QLVD vs. PID ETF Comparison

Comparison of FlexShares Developed Markets ex-US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund (QLVD) to PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers (PID)

QLVD

FlexShares Developed Markets ex-US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund

QLVD Description

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Northern Trust Developed Markets ex-US Quality Low Volatility IndexSM. The underlying index is designed to reflect the performance of a selection of companies that, in aggregate, possess lower overall absolute volatility characteristics relative to a broad universe of securities domiciled in developed market countries, excluding the U.S. The fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the underlying index and in ADRs and GDRs based on the securities in the underlying index. It is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$28.92

Average Daily Volume

2,831

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

PID

PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers

PID Description

The PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (Fund) is based on the NASDAQ International Dividend AchieversTM Index (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in dividend paying common stocks that comprise the Index. The Index is designed to identify an international group of American Depository Receipts, Global Depositary Receipts and non-U.S. common or ordinary stocks that have qualified as International Dividend Achievers™. These companies have increased their annual dividend for five or more consecutive fiscal years. The Fund and the Index are reconstituted annually in January and rebalanced quarterly in January, April, July and October. Effective December 28, 2012, the NADAQ OMX Group, Inc., replaced Mergent, Inc., as the Index Provider of the Index. Effective February 25, 2013, the name of the Index changed from International Dividend Achievers Index to NASDAQ International Dividend Achievers Index. There will be no change to the methodology by which NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., the Index Provider, calculates the Index. Please see the Fund’s prospectus supplement for more information. On February 25, 2013, NASDAQ took the place of the NYSE as the official Index data source.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$19.81

Average Daily Volume

91,069

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	QLVD	PID
30 Days	3.01%	2.96%
60 Days	7.13%	6.25%
90 Days	10.81%	12.42%
12 Months	18.07%	15.54%

3 Overlapping Holdings

Symbol	Grade	Weight in QLVD	Weight in PID	Overlap
CNI	D	1.26%	1.16%	1.16%
NVS	C	2.56%	2.7%	2.56%
TD	B	0.56%	3.85%	0.56%

QLVD Overweight 2 Positions Relative to PID

	Symbol	Grade	Weight
	UL	C	2.95%
	MFG	D	0.98%

QLVD Underweight 21 Positions Relative to PID

Symbol	Grade	Weight
BTI	C	-4.72%
NGG	C	-4.5%
PHI	D	-3.93%
AY	C	-3.75%
SNY	B	-3.19%
INFY	C	-3.03%
OTEX	D	-2.51%
DEO	C	-1.95%
PSO	C	-1.78%
SMFG	D	-1.75%
KOF	D	-1.64%
DOX	C	-1.61%
MUFG	D	-1.51%
GFI	F	-1.47%
RELX	B	-1.22%
RBA	B	-1.15%
SAP	B	-1.05%
WTW	C	-1.0%
NVO	C	-0.68%
LOGI	D	-0.65%
WCN	D	-0.51%