Performance analysis of QLV (FLEXSHARES US QUALITY LOW VOLATILITY INDEX FUND)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, QLV has had an average annual return of +14.20%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.63% annual.
Over the past 5 years, QLV has had an average annual return of +9.97%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.73% annual.
Since Jul 16, 2019, QLV has had an average annual return of +11.49%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.60% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +7.61% | +12.28% | +18.08% | +13.71% | -9.97% | +26.09% | +9.66% | +6.23% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +2.06% | +2.07% | -3.91% | +3.76% | +1.87% | -0.23% | +1.94% | +7.61% | |||||
| 2025 | +1.79% | +1.49% | -1.87% | -1.44% | +3.26% | +1.95% | +0.67% | +3% | +2.29% | -0.79% | +2.35% | -0.88% | +12.28% |
| 2024 | +2.49% | +3.44% | +2.61% | -3.72% | +3.92% | +2.69% | +1.84% | +3.49% | +1.61% | -1.43% | +3.88% | -3.67% | +18.08% |
| 2023 | +2.18% | -2.63% | +3.04% | +2.15% | -2.38% | +4.73% | +1.67% | -0.94% | -3.91% | -0.30% | +6.80% | +3.05% | +13.71% |
| 2022 | -6.11% | -2.78% | +6.14% | -5.09% | -0.74% | -4.54% | +5.07% | -3.53% | -6.53% | +7.84% | +5.48% | -4.11% | -9.97% |
| 2021 | -0.97% | -0.51% | +4.50% | +5.11% | +0.25% | +2.35% | +4.39% | +2.55% | -5.56% | +7.73% | -1.02% | +5.34% | +26.09% |
| 2020 | +2.12% | -9.23% | -11.90% | +10.10% | +5.06% | +0.40% | +4.68% | +5.55% | -2.90% | -3.83% | +8.37% | +3.43% | +9.66% |
| 2019 | -0.51% | +1.16% | +0.44% | +0.49% | +2.62% | +1.91% | +6.23% |
Drawdown analysis of QLV (FLEXSHARES US QUALITY LOW VOLATILITY INDEX FUND)
The maximum drawdown for the QLV was -33.69%, occurring on Mar 23, 2020. Recovery took 114 trading sessions.
The current QLV drawdown is -0.69%.
Since Jul 16, 2019 QLV has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 30% or more: 1 time
- 20% or more: 1 time
- 10% or more: 3 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -33.69% | Feb 19, 2020 | 23 | Mar 23, 2020 | 114 | Sep 2, 2020 | 137 |
| -17.93% | Dec 29, 2021 | 198 | Oct 12, 2022 | 293 | Dec 12, 2023 | 491 |
| -12.05% | Dec 5, 2024 | 83 | Apr 8, 2025 | 43 | Jun 10, 2025 | 126 |
| -8.50% | Sep 2, 2020 | 41 | Oct 30, 2020 | 11 | Nov 16, 2020 | 52 |
| -6.87% | Sep 3, 2021 | 20 | Oct 4, 2021 | 16 | Oct 26, 2021 | 36 |
| -6.19% | Mar 2, 2026 | 19 | Mar 27, 2026 | 31 | May 12, 2026 | 50 |
| -5.37% | Jan 25, 2021 | 27 | Mar 4, 2021 | 16 | Mar 26, 2021 | 43 |
| -4.72% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 9 | Aug 16, 2024 | 23 |
| -4.46% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 18 | May 15, 2024 | 33 |
| -4.19% | Jul 26, 2019 | 6 | Aug 5, 2019 | 21 | Sep 4, 2019 | 27 |
| -3.57% | Nov 19, 2021 | 7 | Dec 1, 2021 | 7 | Dec 10, 2021 | 14 |
| -3.23% | May 7, 2021 | 3 | May 12, 2021 | 20 | Jun 10, 2021 | 23 |
| -3.17% | Oct 18, 2024 | 11 | Nov 4, 2024 | 4 | Nov 8, 2024 | 15 |
| -2.82% | Sep 6, 2019 | 18 | Oct 2, 2019 | 22 | Nov 1, 2019 | 40 |
| -2.73% | May 22, 2026 | 22 | Jun 25, 2026 | 5 | Jul 2, 2026 | 27 |
| -2.64% | Nov 8, 2024 | 5 | Nov 15, 2024 | 7 | Nov 26, 2024 | 12 |
| -2.45% | Dec 15, 2021 | 3 | Dec 20, 2021 | 4 | Dec 27, 2021 | 7 |
| -2.36% | Nov 12, 2025 | 6 | Nov 20, 2025 | 4 | Nov 26, 2025 | 10 |
| -2.35% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 4 | Sep 12, 2024 | 8 |
| -2.20% | Oct 27, 2025 | 8 | Nov 6, 2025 | 4 | Nov 12, 2025 | 12 |
| -2.06% | Nov 16, 2020 | 5 | Nov 23, 2020 | 10 | Dec 8, 2020 | 15 |
| -1.80% | May 21, 2024 | 6 | May 30, 2024 | 4 | Jun 5, 2024 | 10 |
| -1.80% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 11 | Oct 27, 2025 | 13 |
| -1.79% | Jun 12, 2025 | 5 | Jun 20, 2025 | 6 | Jun 30, 2025 | 11 |
| -1.65% | Jul 25, 2025 | 5 | Aug 1, 2025 | 5 | Aug 8, 2025 | 10 |