Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF
QDEF

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF (QDEF) dividend history and yield

Dividend summary

Frequency
Quarterly
Trailing 12 months
$1.42
Forward yield
1.56%
Growth streak
1 years

Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF pays a quarterly distribution. Its most recent payment was $0.34 per share, with an ex-date of September 18, 2026 and a pay date of September 24, 2026. Over the trailing twelve months, the fund paid $1.42 per share, a yield of 1.57% at a share price of $90.45.

The amount changes from one distribution to the next, with a clear seasonal shape. From 2022 through 2025, the December distribution was the largest of each calendar year and the March one the smallest. In the table, amounts ranged from $0.18 in March 2024 to $0.54 in December 2025. Distributions with ex-dates in each calendar year added up to $1.24 in 2022, $1.30 in 2023, $1.30 in 2024 and $1.41 in 2025. The source counts a growth streak of one year.

In 2026, three payments so far have been $0.20 in March and $0.34 in both June and September, for a total of $0.88. Ex-dates fall in the third week of March, June, September and December, with payment six or seven days later. If the pattern holds, the next distribution would go ex-distribution in mid-December 2026 and be paid about a week later.

Dividend per share by year

2025
$1.41
2024
$1.30
2023
$1.31
2022
$1.25
2021
$1.09
2020
$1.20

Dividend history

DeclaredEx-dividend datePay dateAmount
Sep 17, 2026Sep 18, 2026Sep 24, 2026$0.34
Jun 17, 2026Jun 18, 2026Jun 25, 2026$0.34
Mar 19, 2026Mar 20, 2026Mar 26, 2026$0.20
Dec 18, 2025Dec 19, 2025Dec 26, 2025$0.54
Sep 18, 2025Sep 19, 2025Sep 25, 2025$0.32
Jun 18, 2025Jun 20, 2025Jun 26, 2025$0.34
Mar 20, 2025Mar 21, 2025Mar 27, 2025$0.21
Dec 19, 2024Dec 20, 2024Dec 27, 2024$0.45
Sep 19, 2024Sep 20, 2024Sep 26, 2024$0.33
Jun 20, 2024Jun 21, 2024Jun 27, 2024$0.34
Mar 14, 2024Mar 15, 2024Mar 21, 2024$0.18
Dec 14, 2023Dec 15, 2023Dec 21, 2023$0.46
Sep 14, 2023Sep 15, 2023Sep 21, 2023$0.27
Jun 15, 2023Jun 16, 2023Jun 23, 2023$0.38
Mar 16, 2023Mar 17, 2023Mar 23, 2023$0.19
Dec 15, 2022Dec 16, 2022Dec 22, 2022$0.39
Sep 15, 2022Sep 16, 2022Sep 22, 2022$0.32
Jun 16, 2022Jun 17, 2022Jun 24, 2022$0.32
Jan 27, 2022Mar 18, 2022Mar 24, 2022$0.21
Jan 12, 2021Dec 17, 2021Dec 23, 2021$0.36

Frequently asked questions

  • Does Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF (QDEF) pay a distribution?

    Yes. Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF pays a quarterly distribution; the most recent payment was $0.34 per share.

  • What is QDEF's distribution yield?

    Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF paid $1.42 per share over the trailing twelve months, a yield of 1.56% at the last price of $91.40. Click here to learn more

  • When is QDEF's most recent ex-distribution date?

    Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF's most recent ex-distribution date is Sep 18, 2026, payable on Sep 24, 2026.

  • What is the difference between ex and payment dates?

    An ex-date is the cutoff day for ownership, the payment date is when the distribution actually happens. Click here to learn more

  • Has QDEF been raising its distribution?

    Yes — Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF has increased its distribution for 1 consecutive calendar years.

Dividend amounts and dates are supplied by third parties and may be revised. Declaring, raising, cutting or suspending a dividend is entirely at the issuer’s discretion, and scheduled dates are estimates until declared. A past record of payments does not mean future payments will be made. Nothing here suggests trading around a distribution.

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