FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund
QLC NASDAQ
For investors seeking to maximize US large cap exposure to the quality, value and momentum factors. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Northern Trust Quality Large Cap Index™
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- Fund size
- 46.4M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.32% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.55% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 13.0% Below Average
- Beta
- 0.90 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 75.7893.56
How QLC has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 IndexOver 1 year, QLC returned +21.0% with dividends reinvested — −32.7 pts behind its benchmark.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±13% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −9.0% on Mar 30, 2026 — 49 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 6% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, QLC delivered less return, with less risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.90 means QLC has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average92.06 +0.4%
- 26-day average91.93 +0.5%
- 50-day average91.61 +0.9%
- 200-day average86.69 +6.6%
The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
US Equity · LargeCap Quality — tracking the Northern Trust Quality Large Cap Index™.
- Assets under management46.4MUSD
- Expense ratio0.32%per year
- Holdings156
- Risk score4.7Medium
Launched September 2015. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 5 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 0.51
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 18, 2026
Last 12 months
0.51 USD / shareWhere QLC shows up
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About FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund
For investors seeking to maximize US large cap exposure to the quality, value and momentum factors. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Northern Trust Quality Large Cap Index™
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 156 holdings
- Ticker
- QLC
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US33939L7468
- CUSIP
- 33939L746
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- LargeCap Quality
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.