ETF PROAI
SMDVProSharesINDEX

ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF

$72.97+1.15% vs prior close
647952-WK

Price through Oct 2 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 2. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 2.

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
75.971.667.372.97DAILY NET FLOWOct 2Feb 2Jun 2Oct 2

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

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +10.4% so far this year. At 0.40% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ISZE has a reported fee of 0.30%.

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
107Kavg daily volume, 30 days
102holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed February 3, 2015 · beta 0.46
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-0.6%
1 month-4.1%
3 months-5.2%
6 months+6.1%
YTD+10.4%
1 year+10.0%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
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CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
10%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
14%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.8%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
106Kshares 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
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-37bp on fee · 57× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-37bp on fee · 25× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-35bp on fee · 169× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-36bp on fee · 45× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-36bp on fee · 33× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
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