Flexshares Developed Markets Etf Profile
| QLVD Etf | USD 31.89 0.07 0.22% |
PerformanceFair
| Odds Of DistressLow
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FlexShares Developed is trading at 31.89 as of the 4th of January 2026, a 0.22 percent increase since the beginning of the trading day. The etf's lowest day price was 31.77. FlexShares Developed has less than a 9 % chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years but had a somewhat fair performance during the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 5th of December 2025 and ending today, the 4th of January 2026. Click here to learn more.
The underlying index is designed to reflect the performance of a selection of companies that, in aggregate, possess lower overall absolute volatility characteristics relative to a broad universe of securities domiciled in developed market countries, excluding the U.S. More on FlexShares Developed Markets
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FlexShares Etf Highlights
| Thematic Ideas | (View all Themes) |
| Business Concentration | Strategy ETFs, Broad Equity ETFs, Foreign Large Blend, Flexshares Trust (View all Sectors) |
| Issuer | Northern Trust |
| Inception Date | 2019-07-15 |
| Benchmark | Northern Trust Developed Markets ex US Quality Low Volatility Index |
| Entity Type | Regulated Investment Company |
| Asset Under Management | 58.91 Million |
| Asset Type | Equity |
| Category | Broad Equity |
| Focus | Strategy |
| Market Concentration | Developed Markets |
| Region | Global |
| Administrator | J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
| Advisor | Northern Trust Investments, Inc. |
| Custodian | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
| Distributor | Foreside Fund Services, LLC |
| Portfolio Manager | Robert Anstine, Brendan Sullivan |
| Transfer Agent | J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
| Fiscal Year End | 31-May |
| Exchange | NYSE Arca, Inc. |
| Number of Constituents | 208 |
| Market Maker | Old Mission |
| Total Expense | 0.14 |
| Management Fee | 0.12 |
| Country Name | USA |
| Returns Y T D | 24.55 |
| Name | FlexShares Developed Markets ex-US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund |
| Currency Code | USD |
| Open Figi | BBG00PQ72FR5 |
| In Threey Volatility | 10.59 |
| 1y Volatility | 9.32 |
| 200 Day M A | 30.8263 |
| 50 Day M A | 31.386 |
| Code | QLVD |
| Updated At | 3rd of January 2026 |
| Currency Name | US Dollar |
| In Threey Sharp Ratio | 0.75 |
FlexShares Developed Markets [QLVD] is traded in USA and was established 2019-07-15. The fund is listed under Foreign Large Blend category and is part of Flexshares Trust family. The entity is thematically classified as Strategy ETFs. FlexShares Developed at this time have 61.85 M in assets. , while the total return for the last 3 years was 13.1%.
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Sector Allocation
Investors will always prefer to have their portfolios divercified against different sectors. The broad sector allocation increases the possibility of making a profit or at least avoiding a loss. However, this may also reduce the expected return on FlexShares Etf. Generally, it depends on diversification level and type but usually, the broader the sector allocation, the less risk can be expected from holding FlexShares Etf, and the less return is expected.
Institutional investors that are interested in enforcing a sector tilt in their portfolio can use exchange-traded funds, such as FlexShares Developed Markets Etf, as a low-cost alternative to building a custom portfolio. So, using sector ETFs to diversify your portfolio can be a profitable strategy. However, no matter what sectors are desirable at a given time, no single industry should ever make up more than 20 percent of your stock portfolio.
FlexShares Developed Currency Exposure
FlexShares Developed Markets holds assets that are exposed to currency risk. As an investor, you have to ensure that the increase in value or dividend from foreign constituents of FlexShares Developed will not be offset by an unfavorable exchange rate and will not cancel out the return on assets from different countries. In other words, assess how much of your investment depends on the development of foreign currencies before you invest in FlexShares Developed Markets.
Top FlexShares Developed Markets Etf Constituents
| SGSN | SGS SA | Stock | Consulting Services | |
| SAN | Sanofi SA | Stock | Drug Manufacturers—General | |
| SAMPO | Sampo Oyj A | Stock | Financials | |
| AENA | Aena SA | Stock | Industrials | |
| BN | Danone SA | Stock | Packaged Foods | |
| ASML | ASML Holding NV | Stock | Information Technology | |
| NESN | Nestl SA | Stock | Packaged Foods | |
| LISP | Chocoladefabriken Lindt Spruengli | Stock | Confectioners |
FlexShares Developed Risk Profiles
The market premium is part of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), which most analysts and investors use to calculate the acceptable rate of return on investment in FlexShares Developed. At the center of the CAPM is the concept of risk and reward, which is usually communicated by investors using alpha and beta measures.
| Mean Deviation | 0.4062 | |||
| Semi Deviation | 0.4394 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 0.5294 | |||
| Variance | 0.2802 |
FlexShares Developed Technical Analysis
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The output start index for this execution was zero with a total number of output elements of sixty-one. FlexShares Developed Inverse Tangent Over Price Movement function is an inverse trigonometric method to describe FlexShares Developed price patterns.
FlexShares Developed Against Markets
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The market value of FlexShares Developed is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of FlexShares that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of FlexShares Developed's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is FlexShares Developed's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because FlexShares Developed's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect FlexShares Developed's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between FlexShares Developed's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if FlexShares Developed is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, FlexShares Developed's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.