QLC vs. VLUE ETF Comparison

Comparison of FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund (QLC) to iShares MSCI USA Value Factor (VLUE)

QLC

FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund

QLC Description

FlexShares Trust - FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund is an exchange traded fund launched by Northern Trust Corporation. The fund is managed by Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated. It invests in public equity markets of the United States. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It invests in momentum stocks of large-cap companies. The fund seeks to track the performance of the Northern Trust Quality Large Cap Index, by employing representative sampling methodology. FlexShares Trust - FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund is domiciled in the United States.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$64.51

Average Daily Volume

38,957

Number of Holdings ^*

161

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

VLUE

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor

VLUE Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of MSCI USA Value Weighted Index that measures the performance of U.S. large- and mid-capitalization stocks with value characteristics and relatively lower valuations, before fees and expenses. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in the securities of the underlying index or in depositary receipts representing securities in its underlying index. The MSCI USA Value Weighted Index (the "underlying index") is based on a traditional market capitalization-weighted parent index, the MSCI USA Index, which includes U.S. large- and mid- capitalization stocks.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$108.87

Average Daily Volume

289,405

Number of Holdings ^*

148

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	QLC	VLUE
30 Days	2.03%	3.88%
60 Days	3.65%	1.59%
90 Days	5.01%	5.49%
12 Months	33.13%	19.92%

51 Overlapping Holdings

Symbol	Grade	Weight in QLC	Weight in VLUE	Overlap
ADM	D	0.02%	0.77%	0.02%
AIG	D	0.52%	0.51%	0.51%
ALLY	F	0.32%	0.09%	0.09%
AMAT	D	0.77%	2.77%	0.77%
BAC	D	1.3%	1.95%	1.3%
BBY	C	0.21%	0.42%	0.21%
BK	B	0.62%	0.43%	0.43%
BMY	C	0.4%	1.42%	0.4%
C	C	1.1%	1.57%	1.1%
CI	C	0.9%	1.62%	0.9%
CMI	C	0.27%	0.52%	0.27%
CNC	D	0.4%	0.78%	0.4%
COF	B	0.57%	0.52%	0.52%
CSCO	C	1.14%	5.84%	1.14%
CTSH	C	0.36%	1.15%	0.36%
DELL	D	0.3%	0.77%	0.3%
DVA	B	0.41%	0.09%	0.09%
ELV	C	0.17%	1.4%	0.17%
EVRG	B	0.03%	0.27%	0.03%
EXPE	C	0.04%	0.37%	0.04%
FITB	B	0.25%	0.2%	0.2%
GILD	B	0.15%	1.27%	0.15%
GS	C	0.57%	1.21%	0.57%
HST	C	0.46%	0.25%	0.25%
JBL	D	0.23%	0.27%	0.23%
KR	C	0.47%	0.76%	0.47%
LDOS	B	0.55%	0.19%	0.19%
LEN	B	0.11%	1.72%	0.11%
LYB	D	0.13%	0.26%	0.13%
MAA	B	0.02%	0.21%	0.02%
MET	B	0.52%	0.45%	0.45%
MO	C	0.29%	1.44%	0.29%
NTAP	D	0.18%	0.54%	0.18%
NUE	F	0.4%	0.46%	0.4%
PCAR	D	0.27%	0.67%	0.27%
PHM	B	0.26%	1.06%	0.26%
PPL	C	0.57%	0.33%	0.33%
PRU	C	0.27%	0.44%	0.27%
SPG	B	0.61%	1.2%	0.61%
STLD	F	0.4%	0.23%	0.23%
STT	A	0.4%	0.24%	0.24%
SYF	C	0.43%	0.18%	0.18%
T	C	0.78%	6.04%	0.78%
TAP	D	0.26%	0.35%	0.26%
TXT	D	0.02%	0.26%	0.02%
UTHR	C	0.13%	0.22%	0.13%
VLO	F	0.53%	0.78%	0.53%
WAB	B	0.26%	0.29%	0.26%
WFC	D	0.33%	1.43%	0.33%
WY	C	0.47%	0.6%	0.47%
ZM	C	0.05%	0.41%	0.05%

QLC Overweight 110 Positions Relative to VLUE

Symbol	Grade	Weight
AAPL	C	7.79%
NVDA	D	5.76%
MSFT	C	5.1%
GOOGL	D	2.73%
GOOG	D	2.7%
BRK.A	C	2.35%
META	B	2.32%
AMZN	C	2.26%
JPM	D	1.83%
AVGO	C	1.8%
JNJ	C	1.67%
LLY	C	1.49%
PG	C	1.36%
MRK	D	1.1%
INTU	C	1.08%
ORCL	C	1.03%
GE	B	1.01%
ADBE	F	0.92%
SO	B	0.9%
CAT	B	0.89%
LRCX	F	0.83%
KLAC	D	0.83%
ITW	C	0.75%
CMCSA	D	0.75%
QCOM	D	0.72%
ACN	C	0.71%
MCK	F	0.69%
AMGN	B	0.67%
LMT	C	0.65%
HD	B	0.65%
AFL	C	0.63%
NFLX	B	0.62%
CBRE	A	0.6%
PEG	B	0.6%
ETR	B	0.59%
MPC	F	0.59%
FICO	B	0.59%
NVR	B	0.59%
AZO	D	0.59%
AVB	B	0.59%
BKNG	C	0.57%
ED	C	0.57%
ESS	B	0.57%
PM	C	0.56%
GWW	B	0.56%
TSLA	C	0.55%
ADI	C	0.54%
CHKP	B	0.54%
PSA	B	0.54%
MS	D	0.53%
EBAY	B	0.51%
EQR	B	0.49%
KMB	D	0.48%
MELI	B	0.46%
LOW	B	0.45%
NRG	C	0.43%
OMC	B	0.42%
FTNT	C	0.42%
GIS	B	0.42%
RMD	C	0.42%
EXC	C	0.41%
MTD	D	0.4%
EXPD	C	0.4%
CL	D	0.39%
UPS	D	0.37%
FIS	B	0.35%
CSL	B	0.34%
RCL	B	0.31%
MCHP	F	0.28%
EA	D	0.27%
MMM	B	0.27%
MAS	B	0.26%
EIX	C	0.23%
ICLR	D	0.23%
ABBV	C	0.23%
HOLX	B	0.22%
IDXX	C	0.22%
OXY	F	0.22%
HCA	B	0.22%
APP	C	0.21%
CAH	C	0.21%
DASH	C	0.2%
ABNB	D	0.2%
PSX	F	0.19%
IT	B	0.19%
WSM	D	0.16%
HOOD	C	0.15%
PAYX	C	0.15%
THC	A	0.15%
ABT	C	0.14%
DFS	B	0.14%
MANH	B	0.12%
CE	F	0.12%
REGN	C	0.11%
AOS	D	0.1%
EME	B	0.1%
CRBG	D	0.08%
GEHC	C	0.08%
TGT	C	0.07%
SMCI	F	0.06%
FLEX	C	0.06%
SYK	C	0.05%
DHR	B	0.05%
ADP	B	0.05%
JLL	B	0.03%
CRM	D	0.03%
ROP	C	0.03%
EMR	D	0.02%
MEDP	F	0.02%
LAMR	B	0.02%

QLC Underweight 97 Positions Relative to VLUE

Symbol	Grade	Weight
IBM	B	-4.24%
VZ	B	-3.25%
INTC	F	-3.09%
GM	C	-3.06%
PFE	C	-2.56%
RTX	C	-1.86%
DHI	B	-1.77%
F	F	-1.71%
CVS	D	-1.67%
NXPI	F	-1.24%
FDX	C	-1.2%
HPE	D	-1.19%
HPQ	D	-1.13%
GLW	C	-1.05%
TEL	D	-1.05%
KHC	C	-0.88%
ON	D	-0.78%
URI	B	-0.71%
WBD	D	-0.68%
PCG	C	-0.62%
FANG	D	-0.61%
SWKS	D	-0.59%
JCI	B	-0.55%
LHX	C	-0.52%
TFC	C	-0.51%
D	C	-0.5%
FSLR	C	-0.47%
USB	B	-0.45%
TSN	C	-0.44%
VTRS	D	-0.43%
MRO	C	-0.42%
BLDR	C	-0.39%
GEN	B	-0.39%
JNPR	B	-0.37%
FFIV	B	-0.35%
CTRA	D	-0.33%
OC	D	-0.32%
OVV	F	-0.31%
QRVO	F	-0.31%
FOXA	B	-0.3%
CAG	C	-0.29%
DOW	D	-0.28%
VST	C	-0.28%
PARA	F	-0.27%
SJM	C	-0.26%
MTB	B	-0.26%
SSNC	B	-0.26%
LKQ	F	-0.26%
ES	C	-0.25%
CFG	C	-0.24%
HIG	B	-0.24%
LH	C	-0.24%
WBA	F	-0.24%
EQT	D	-0.23%
RPRX	C	-0.22%
AZPN	B	-0.22%
UHS	B	-0.22%
BG	D	-0.22%
TWLO	D	-0.22%
GPN	D	-0.22%
ATO	B	-0.22%
SNA	C	-0.19%
KNX	C	-0.19%
DGX	B	-0.19%
APTV	D	-0.18%
RF	B	-0.18%
MOS	F	-0.18%
EG	C	-0.18%
DINO	F	-0.18%
DAL	C	-0.18%
IP	B	-0.17%
CNH	D	-0.17%
APA	F	-0.17%
FOX	B	-0.16%
AKAM	D	-0.16%
CHK	D	-0.16%
HBAN	B	-0.15%
CF	C	-0.15%
SOLV	C	-0.15%
CPT	B	-0.14%
SWK	B	-0.13%
ACI	F	-0.13%
L	C	-0.13%
UHAL	A	-0.13%
FBIN	B	-0.13%
HII	D	-0.13%
KEY	B	-0.12%
SW	B	-0.12%
NLY	B	-0.12%
EMN	B	-0.11%
LUV	C	-0.11%
FCNCA	D	-0.1%
EQH	C	-0.1%
FNF	B	-0.09%
BIO	C	-0.06%
BEN	F	-0.06%
WLK	D	-0.05%