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About ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF
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Inception date
Feb 5, 2015
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
ProShare Advisors LLC
Distributor
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
SMDV aims for strong total returns via a concentrated basket of small-cap stocks, each with a long history of increasing dividends. The investment thesis: small firms with a proven record of increasing dividends deliver stable growth. That the fund culls only about 50 names from a broad 2,000-stock universe indicates how few firms make the cut. SMDV`s holdings are equally weighted, which will likely further distance its exposure from that of the Russell 2000. SMDV strictly holds firms with growing dividends. In all, the fund targets a narrow slice of the small-cap market rather than broad coverage of the entire small-cap space.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Utilities
Producer Manufacturing
Stocks99.82%
Finance37.12%
Utilities19.25%
Producer Manufacturing17.34%
Process Industries5.82%
Distribution Services3.19%
Consumer Non-Durables2.85%
Electronic Technology2.73%
Commercial Services2.65%
Transportation1.79%
Health Services1.13%
Technology Services1.09%
Health Technology1.06%
Consumer Durables1.04%
Consumer Services1.03%
Industrial Services0.97%
Communications0.74%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.18%
Cash0.18%
Stock breakdown by region
North America100.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history