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About ProShares UltraShort Energy
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Inception date
Jan 30, 2007
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Synthetic
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
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.
DUG provides (-2x) inverse exposure to the daily performance of the S&P Energy Select Sector Index, a market-cap-weighted index of US oil and gas companies. The funds concentrated portfolio typically includes firms engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, integrated oil and gas, equipment for oil as well as renewable energy, pipelines, and alternative fuel producers. As a levered product with daily resets, DUG is not a buy-and-hold investment and should not be expected to provide index leverage returns greater than a one-day period. Prior to Mar. 20, 2023, the fund was called ProShares UltraShort Energy that tracked the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Cash
Government
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Cash67.41%
Government32.59%
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
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
DUG last dividends amounted to 0.24 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 0.61 USD in dividends, which shows a 159.39% decrease.
DUG assets under management is 12.38 M USD. It's fallen 16.70% over the last month.
DUG fund flows account for −10.09 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, DUG pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 5.58%. The last dividend (Apr 1, 2025) amounted to 0.24 USD. The dividends are paid quarterly.
DUG shares are issued by ProShare Advisors LLC under the brand ProShares. The ETF was launched on Jan 30, 2007, and its management style is Passive.
DUG expense ratio is 0.95% meaning you'd have to pay 0.95% of your investment to help manage the fund.
DUG follows the Energy Select Sector Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
DUG invests in cash.
DUG price has fallen by −2.64% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a −3.23% decrease. See more dynamics on DUG price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a 4.95% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 7.50% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a 4.95% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 7.50% in a year.
DUG trades at a premium (0.15%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.