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ProShares UltraShort Consumer Staples (SZK)

Trading--Inverse Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
21.26 USD -0.28 (-1.304%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 9:33 a.m. EDT)
After hours: 21.26 -0.28 (-0.281%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4:04 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:53 a.m. EDT

This is a leveraged inverse ETF designed to bet against consumer staples, making it fundamentally unsuited for long-term holding due to the inevitable decay of leveraged products over time. The price history confirms this structural deterioration: the asset has lost over 83% of its value over the last nine years, with the most recent three years showing consecutive annual declines. This multi-year downtrend is the definitive signal that the market views the underlying strategy as failing to generate alpha, regardless of any temporary sector rotations. While the recent 14-day price action shows minor volatility, it remains trapped below key moving averages, offering no immediate catalyst for a reversal. The 'dividend' is a trap; while the yield appears attractive at 2.66%, the payout ratio is unsustainable given the asset's eroding principal value, and these distributions are essentially returning capital to shareholders rather than funding growth. With no options flow to suggest a speculative turnaround and a statistical forecast showing zero directional bias, the only rational stance is avoidance.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.028425
AutoARIMA0.030757
AutoETS0.030758
AutoTheta0.053352

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 51%
H-stat 1.42
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.333
Excess Kurtosis -0.48

As of July 11, 2026, 3:53 a.m. EDT: Options activity is virtually dormant with negligible open interest and volume across all expirations. Implied volatility is extremely low, indicating a lack of speculative positioning or hedging demand. The market is effectively ignoring this instrument for directional bets.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.60% 2.44% 3.96% 2.82%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-24 0.128 0.599813
2026-03-25 0.052 0.224913
2025-12-24 0.206 0.815519
2025-09-24 0.200 0.794913
2025-06-25 0.150 0.625000
2025-03-26 0.188 0.764849
2024-12-23 0.370 1.463608
2024-09-25 0.246 1.061260
2024-06-26 0.516 1.960486
2024-03-20 0.328 1.194465
2023-12-20 0.364 1.138211
2023-09-20 0.386 1.242756
2023-06-21 0.434 1.492435
2023-03-22 0.048 0.157171
2022-12-22 0.184 0.560976
2020-03-25 0.064 0.053369
2019-12-24 0.224 0.259259
2019-09-25 0.480 0.482703
2019-06-25 0.432 0.404494
2019-03-20 0.328 0.276840
2018-12-26 0.304 0.207764
2018-09-26 0.296 0.254646
2018-06-20 0.120 0.099272
2008-12-23 603.648 23.639097
2008-09-24 8.352 0.352798
2008-06-24 3.104 0.124279
2008-03-25 10.688 0.493718
2007-12-20 17.792 0.894034
2007-09-25 15.392 0.740114
2007-06-26 37.824 1.748779
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 2.66

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 4,015.68
All Time Low 11.99
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 1,000
Average Daily Volume10 Day 830
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,544
Average Volume 1,544
Average Volume10Days 830
Beta3 Year -0.85
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 1,000
Category Trading--Inverse Equity
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 21.2604
Day Low 21.2041
Dividend Yield 2.66
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 21.7836
Fifty Day Average Change -0.5231991
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.024018027
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -9.571791
Fifty Two Week High 27.72
Fifty Two Week High Change -6.4595985
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.23303026
Fifty Two Week Low 18.4
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.8604012
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.15545659
Fifty Two Week Range 18.4 - 27.72
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,170,340,200,000
Five Year Average Return -0.0362188
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
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 consumer staples 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 Consumer Staples
Market us_market
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_32432078
Nav Price 21.9624
Net Assets 4,739,802.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.95
Open 21.2041
Post Market Change -0.28089905
Post Market Change Percent -1.3040023
Post Market Price 21.2604
Post Market Time 1,783,973,048
Previous Close 21.5413
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.280899
Regular Market Change Percent -1.304
Regular Market Day High 21.2604
Regular Market Day Low 21.2041
Regular Market Day Range 21.2041 - 21.2604
Regular Market Open 21.2041
Regular Market Previous Close 21.5413
Regular Market Price 21.2604
Regular Market Time 1,783,949,600
Regular Market Volume 533
Short Name ProShares UltraShort Consumer S
Source Interval 15
Symbol SZK
Three Year Average Return -0.056942202
Total Assets 4,739,802
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -3.27815
Trailing Three Month Returns -3.27815
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 23.2927
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.032299
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.08725047
Type Disp ETF
Volume 533
Yield 0.026600001
Ytd Return -13.35659