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Using the FlexShares Dividend Quality Score (DQS), as represented in an ETF such as IQDF, can help investors find reliable ex-US equity income.
“For international dividend payers, the DQS score evaluates dividend-paying equities across all of these lenses, ranks companies on a sector basis and evaluates firms on both a regional and sector basis. This not only ensures an ‘apples-to-apples’ comparison – profiling like firms against each other – it also serves to identify quality companies in every sector and country, supporting diversification through the construction process and opportunity set,” according to FlexShares.
The $971.1 million IQDF has a trailing 12-month dividend yield of 3.55%.
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