ProShares Short Financials
SEF NYSE Arca
ProShares Short Financials seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Financials℠ Index, which represents the sector in the S&P 500 (banks; thrifts & mortgage finance; diversified financial services;...
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- Fund size
- 15.2M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.95% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.60% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 14.6% Below Average
- Beta
- -0.73 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 28.7734.64
How SEF has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, SEF returned +0.7% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +2.6 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±15% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −17.0% on Sep 3, 2026 — 160 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 62% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of -0.73 means SEF has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Downtrend- 12-day average30.97 −1.0%
- 26-day average30.61 +0.1%
- 50-day average30.33 +1.1%
- 200-day average30.88 −0.7%
The price is above 2 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Finance · Inverse — tracking the Dow Jones U.S. Financials℠ Index.
- Assets under management15.2MUSD
- Expense ratio0.95%per year
- Holdings50
- Risk score5.7Medium
Launched June 2008. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 27, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 26 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 0.80
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 23, 2026
Last 12 months
0.80 USD / shareWhere SEF shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold SEF. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About ProShares Short Financials
ProShares Short Financials seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Financials℠ Index, which represents the sector in the S&P 500 (banks; thrifts & mortgage finance; diversified financial services; consumer finance; capital markets; mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs); and insurance)
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 50 holdings
- Ticker
- SEF
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US74347B1851
- CUSIP
- 74347B185
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Inverse
- Benchmark
- Dow Jones U.S. Financials℠ Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 27, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.