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FlexShares Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt Index Fund

TILT (FlexShares Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt Index Fund)

The verdict

What the numbers say

80.2% of this portfolio matches the total US market, which costs $10 a year per $100,000 to own outright. This fund charges $250 a year.

19.8%: 22nd percentile of 154 available values · source as of 2026-04-30vs the total US market · fund as of 2026-04-30 · measured against the filed holdings of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), as of 2026-03-31
19.8%Russell 3000 Index · benchmark match · fund as of 2026-04-30 · measured against the filed holdings of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), as of 2026-03-31 · declared source as of 2025-10-31
0.25%: 21st percentile of 153 available values · source as of 2025-10-31SEC expense filing · as of 2025-10-31
TILT fee per active unit1.26%expense as of 2025-10-31; fund as of 2026-04-30; proxy as of 2026-03-31
Computed from SEC filings · fund portfolio as of 2026-04-30.
Data provenance

Run 363649da-fcfb-4007-87ef-de06de7710ca; method closet-index@2.0.0; fund accession 0002071691-26-014822; comparison periods and expense-filing links appear with their figures. Machine capture time: 2026-07-29T14:22:09.616Z.

Computed rule checks

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· Rule 1

The fund’s filed benchmark and its closest approved index control point to the same comparison.

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Warning

· Rule 2

80.2% of this portfolio matches the total US market, which costs $10 a year per $100,000 to own outright. This fund charges $250 a year.

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· Rule 3

No complete licensed window and filed headline fee are available together for this check.

Computed on licensed market-return history · filed fee as of 2025-10-31

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Filed fees in dollars

SEC-convention illustration

Computed from SEC filings

Assumptions for each dollar figure: $100,000 starting amount · 5.0% annual return · annual compounding · fees deducted annually · 0.01% computed index-control baseline. Methodology.

Illustrated difference between each class’s filed expense ratio and the computed index-control baseline. Lowest-cost classes are omitted rather than compared with themselves. Computed from SEC filings.
Share class and filing10 years20 years30 years
TILT0.25% · SEC expense filing · as of 2025-10-31$3,682$11,848$28,595

Real trailing windows

Computed on licensed market-return history

Trailing windows use Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) adjusted-close total-return history through 2026-07-29 and the same filed index-control fee baseline as the convention table. Methodology.

Dollar fee drag over actual trailing proxy-return windows. Lowest-cost classes are omitted rather than compared with themselves. Each result below is computed on licensed market-return history.
Share class and filing10 years20 years30 years
TILTFiled fee as of 2025-10-31$7,962Computed on licensed market-return history
2016-07-29 to 2026-07-29 · proxy return 14.39% annualized
$34,866Computed on licensed market-return history
2006-07-31 to 2026-07-29 · proxy return 11.13% annualized
Proxy history begins 2001 — no full 30-year window

Index-control tracking difference

Annualized fund NAV return minus the matched proxy return. Positive means the fund NAV return was higher over that window.

Derived annualized percentages only. Each result below is computed on licensed market-return history.
Fund NAV class10 years20 years30 years
TILTfund NAV history unavailable for TILTfund NAV history unavailable for TILTfund NAV history unavailable for TILT

These figures are illustrations, not predictions or personalized advice. Returns and fees can differ. Read the research disclaimer.

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Return mode

Computed from SEC filings

Assumptions for the dollar figures below: $100,000 starting amount; 5.0% annual return; 20 years; annual compounding; fees deducted annually; 0.01% computed index-control baseline. TILT SEC expense filing, as of 2025-10-31. Methodology.

SEC-convention illustration for TILT; expense ratio filed as of 2025-10-31.
ResultAmount
Ending value at baseline$264,825
Ending value at filed expense ratio$252,977
Difference attributed to fee drag$11,848

This is an illustration, not a prediction or personalized advice. Returns and fees can differ. Read the research disclaimer.

Largest active differences vs the total US market

The bars are labeled and repeated in the table; color is not the only signal. Linked company names open Buy Like Buffett’s company record; Sensible Investor does not score stocks.

HoldingFundtotal US marketDifference
Apple Inc4.30%5.96%-1.67%
NVIDIA Corp5.04%6.44%-1.40%
Microsoft Corp3.27%4.40%-1.13%
Meta Platforms Inc1.44%2.00%-0.56%
Tesla Inc1.16%1.67%-0.52%
Eli Lilly & Co0.80%1.25%-0.45%
Amazon.com Inc2.80%3.22%-0.42%
Alphabet Inc4.49%4.80%-0.31%
Exxon Mobil Corp0.86%1.13%-0.27%
Walmart Inc0.61%0.87%-0.27%

Source and verification

SEC N-PORT filing · filed 2026-06-25 · period 2026-04-30

SEC expense filing · period 2025-10-31

Immutable verification record · Active-share method

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Best-fit active share

Sensible Investor, “FlexShares Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt Index Fund — best-fit active share,” 19.8% versus the total US market, fund portfolio as of 2026-04-30; measured against the filed holdings of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), as of 2026-03-31. https://sensible-investor.com/registry/tilt/as-of/363649da-fcfb-4007-87ef-de06de7710ca

TILT filed expense ratio

Sensible Investor, “FlexShares Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt Index Fund — filed expense ratio,” 0.25% for TILT, as of 2025-10-31. https://sensible-investor.com/registry/tilt/as-of/363649da-fcfb-4007-87ef-de06de7710ca

TILT fee per active unit

Sensible Investor, “FlexShares Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt Index Fund — fee per unit of active management,” 1.26% using the TILT expense ratio as of 2025-10-31 and fund portfolio as of 2026-04-30. https://sensible-investor.com/registry/tilt/as-of/363649da-fcfb-4007-87ef-de06de7710ca