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ProShares UltraShort Materials (SMN)

Trading--Inverse Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
18.53 USD +0.08 (0.452%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 9:30 a.m. EDT)
After hours: 18.53

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:09 a.m. EDT

This instrument represents a catastrophic long-term failure disguised by a mechanical dividend yield. The underlying business quality has collapsed, evidenced by a brutal nine-year trajectory where the asset has lost over 93% of its value, driven by six consecutive years of negative annual returns. This is not a value opportunity; it is a structural implosion where the market has correctly priced out the deteriorating fundamentals of the materials sector. While the 3.5% yield appears attractive on the surface, it is a phantom signal generated by the relentless erosion of share price, not by robust cash flows. For a short-term trader, the momentum is neutral to slightly bearish given the recent consolidation near lows, but the long-term outlook remains hopeless as the asset continues to bleed value against a backdrop of persistent underperformance.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.024121
AutoARIMA0.024404
MSTL0.024840
AutoETS0.025085

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 50%
H-stat 0.60
Ljung-Box p 0.014
Jarque-Bera p 0.708
Excess Kurtosis -0.55

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:09 a.m. EDT: Options activity is virtually dormant with negligible open interest and volume across all strikes. The lack of positioning suggests a complete absence of speculative directional bets, reflecting the instrument's status as a niche leveraged product rather than a vehicle for active speculation.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.59% 2.92% 4.29% 2.95%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-24 0.117 0.585293
2026-03-25 0.052 0.239852
2025-12-24 0.284 1.104199
2025-09-24 0.274 0.993474
2025-06-25 0.310 1.072664
2025-03-26 0.202 0.650773
2024-12-23 0.630 1.943245
2024-09-25 0.384 1.458967
2024-06-26 0.340 1.114024
2024-03-20 0.316 1.111111
2023-12-20 0.536 1.600956
2023-09-20 0.380 1.004228
2023-06-21 0.332 0.886752
2023-03-22 0.240 0.572519
2022-12-22 0.180 0.421348
2019-12-24 0.168 0.090206
2019-09-25 0.512 0.240511
2019-06-25 0.368 0.174441
2019-03-20 0.288 0.126805
2018-12-26 0.168 0.058043
2008-12-23 8508.160 61.732062
2008-09-24 55.040 0.384787
2008-06-24 19.520 0.217935
2008-03-25 36.800 0.296315
2007-12-20 103.040 0.765209
2007-09-25 77.120 0.506835
2007-06-26 351.040 2.020630
Additional Data
dividendYield 3.53

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 42,745.6
All Time Low 6.98
Ask 18.58
Ask Size 200
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,100
Average Daily Volume3 Month 4,001
Average Volume 4,001
Average Volume10Days 1,100
Beta3 Year -1.35
Bid 18.51
Bid Size 200
Category Trading--Inverse Equity
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 18.5296
Day Low 18.5296
Dividend Yield 3.53
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 19.6056
Fifty Day Average Change -1.0760002
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.054882288
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -29.916794
Fifty Two Week High 31.02
Fifty Two Week High Change -12.4904
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.40265635
Fifty Two Week Low 17.93
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.59959984
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.03344115
Fifty Two Week Range 17.93 - 31.02
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,170,426,600,000
Five Year Average Return -0.16427971
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change 0.0834007
Fullday Change Percent 0.45213
Fullday Price 18.5296
Fund Family ProShares
Fund Inception Date 1,170,115,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The index is designed to measure the performance of materials companies included in the S&P 500 Index. Under normal circumstances, the fund will obtain inverse leveraged exposure to at least 80% of its total assets in components of the index or in instruments with similar economic characteristics. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name ProShares UltraShort Materials
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_32432044
Nav Price 18.4663
Net Assets 4,168,490.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.95
Open 18.3
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 18.5296
Post Market Time 1,787,955,180
Previous Close 18.4462
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0834007
Regular Market Change Percent 0.45213
Regular Market Day High 18.5296
Regular Market Day Low 18.5296
Regular Market Day Range 18.5296 - 18.5296
Regular Market Open 18.3
Regular Market Previous Close 18.4462
Regular Market Price 18.5296
Regular Market Time 1,787,923,803
Regular Market Volume 218
Short Name ProShares UltraShort Materials
Source Interval 15
Symbol SMN
Three Year Average Return -0.1794506
Total Assets 4,168,490
Tradeable 0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 2.87845
Trailing Three Month Returns 2.87845
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 21.7997
Two Hundred Day Average Change -3.2700996
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.15000664
Type Disp ETF
Volume 218
Yield 0.0353
Ytd Return -21.07017