FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund Rating

$64.16 -3.71 (-5.47%)

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$64.17 +0.01 (+0.02%)

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FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund Aggregate Rating and Price Target (2025)

MarketBeat calculates the aggregate rating and price target for an ETF by considering the weight of each stock in its portfolio. These ratings and price targets are based on the most recent ratings given by Wall Street analysts over the past year. The aggregate rating reviews the ETF's overall performance and is categorized as strong sell, sell, reduce, hold, moderate buy, buy, or strong buy. The aggegreate price target represents the average potential upside for the consensus price target of individual holdings in the ETF.

QDEF Aggregate Rating

Moderate Buy

2.60

Holdings in QDEF have an aggregate rating of Moderate Buy based on 1,941 analyst ratings issued in the past year covering 123 companies (98.9% of the portfolio).

QDEF Aggregate Price Target

$64.16

High Prediction	$64.16
Average Prediction	$64.16
Low Prediction	$64.16

Holdings in QDEF have an aggregate price target of $64.16 and a range of $64.16 to $64.16 covering 123 companies (98.9% of the portfolio).

QDEF Consensus Ratings of Holdings

Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	5 Buy rating(s)
Moderate Buy	70 Moderate Buy rating(s)
Hold	40 Hold rating(s)
Reduce	7 Reduce rating(s)
Sell	0 Sell rating(s)
Strong Sell	0 Strong Sell rating(s)

Ratings for Stocks Held by FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund

Strong Sell

Sell

Reduce

Hold

Moderate Buy

Buy

Strong Buy

Ratings for the Top 100 QDEF Holdings

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Weight In ETF	Company	Share Price	MarketRank™	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Price Target	Possible Upside	Number of Ratings	Indicator(s)
7.45%	AAPL Apple	$188.38 -7.3%	4.8616 of 5 stars	2.60	$245.26	30.2%	35	Analyst Forecast Insider Trade Gap Down High Trading Volume
4.93%	NVDA NVIDIA	$94.31 -7.4%	4.886 of 5 stars	2.95	$169.89	80.1%	42	Analyst Downgrade Gap Down
4.66%	MSFT Microsoft	$359.84 -3.6%	4.8845 of 5 stars	2.90	$508.86	41.4%	31	Analyst Forecast Gap Down High Trading Volume
3.16%	JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$153.03 -4.3%	4.5185 of 5 stars	2.56	$171.33	12.0%	18	Analyst Forecast Options Volume High Trading Volume
3.14%	ABBV AbbVie	$186.58 -7.5%	4.6922 of 5 stars	2.92	$211.45	13.3%	25	Insider Trade Positive News High Trading Volume
3.09%	PG Procter & Gamble	$163.73 -5.0%	4.5093 of 5 stars	2.86	$182.00	11.2%	22	Analyst Forecast Positive News
3.05%	META Meta Platforms	$504.73 -5.1%	4.3344 of 5 stars	2.86	$718.55	42.4%	43	Analyst Forecast Insider Trade Analyst Revision Gap Down High Trading Volume
2.09%	PM Philip Morris International	$150.47 -7.2%	4.223 of 5 stars	2.80	$144.56	-3.9%	10	Positive News High Trading Volume
2.03%	IBM International Business Machines	$227.31 -6.6%	4.1531 of 5 stars	2.41	$231.13	1.7%	17	Positive News Gap Down
1.96%	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$81.48 -5.7%	5 of 5 stars	2.65	$117.12	43.7%	23	Analyst Revision High Trading Volume
1.58%	JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co.	$210.09 -8.1%	4.8823 of 5 stars	2.53	$254.83	21.3%	19	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Forecast Analyst Revision Gap Down High Trading Volume
1.57%	QCOM QUALCOMM	$127.46 -8.6%	4.9308 of 5 stars	2.50	$205.32	61.1%	30	Short Interest ↑ Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
1.34%	GOOGL Alphabet	$145.60 -3.4%	4.4655 of 5 stars	2.89	$209.13	43.6%	44	Analyst Upgrade Insider Trade Positive News High Trading Volume
1.20%	TMUS T-Mobile US	$248.11 -7.4%	4.3307 of 5 stars	2.61	$256.80	3.5%	23	Positive News
1.20%	TJX TJX Companies	$121.92 -2.8%	4.4441 of 5 stars	2.94	$135.76	11.4%	17	Dividend Increase Analyst Upgrade Positive News High Trading Volume
1.19%	GILD Gilead Sciences	$107.25 -4.6%	4.4599 of 5 stars	2.72	$105.12	-2.0%	29	Positive News
1.16%	LOW Lowe's Companies	$223.05 +0.2%	4.8204 of 5 stars	2.54	$280.35	25.7%	24	Analyst Downgrade Positive News
1.16%	INTU Intuit	$561.53 -6.2%	4.9227 of 5 stars	2.70	$718.00	27.9%	20	Positive News High Trading Volume
1.10%	GOOG Alphabet	$147.74 -3.2%	4.9146 of 5 stars	2.80	$208.65	41.2%	25	Analyst Forecast Insider Trade High Trading Volume
1.07%	ADP Automatic Data Processing	$286.13 -6.3%	4.2254 of 5 stars	2.10	$302.30	5.7%	10	Insider Trade Positive News High Trading Volume
1.06%	BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb	$55.32 -4.3%	3.7077 of 5 stars	2.33	$57.86	4.6%	18	Short Interest ↑ Analyst Revision Positive News
1.05%	AVGO Broadcom	$146.29 -5.0%	4.9691 of 5 stars	2.93	$231.48	58.2%	27	Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.86%	KLAC KLA	$576.53 -7.1%	4.8365 of 5 stars	2.67	$832.17	44.3%	18	Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.86%	MO Altria Group	$56.05 -3.2%	2.9165 of 5 stars	2.00	$54.00	-3.7%	8	Analyst Downgrade
0.85%	LMT Lockheed Martin	$432.72 -4.9%	4.7396 of 5 stars	2.27	$539.53	24.7%	15	Analyst Downgrade
0.82%	AMGN Amgen	$294.39 -5.0%	4.2989 of 5 stars	2.48	$314.04	6.7%	23	Positive News
0.80%	DUK Duke Energy	$118.91 -4.1%	3.9385 of 5 stars	2.53	$123.87	4.2%	15	News Coverage Positive News High Trading Volume
0.75%	MMM 3M	$126.62 -9.4%	4.4739 of 5 stars	2.63	$149.13	17.8%	16	Short Interest ↑ Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.75%	MCK McKesson	$682.41 -4.8%	4.2892 of 5 stars	2.93	$661.00	-3.1%	15	Analyst Forecast Analyst Revision News Coverage Positive News High Trading Volume
0.72%	TT Trane Technologies	$318.18 -3.9%	4.6836 of 5 stars	2.29	$413.69	30.0%	17	Dividend Announcement Positive News Gap Down
0.71%	NKE NIKE	$57.17 +2.9%	4.9359 of 5 stars	2.63	$87.38	52.8%	32	Analyst Forecast Short Interest ↓ Analyst Revision News Coverage Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.67%	ITW Illinois Tool Works	$225.25 -5.9%	4.7258 of 5 stars	2.18	$268.30	19.1%	11	Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.66%	MSI Motorola Solutions	$401.91 -7.7%	4.6583 of 5 stars	2.88	$505.88	25.9%	8	Positive News High Trading Volume
0.63%	AFL Aflac	$101.94 -8.8%	4.3511 of 5 stars	2.00	$104.29	2.3%	14	Analyst Forecast Positive News Gap Down
0.63%	YUM Yum! Brands	$147.52 -8.6%	3.8376 of 5 stars	2.24	$151.70	2.8%	21	Analyst Forecast Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.61%	ED Consolidated Edison	$109.53 -2.8%	4.2958 of 5 stars	2.17	$102.40	-6.5%	12	Positive News High Trading Volume
0.60%	KMB Kimberly-Clark	$137.76 -5.1%	4.5742 of 5 stars	2.14	$144.85	5.1%	14	Positive News
0.60%	BK Bank of New York Mellon	$73.17 -8.4%	4.8727 of 5 stars	2.67	$89.86	22.8%	15	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Forecast Analyst Revision Positive News Gap Down
0.60%	UNM Unum Group	$71.14 -10.2%	4.855 of 5 stars	2.79	$87.86	23.5%	14	Analyst Forecast Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.59%	WTW Willis Towers Watson Public	$308.80 -7.1%	2.7736 of 5 stars	2.77	$346.15	12.1%	13	News Coverage Positive News High Trading Volume
0.59%	PSA Public Storage	$284.00 -3.6%	4.4169 of 5 stars	2.50	$338.73	19.3%	12	Positive News
0.58%	PAYX Paychex	$143.32 -6.7%	3.8228 of 5 stars	1.83	$141.00	-1.6%	12	Positive News
0.58%	OTIS Otis Worldwide	$94.85 -9.1%	3.78 of 5 stars	2.00	$103.00	8.6%	8	Positive News High Trading Volume
0.57%	VRSK Verisk Analytics	$284.99 -6.6%	4.0084 of 5 stars	2.33	$299.33	5.0%	9	Positive News High Trading Volume
0.57%	ESS Essex Property Trust	$271.80 -7.7%	4.4157 of 5 stars	2.30	$307.16	13.0%	20	News Coverage Positive News Gap Down
0.57%	WEC WEC Energy Group	$104.37 -3.8%	3.3343 of 5 stars	2.38	$101.88	-2.4%	8	Positive News
0.56%	D Dominion Energy	$52.83 -6.1%	3.4867 of 5 stars	2.08	$57.58	9.0%	13	Short Interest ↓ Positive News High Trading Volume
0.56%	RGLD Royal Gold	$155.60 -7.0%	3.8263 of 5 stars	2.44	$170.75	9.7%	9	Analyst Forecast Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.56%	LDOS Leidos	$133.50 -4.3%	4.7814 of 5 stars	2.67	$178.07	33.4%	15	Analyst Upgrade News Coverage Positive News High Trading Volume
0.56%	PPL PPL	$34.48 -4.8%	2.3805 of 5 stars	2.82	$35.27	2.3%	11	News Coverage
0.55%	ORI Old Republic International	$36.29 -7.8%	4.6698 of 5 stars	3.00	$43.00	18.5%	1	Analyst Forecast News Coverage Positive News Gap Down
0.55%	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$153.15 -6.4%	4.3996 of 5 stars	2.57	$168.90	10.3%	21	Insider Trade Positive News
0.55%	EBAY eBay	$62.40 -6.0%	3.8853 of 5 stars	2.26	$65.46	4.9%	27	Analyst Downgrade Insider Trade Gap Down
0.55%	FAST Fastenal	$74.42 -4.6%	3.0949 of 5 stars	2.08	$76.91	3.3%	12	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Upgrade News Coverage Positive News
0.55%	EQR Equity Residential	$63.69 -7.1%	4.6362 of 5 stars	2.50	$78.51	23.3%	18	Positive News
0.55%	AVB AvalonBay Communities	$191.69 -6.9%	3.7083 of 5 stars	2.50	$237.40	23.8%	16	Analyst Downgrade Analyst Revision News Coverage Positive News High Trading Volume
0.55%	VIRT Virtu Financial	$35.10 -6.1%	3.897 of 5 stars	2.43	$33.21	-5.4%	7	Analyst Forecast News Coverage
0.55%	RMD ResMed	$204.72 -4.0%	4.3804 of 5 stars	2.67	$249.73	22.0%	15	Analyst Downgrade Insider Trade News Coverage Positive News High Trading Volume
0.55%	TFC Truist Financial	$34.80 -6.0%	4.8969 of 5 stars	2.68	$50.42	44.9%	22	Analyst Downgrade Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.54%	AFG American Financial Group	$121.78 -6.5%	4.6017 of 5 stars	2.00	$143.50	17.8%	4	Dividend Announcement Positive News Gap Down
0.54%	GEN Gen Digital	$23.78 -8.5%	1.6573 of 5 stars	3.50			4	Gap Down
0.54%	CALM Cal-Maine Foods	$92.29 -0.7%	2.9767 of 5 stars	1.50	$74.50	-19.3%	2	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Upgrade News Coverage Positive News Gap Down
0.54%	MET MetLife	$68.71 -9.5%	4.9971 of 5 stars	2.93	$94.85	38.0%	14	Analyst Forecast Short Interest ↓ Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.53%	OGE OGE Energy	$43.69 -5.0%	3.3422 of 5 stars	2.40	$45.67	4.5%	5	News Coverage Positive News High Trading Volume
0.53%	DOX Amdocs	$83.70 -5.2%	4.7418 of 5 stars	2.80	$101.20	20.9%	5	Positive News Gap Down
0.53%	EVRG Evergy	$66.18 -4.4%	2.8831 of 5 stars	3.00	$69.08	4.4%	7	News Coverage Positive News High Trading Volume
0.53%	CHRW C.H. Robinson Worldwide	$90.94 -4.0%	4.8182 of 5 stars	2.57	$118.89	30.7%	21	Positive News
0.53%	HRB H&R Block	$55.64 -2.2%	2.8361 of 5 stars	2.00	$57.00	2.5%	2	Gap Down
0.53%	V Visa	$313.46 -7.6%	4.5887 of 5 stars	2.86	$355.84	13.5%	28	Insider Trade Positive News Gap Down
0.52%	SBAC SBA Communications	$219.91 -4.7%	4.5354 of 5 stars	2.79	$251.92	14.6%	14	Analyst Forecast News Coverage Positive News High Trading Volume
0.52%	DTM DT Midstream	$87.03 -8.0%	4.1711 of 5 stars	2.33	$105.08	20.7%	12	Positive News High Trading Volume
0.52%	CPT Camden Property Trust	$110.41 -7.1%	4.046 of 5 stars	2.32	$127.76	15.7%	19	Short Interest ↑ Positive News High Trading Volume
0.52%	CUBE CubeSmart	$39.51 -3.8%	3.2472 of 5 stars	2.33	$48.00	21.5%	12	Ex-Dividend Positive News High Trading Volume
0.52%	HAS Hasbro	$53.96 -1.9%	4.905 of 5 stars	2.89	$80.22	48.7%	9	Gap Down
0.52%	DPZ Domino's Pizza	$444.21 -4.2%	3.4406 of 5 stars	2.68	$503.41	13.3%	28	Analyst Forecast Insider Trade News Coverage Gap Down
0.52%	KRC Kilroy Realty	$30.01 -1.8%	4.7119 of 5 stars	2.18	$38.82	29.3%	11	Analyst Forecast Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.52%	STWD Starwood Property Trust	$18.20 -5.2%	4.0616 of 5 stars	2.88	$22.21	22.0%	8	News Coverage Positive News High Trading Volume
0.51%	MDU MDU Resources Group	$16.04 -4.5%	4.6311 of 5 stars	2.75	$21.00	31.0%	4	Positive News
0.51%	OBDC Blue Owl Capital	$13.32 -7.5%	3.0782 of 5 stars	2.89	$16.17	21.4%	9	Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.51%	EA Electronic Arts	$135.34 -6.6%	4.4467 of 5 stars	2.43	$155.30	14.8%	23	Analyst Forecast Insider Trade Positive News
0.51%	EME EMCOR Group	$341.76 -3.6%	3.716 of 5 stars	2.50	$497.25	45.5%	4	Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.50%	FIS Fidelity National Information Services	$69.90 -6.2%	4.9279 of 5 stars	2.45	$88.05	26.0%	22	Analyst Forecast Positive News High Trading Volume
0.50%	AIZ Assurant	$187.14 -8.0%	4.964 of 5 stars	2.67	$234.17	25.1%	6	Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.50%	WU Western Union	$10.13 -3.6%	3.4682 of 5 stars	1.70	$12.11	19.6%	10	Analyst Forecast Analyst Revision News Coverage Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.48%	POOL Pool	$315.05 +0.4%	3.7835 of 5 stars	2.22	$365.33	16.0%	9	Analyst Forecast Insider Trade High Trading Volume
0.48%	UMBF UMB Financial	$86.88 -4.4%	4.9499 of 5 stars	2.57	$128.71	48.2%	7	Analyst Upgrade News Coverage Positive News Gap Down
0.48%	BAH Booz Allen Hamilton	$109.07 -2.4%	4.9331 of 5 stars	2.50	$158.27	45.1%	12	News Coverage Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.47%	OMF OneMain	$40.99 -8.4%	4.975 of 5 stars	2.54	$59.17	44.3%	13	Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.47%	AVY Avery Dennison	$170.30 -3.4%	4.9021 of 5 stars	2.82	$222.51	30.7%	11	High Trading Volume
0.47%	IRDM Iridium Communications	$24.59 -3.9%	4.3741 of 5 stars	2.67	$36.00	46.4%	3	Short Interest ↑ News Coverage Positive News Gap Down
0.47%	BSY Bentley Systems	$38.66 -3.9%	4.8736 of 5 stars	2.44	$55.13	42.6%	9	News Coverage Positive News Gap Down
0.46%	BPOP Popular	$82.50 -1.8%	4.9117 of 5 stars	2.71	$113.00	37.0%	7	Analyst Upgrade Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.46%	STNG Scorpio Tankers	$31.87 -7.3%	4.5104 of 5 stars	2.40	$68.75	115.7%	5	News Coverage Positive News High Trading Volume
0.45%	EXC Exelon	$45.35 -4.0%	4.0473 of 5 stars	2.56	$45.13	-0.5%	9	Analyst Revision Positive News High Trading Volume
0.45%	CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers	$106.68 -4.5%	4.7267 of 5 stars	1.93	$132.57	24.3%	14	Analyst Forecast Analyst Revision News Coverage Gap Down High Trading Volume
0.42%	CSL Carlisle Companies	$326.87 -0.1%	4.8402 of 5 stars	2.80	$476.00	45.6%	5	Positive News High Trading Volume
0.42%	EXPD Expeditors International of Washington	$109.00 -1.5%	3.1704 of 5 stars	1.67	$115.90	6.3%	12	Positive News
0.41%	LSTR Landstar System	$136.64 -1.4%	3.8779 of 5 stars	1.92	$160.45	17.4%	13	Analyst Forecast News Coverage High Trading Volume
0.41%	GIS General Mills	$59.64 -2.2%	4.6687 of 5 stars	2.18	$65.69	10.1%	17	Positive News
0.39%	KTB Kontoor Brands	$57.72 -0.3%	4.5827 of 5 stars	2.83	$91.50	58.5%	6	News Coverage Positive News High Trading Volume

This page (NYSEARCA:QDEF) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund Rating