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Northern Trust International Quality Dividend Dynamic ETF
$41.55+0.01 (+0.03%)
- 0.51%
- $109M
- +28.9%
- 3.36%
- 0M sh
- $41.86
- low $33.73high $44.46
The ETF.net IQDY Grade
C
Score 49 out of 100
- 27 of 35
Score 49 of 100 falls in the C 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.C44 out of 100Rank 20 of 35Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A79 out of 100Rank 23 of 29Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D38 out of 100Rank 26 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F13 out of 100Rank 35 of 35Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B62 out of 100Rank 13 of 33Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C44 out of 100Rank 27 of 35
Our read on IQDY
CThe dial-it-up member of the FlexShares dividend family: quality, cash-generating stocks outside the US, weighted to run at 1.0 to 1.5 times the beta of its parent international large-cap index.
The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Northern Trust International Quality Dividend Dynamic Index.
Why people hold it
- The aggressive stance is written into the rules, not left to a manager's mood: the index targets overall beta generally between 1.0 and 1.5 times the Northern Trust International Large Cap Index.flexshares.com
- Yield alone does not get a stock in. Names are picked on expected dividends plus fundamentals like profitability and reliable cash flow, so shaky payers get filtered before weighting.flexshares.com
- Roughly 300 stocks across developed and emerging markets outside the US, so the international dividend sleeve arrives in one ticker instead of two.
- Live since 2013 and paying quarterly, with a track record long enough to show how the higher-beta tilt actually behaved through real drawdowns.
Worth knowing
- Above-market beta cuts both ways. This is the amplified corner of quality dividends, built to move more than its parent index in either direction, not the low-volatility option.flexshares.com
- At 0.51% the fee sits about at the median for international dividend screens, but plain-vanilla rivals such as VYMI (0.07%) and SCHY (0.08%) charge a small fraction of it.
- A smaller, lightly traded fund next to the category's giants, which tends to mean wider bid-ask spreads at the moment you transact.
IQDY Holdings
- Stocks
- 232
- 21%
- 2330.TW
Sectors
- Financials27.5%
- Technology22.3%
- Industrials14.4%
- Materials8.0%
- Consumer Discretionary7.7%
- Energy5.5%
- Health Care4.8%
- Communication3.2%
- Consumer Staples2.7%
- Utilities2.2%
- Real Estate1.5%
Geography
- Japan13.45%
- Taiwan (Province of China)13.10%
- United Kingdom8.37%
- Korea (the Republic of)5.51%
- France5.06%
- Canada4.47%
- Hong Kong4.28%
- Switzerland4.23%
- 41.51%
Developed 62% · Emerging 38%
IQDY Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
IQDY$12,894
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 | IQDY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +16.6% |
| 1 month | −3.7% |
| 3 months | −1.7% |
| 1 year | +28.9% |
| 3 years | +24.7% |
| 5 years | +12.7% |
| 10 years | +10.9% |
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 | IQDY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +16.6% | |
| 2025 | +37.4% | |
| 2024 | +6.0% | |
| 2023 | +23.5% | |
| 2022 | −15.7% | |
| 2021 | +12.0% | |
| 2020 | +9.6% |
IQDY in the news
IQDY Dividends
- 3.36%
- $1.40
- $0.46 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
IQDY Risk
- 12.3%
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.
- 1.55
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.
- −32.3%
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.
- 0.91
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IQDY Cost
0.51%
IQDY0.51%
- The middle half of International Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.50%
19 of the 34 International Dividend Index funds charge less.
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