---
ticker: "QDEF"
name: "Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/QDEF"
grade: "C"
score: 54
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US Dividend Index"
category_rank: "27 of 53"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# QDEF: Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF

Grade **C**, Score 54 of 100. Rank 27 of 53 in US Dividend Index.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 38 | 29 of 53 |
| Mission | 66 | 42 of 50 |
| Risk | 79 | 3 of 53 |
| Tradability | 49 | 30 of 53 |
| Holdings | 43 | 36 of 53 |
| Durability | 58 | 26 of 53 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 157 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | AAPL | Apple Inc Common Stock USD 0.00001 | 8.95% |
| 2 | NVDA | NVIDIA Corp Common Stock USD 0.001 | 7.02% |
| 3 | MSFT | Microsoft Corp Common Stock USD 0.00000625 | 4.65% |
| 4 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson Common Stock USD 1 | 2.77% |
| 5 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc Common Stock USD | 2.66% |
| 6 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-Cl A - Common Stock USD 0.001 | 2.37% |
| 7 | PM | Philip Morris International Inc Common Stock USD 0 | 2.15% |
| 8 | JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co Common Stock USD 1 | 1.96% |
| 9 | GOOG | Alphabet Inc-Cl C - Common Stock USD 0.001 | 1.89% |
| 10 | LLY | Eli Lilly and Company | 1.85% |
| 11 | KLAC | Kla Corp Common Stock USD 0.001 | 1.70% |
| 12 | META | Meta Platforms Inc Common Stock USD 0.000006 | 1.58% |
| 13 | MU | Micron Technology Inc Common Stock USD 0.1 | 1.50% |
| 14 | LRCX | Lam Research Corp Common Stock USD 0.001 | 1.40% |
| 15 | QCOM | Qualcomm Inc Common Stock USD 0.0001 | 1.25% |
| 16 | GILD | Gilead Sciences Inc Common Stock USD 0.001 | 1.21% |
| 17 | ABBV | AbbVie Inc Common Stock USD 0.01 | 1.20% |
| 18 | CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc Common Stock USD 0.001 | 1.14% |
| 19 | TJX | Tjx Cos Inc/The Common Stock USD 1 | 1.07% |
| 20 | — | Cash | 1.05% |
| 21 | PG | The Procter & Gamble Company. | 1.01% |
| 22 | GEV | Ge Vernova Inc Common Stock USD 0.01 | 0.95% |
| 23 | — | S&P500 Emini Fut Equity Index 18/DEC/2026 ESZ6 | 0.91% |
| 24 | VLO | Valero Energy Corp Common Stock USD 0.01 | 0.85% |
| 25 | NEM | Newmont Corp Common Stock USD 1.6 | 0.84% |
| 26 | WFC | Wells Fargo & Co Common Stock USD 1.666 | 0.84% |
| 27 | MO | Altria Group Inc Common Stock USD 0.333 | 0.82% |
| 28 | MPC | Marathon Petroleum Corp Common Stock USD 0.01 | 0.82% |
| 29 | BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Common Stock USD 0.1 | 0.80% |
| 30 | ADP | Automatic Data Processing Inc Common Stock USD 0.1 | 0.75% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/QDEF. Please cite the page URL.