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ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF

$76.94-0.01% today
647952-WK

Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in component securities of the index. The index contains a minimum of 40 stocks, which are equally weighted, and no single sector is allowed to comprise more than 30% of the index weight.

Price & daily flows
75.971.667.376.94DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +16.2% so far this year. At 0.40% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$726Massets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
109Kavg daily volume, 30 days
102holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed February 2, 2015 · beta 0.49
Sector weights
Finance33.09%
Financial Services31.82%
Industrials22.06%
Utilities17.61%
Producer Manufacturing14.58%
Basic Materials7.38%
Real Estate6.58%
Consumer Non-Durables5.69%
Process Industries5.03%
Consumer Defensive4.68%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.8%
Other0.28%
Cash0.2%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.3%
1 month-0.2%
3 months+6.7%
6 months+5.3%
YTD+16.2%
1 year+11.4%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
3calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
84Kshares traded
The case against SMDV

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SMDV on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-35bp on fee · 177× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF0.04%$1.7B+$15M-36bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$15M in over the monthHead-to-head
DIVB iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF0.05%$1.9B+$136M-35bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$136M in over the monthHead-to-head
VO Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund0.04%$68.1B-36bp on fee · 94× the assetsHead-to-head
IMCG iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF0.06%$4.2B+$69M-34bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$69M in over the monthHead-to-head
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