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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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ProShares Trust II is a Delaware statutory trust. Co. is organized into separate series (each, a Fund and collectively, the Funds). ProShare Capital Management LLC, serves as Co.'s Sponsor, commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor. Each of the Funds generally invests or will invest in Financial Instruments (instruments whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset, rate or index, including futures contracts, swap agreements, forward contracts and other instruments) as a substitute for investing directly in commodities, currencies or spot volatility products. According to our ProShares Ultrashort Silver stock split history records, ProShares Ultrashort Silver has had 5 splits. | |
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ProShares Ultrashort Silver (ZSL) has 5 splits in our ProShares Ultrashort Silver stock split history database. The first split for ZSL took place on April 15, 2010. This was a 1 for 10 reverse split, meaning for each 10 shares of ZSL owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 100 share position following the split. ZSL's second split took place on February 25, 2011. This was a 1 for 4 reverse split, meaning for each 4 shares of ZSL owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 100 share position pre-split, became a 25 share position following the split. ZSL's third split took place on May 11, 2012. This was a 1 for 5 reverse split, meaning for each 5 shares of ZSL owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 25 share position pre-split, became a 5 share position following the split. ZSL's 4th split took place on November 13, 2015. This was a 2 for 1 split, meaning for each share of ZSL owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 2 shares. For example, a 5 share position pre-split, became a 10 share position following the split. ZSL's 5th split took place on May 26, 2021. This was a 1 for 4 reverse split, meaning for each 4 shares of ZSL owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 10 share position pre-split, became a 2.5 share position following the split.
When a company such as ProShares Ultrashort Silver splits its shares, the market capitalization before and after the split takes place remains stable, meaning the shareholder now owns more shares but each are valued at a lower price per share. Often, however, a lower priced stock on a per-share basis can attract a wider range of buyers. If that increased demand causes the share price to appreciate, then the total market capitalization rises post-split. This does not always happen, however, often depending on the underlying fundamentals of the business. When a company such as ProShares Ultrashort Silver 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 Ultrashort Silver 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 Ultrashort Silver shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of ZSL, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete ProShares Ultrashort Silver stock split history.
Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
05/09/2014 |
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End date: |
05/07/2024 |
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Start price/share: |
$177.12 |
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End price/share: |
$13.69 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
-92.27% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-22.58% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$773.08 |
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Years: |
10.00 |
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Date |
Ratio |
04/15/2010 | 1 for 10 | 02/25/2011 | 1 for 4 | 05/11/2012 | 1 for 5 | 11/13/2015 | 2 for 1 | 05/26/2021 | 1 for 4 |
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