Day) 72.54

Tradability

  • Tracking Difference Median (%) -0.15
  • Tracking Difference Max Upside (%) 2.10
  • Tracking Difference Max Downside (%) -0.25
  • Median Premium Discount (%) -0.04
  • Maximum Premium Discount (%) 0.14
  • Average Spread (%) 4.97
  • Average Spread ($) 4.97

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Fact Sheet

A fact sheet is not available for this ETF. Please visit the QLV ETF home page for more information.

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