UltraShort Telecommunications
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Telecommunications IndexSM.
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Index/Benchmark Summary
The Dow Jones U.S. Select Telecommunications IndexSM measures providers of fixed-line and mobile telephone services. Fixed-line includes regional and long-distance carriers. Mobile includes cellular, satellite and paging services.
As of 12/31/11
Fundamentals
| Total Number of Companies |
Price/Earnings Ratio |
Price/Book Ratio |
Dividend Yield 1 (%) |
Average Index Market Capitalization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 15.80 | 1.80 | 3.73 | $13.18 billion |
1 = Derivative contracts are priced to reflect the underlying index yield and will not generate dividend income. Because ProShares invest in derivatives, they will not have dividend distributions that reflect those of their applicable indexes.
| Top 10 Index Companies 2 | Weight |
|---|---|
| Verizon Communications Inc. | 14.30% |
| CenturyLink Inc. | 7.98% |
| Sprint Nextel Corp. | 4.40% |
| Frontier Communications Corp. | 3.81% |
| Cincinnati Bell Inc. | 1.37% |
| Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc. | 1.24% |
| Atlantic Tele-Network Inc. | 1.06% |
| General Communication Inc. | 1.02% |
| Cbeyond Inc. | 0.89% |
| Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. | 0.49% |
2 = ProShares may invest in financial instruments (including derivatives) that, in combination, should have similar daily price return characteristics to the fund's benchmark.
| Index Sector Weightings 3 | Weight |
|---|---|
| Fixed Line Telecommunications | 70.66% |
| Mobile Telecommunications | 29.34% |
3 = Sum of weightings may not equal 100% due to rounding.