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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500 is an open-end management investment company. The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to three times the inverse (-3x) of the daily performance of the S&P 500 Index (the Index). The Index is a measure of large-cap U.S. stock market performance. It is a float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index of 500 U.S. operating companies and real estate investment trusts selected through a process that factors criteria such as liquidity, price, market capitalization and financial viability. As of May 31 2013, the Fund's total assets and investment portfolio totaled $682,691,231 and $678,185,738, respectively. According to our ProShares Trust - UltraPro Short S&P 500 ETF stock split history records, ProShares Trust - UltraPro Short S&P 500 ETF has had 4 splits. | |
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ProShares Trust - UltraPro Short S&P 500 ETF (SPXU) has 4 splits in our ProShares Trust - UltraPro Short S&P 500 ETF stock split history database. The first split for SPXU took place on May 11, 2012. This was a 1 for 5 reverse split, meaning for each 5 shares of SPXU owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 200 share position following the split. SPXU's second split took place on January 24, 2014. This was a 1 for 4 reverse split, meaning for each 4 shares of SPXU owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 200 share position pre-split, became a 50 share position following the split. SPXU's third split took place on May 24, 2018. This was a 1 for 4 reverse split, meaning for each 4 shares of SPXU owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 50 share position pre-split, became a 12.5 share position following the split. SPXU's 4th split took place on January 21, 2021. This was a 1 for 5 reverse split, meaning for each 5 shares of SPXU owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 12.5 share position pre-split, became a 2.5 share position following the split.
When a company such as ProShares Trust - UltraPro Short S&P 500 ETF conducts a reverse share split, it is usually because shares have fallen to a lower per-share pricepoint than the company would like. This can be important because, for example, certain types of mutual funds might have a limit governing which stocks they may buy, based upon per-share price. The $5 and $10 pricepoints tend to be important in this regard. Stock exchanges also tend to look at per-share price, setting a lower limit for listing eligibility. So when a company does a reverse split, it is looking mathematically at the market capitalization before and after the reverse split takes place, and concluding that if the market capitilization remains stable, the reduced share count should result in a higher price per share.
Looking at the ProShares Trust - UltraPro Short S&P 500 ETF stock split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 2.5 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into ProShares Trust - UltraPro Short S&P 500 ETF shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of SPXU, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete ProShares Trust - UltraPro Short S&P 500 ETF stock split history.
Growth of $10,000.00
With Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
03/31/2014 |
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End date: |
03/27/2024 |
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Start price/share: |
$1,122.20 |
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End price/share: |
$6.45 |
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Starting shares: |
8.91 |
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Ending shares: |
9.99 |
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Dividends reinvested/share: |
$6.67 |
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Total return: |
-99.36% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-39.63% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$64.39 |
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Years: |
10.00 |
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Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
03/31/2014 |
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End date: |
03/27/2024 |
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Start price/share: |
$1,122.20 |
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End price/share: |
$6.45 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$6.67 |
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Total return: |
-98.83% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-35.92% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$116.88 |
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Years: |
10.00 |
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Date |
Ratio |
05/11/2012 | 1 for 5 | 01/24/2014 | 1 for 4 | 05/24/2018 | 1 for 4 | 01/21/2021 | 1 for 5 |
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