# Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive ETF (QDEF) — Dividends

QDEF · NYSE · Fund

Canonical page: https://www.lighthorse.io/tickers/qdef/dividends

## Dividend summary

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| 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](/instructions/learning/ex-dividend-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](/instructions/learning/dividend-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.

## Payment history

| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $0.54 |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.32 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.34 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 | $0.45 |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Sep 26, 2024 | $0.33 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 27, 2024 | $0.34 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Mar 21, 2024 | $0.18 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | $0.46 |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 | $0.27 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Jun 23, 2023 | $0.38 |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Mar 23, 2023 | $0.19 |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Dec 22, 2022 | $0.39 |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Sep 22, 2022 | $0.32 |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Jun 24, 2022 | $0.32 |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Mar 24, 2022 | $0.21 |
| Dec 17, 2021 | Dec 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](https://www.lighthorse.io/instructions/learning/dividend-yield)

### 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](https://www.lighthorse.io/instructions/learning/ex-dividend-date)

### Has QDEF been raising its distribution?

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

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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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