ProShares - Short SmallCap600
$23.38+0.00 (+0.00%)
- Expense ratio
- 2.28%
- Fund size
- $4M
- 1Y return
- −12.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.57%
- Holdings
- 7
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $23.70
- 52W range
The ETF.net SBB Grade
Score 40 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E. A structural cap ceilings this fund at 40, so B and A are out of reach.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.DScore 30Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 65Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 42Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.Not scoredDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 42Category rank
Our read on SBB
CThe plain-vanilla short on small caps: one line, no leverage multiplier, aiming for the inverse of the S&P SmallCap 600's daily move. It has been doing that one job since 2007.
The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse of the daily performance of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.
Why people hold it
- A straight -1x: it aims for the inverse of the S&P SmallCap 600's daily return, with no leverage multiplier stacked on top. Simpler math than geared bear funds.proshares.com
- Running since 2007, a long tenure for an inverse equity fund, with the same one-day-at-a-time mandate the whole way.
- The cheaper of the two ProShares bear funds built on this index: 2.28% a year here versus 4.67% for SDD.
- Short exposure through an ordinary brokerage account: no margin agreement, no borrowing shares, and a share can't cost you more than you paid for it.proshares.com
Worth knowing
- The target resets daily. Over longer holds, compounding pulls results away from the simple inverse of the index, most of all in choppy markets.proshares.com
- Fees are 2.28% a year, roughly double the typical bear-fund charge, so a long hold pays real rent.
- Small asset base and light trading: spreads can widen and size can move the price, so the entry ticket matters as much as the thesis.
SBB Holdings
- Stocks
- 7
- 100%
- Net Other Assets (Liabilities)
SBB Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | SBB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −12.8% |
| 1 month | +5.2% |
| 3 months | +3.3% |
| 1 year | −12.6% |
| 3 years | −11.0% |
| 5 years | −5.2% |
| 10 years | −11.0% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | SBB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −12.8% | |
| 2025 | −3.6% | |
| 2024 | −3.7% | |
| 2023 | −10.5% | |
| 2022 | +13.7% | |
| 2021 | −25.4% | |
| 2020 | −26.5% |
SBB in the news
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SBB Dividends
- 3.57%
- $0.84
- $0.21 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Dec 24, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.23 |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.25 |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 | $0.22 |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 | $0.24 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.50 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Oct 2, 2024 | $0.33 |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Jul 3, 2024 | $0.38 |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.22 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 28, 2023 | $0.55 |
| Sep 20, 2023 | Sep 27, 2023 | $0.47 |
SBB Risk
This fund targets a multiple of the daily move of its index and resets daily. Hold it longer than one reset and compounding makes the return diverge from that target. In choppy markets it can lose value even when the index ends flat.
- 18.6%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- −0.70
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −39.4%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- −0.99
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SBB Cost
- The middle half of Leveraged Inverse (2x & Other) funds
- Median 1.44%
36 of the 53 Leveraged Inverse (2x & Other) funds charge less.