Northern Trust Global Quality Real Estate ETF
$59.63+0.20 (+0.34%)
- 0.46%
- $443M
- +5.2%
- 4.46%
- 0M sh
- $59.04
- low $58.11high $67.49
The ETF.net GQRE Grade
B
Score 65 out of 100
- 5 of 18
Score 65 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A71 out of 100Rank 6 of 18Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 8Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B67 out of 100Rank 4 of 18Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C49 out of 100Rank 10 of 18Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A73 out of 100Rank 6 of 18Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A70 out of 100Rank 4 of 18
Our read on GQRE
BMost global real estate funds just buy landlords by size. GQRE runs the world's REITs through a quality, value and momentum screen first, then owns about 200 of them, and charges less than its category's median fee to do it.
The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Northern Trust Global Quality Real Estate Index.
Why people hold it
- Screens global property stocks on quality, value and momentum instead of ranking them by market size alone.flexshares.com
- 0.46% a year undercuts the median fee in its global real estate group, which is rare for a rules-based screen rather than a plain cap-weighted basket.
- Hews very closely to the Northern Trust Global Quality Real Estate Index, one of the tightest index followers among its global property peers.flexshares.com
- Roughly 200 landlords spread across global markets, running since 2013, with cash paid out quarterly.
Worth knowing
- The screen costs you: plain cap-weighted rivals REET, HAUZ and VNQI all charge close to a tenth of a percent.
- Thinly traded next to the category's giants, so spreads and order size matter more here than with the household-name trackers.
- One sector, globally. It is real estate equity only, so it moves with rates and property cycles rather than the broad market.
GQRE Holdings
- Stocks
- 159
- 35%
- PLD
Sectors
- Real Estate99.4%
- Consumer Discretionary0.6%
Geography
- United States68.30%
- Japan7.63%
- Hong Kong5.13%
- Australia3.22%
- France3.22%
- Canada2.07%
- Switzerland2.04%
- United Kingdom1.92%
- 6.46%
Developed 89% · Emerging 11%
GQRE Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
GQRE$10,523
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | GQRE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.7% |
| 1 month | −3.7% |
| 3 months | −7.3% |
| 1 year | +5.2% |
| 3 years | +10.6% |
| 5 years | +0.8% |
| 10 years | +3.6% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | GQRE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.7% | |
| 2025 | +8.3% | |
| 2024 | +6.0% | |
| 2023 | +9.2% | |
| 2022 | −27.2% | |
| 2021 | +32.0% | |
| 2020 | −9.1% |
GQRE in the news
GQRE Dividends
- 4.46%
- $2.65
- $0.42 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
GQRE Risk
- 15.0%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.46
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −35.1%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.92
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GQRE Cost
0.46%
GQRE0.46%
- The middle half of Global & International Real Estate funds
- Median 0.50%
5 of the 18 Global & International Real Estate funds charge less.
Other funds in Global & International Real Estate
- AHAUZXtrackers International Real Estate ETFExpense ratio 0.10%1 year return −5.4%
- AVNQIVanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETFExpense ratio 0.12%1 year return −5.8%
- BRWOState Street SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +9.2%
- BERETiShares Environmentally Aware Real Estate ETFExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return +4.5%
- CIFGLiShares International Developed Real Estate ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return −6.0%