ProShares - UltraShort Utilities
DThis fund multiplies its index's move each day and resets that multiple daily. Because daily returns compound, its long-run return can differ from the headline multiple.
$24.88−0.29 (−1.17%)
- 5.29%
- $2M
- +14.1%
- 3.54%
- 0M sh
- $25.18
- low $19.78high $28.50
The ETF.net SDP Grade
D
Score 32 out of 100
- 39 of 54
Score 32 of 100 falls in the D band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Very small fund, grade capped at C.
The cap holds the Score at 40 or below, so B and A are out of reach.
- The pillars earned
- 32
- This cap took
- −0
- Published Score
- 32
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F15 out of 100Rank 46 of 54Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B64 out of 100Rank 13 of 53Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D34 out of 100Rank 40 of 54Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D39 out of 100Rank 41 of 54
Our read on SDP
DThe short shelf's utilities specialist. Since 2007, SDP has aimed at twice the inverse of the S&P 500 utilities sector's daily move, a single-ticker way to lean against the market's bond-proxy corner instead of shorting it yourself.
The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, corresponding to approximately two times the inverse of the daily performance of the S&P Utilities Select Sector Index.
Why people hold it
- ProShares describes it as the only -2x ETF built to move opposite the utilities sector's daily performance. Narrow trade, very short shelf.proshares.com
- Trading since January 2007, one of the original ProShares leveraged and inverse sector funds. Its benchmark today is the S&P Utilities Select Sector Index.
- Inverse leveraged exposure through one ticker in a regular brokerage account: no shares to borrow, no short position to maintain.proshares.com
- A contractual ProShares expense limitation agreement caps total net annual operating expenses at 0.95%, far below what the fund's raw costs would otherwise be.sec.govsec.gov
Worth knowing
- The -2x target resets daily. Hold longer and compounding takes over, so a week's or a month's result can look very different from twice the inverse of the index move.proshares.com
- That 0.95% cap rests on a waiver ProShares renews for set periods and can revise. Before waivers, expenses run multiples of the leveraged and inverse median, so check the live prospectus.sec.gov
- A small fund that trades lightly next to the headline inverse names, and it holds one concentrated sector. Spreads and limit orders matter more here than size alone suggests.proshares.com
SDP Holdings
- Stocks
- 1
- 100%
- Net Other Assets (Liabilities)
SDP Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
SDP$11,410
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | SDP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.7% |
| 1 month | +2.5% |
| 3 months | +18.5% |
| 1 year | +14.1% |
| 3 years | −22.2% |
| 5 years | −14.6% |
| 10 years | −20.5% |
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 | SDP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.7% | |
| 2025 | −22.6% | |
| 2024 | −30.0% | |
| 2023 | +18.9% | |
| 2022 | −12.5% | |
| 2021 | −33.2% | |
| 2020 | −36.3% |
SDP in the news
SDP Dividends
- 3.54%
- $0.89
- $0.17 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
SDP 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.
- 29.7%
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.
- −0.73
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.
- −66.1%
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.
- −0.79
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SDP Cost
5.29%
SDP5.29%
- The middle half of Leveraged Inverse (2x & Other) funds
- Median 1.44%
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