---
ticker: "QDF"
name: "Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/QDF"
grade: "C"
score: 53
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US Dividend Index"
category_rank: "29 of 53"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# QDF: Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF

Grade **C**, Score 53 of 100. Rank 29 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 | 51 | 25 of 53 |
| Tradability | 70 | 14 of 53 |
| Holdings | 37 | 40 of 53 |
| Durability | 69 | 17 of 53 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 143 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | AAPL | Apple Inc Common Stock USD 0.00001 | 9.45% |
| 2 | NVDA | NVIDIA Corp Common Stock USD 0.001 | 7.66% |
| 3 | MSFT | Microsoft Corp Common Stock USD 0.00000625 | 4.68% |
| 4 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson Common Stock USD 1 | 2.86% |
| 5 | LRCX | Lam Research Corp Common Stock USD 0.001 | 2.65% |
| 6 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc Common Stock USD | 2.61% |
| 7 | JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co Common Stock USD 1 | 2.40% |
| 8 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-Cl A - Common Stock USD 0.001 | 2.35% |
| 9 | GE | General Electric Co | 2.19% |
| 10 | PM | Philip Morris International Inc Common Stock USD 0 | 1.97% |
| 11 | GOOG | Alphabet Inc-Cl C - Common Stock USD 0.001 | 1.74% |
| 12 | KLAC | Kla Corp Common Stock USD 0.001 | 1.69% |
| 13 | META | Meta Platforms Inc Common Stock USD 0.000006 | 1.57% |
| 14 | MU | Micron Technology Inc Common Stock USD 0.1 | 1.53% |
| 15 | GEV | Ge Vernova Inc Common Stock USD 0.01 | 1.46% |
| 16 | — | Cash | 1.28% |
| 17 | GILD | Gilead Sciences Inc Common Stock USD 0.001 | 1.26% |
| 18 | QCOM | Qualcomm Inc Common Stock USD 0.0001 | 1.26% |
| 19 | MS | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. | 1.06% |
| 20 | PG | The Procter & Gamble Company. | 1.02% |
| 21 | — | S&P500 Emini Fut Equity Index 18/DEC/2026 ESZ6 | 1.02% |
| 22 | 0Y0Y.L | Accenture PLC Common Stock USD 0.0000225 | 0.89% |
| 23 | WDC | Western Digital Corp Common Stock USD 0.01 | 0.88% |
| 24 | LLY | Eli Lilly and Company | 0.86% |
| 25 | BKNG | Booking Holdings Inc Common Stock USD 0.008 | 0.84% |
| 26 | MO | Altria Group Inc Common Stock USD 0.333 | 0.82% |
| 27 | BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Common Stock USD 0.1 | 0.81% |
| 28 | ADP | Automatic Data Processing Inc Common Stock USD 0.1 | 0.75% |
| 29 | TT | Trane Technologies PLC Common Stock USD 1 | 0.72% |
| 30 | NTAP | Netapp Inc Common Stock USD 0.001 | 0.68% |

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