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ProShares Ultra Utilities (UPW) holdings & weights

Per-holding contribution · concentration · sector skew — a deep read

Leverage/Inverse 2xUS-listed
IndexS&P Utilities Select Sector Index
Annual fee0.95%
Net assets$12M
InceptionJan 30, 2007

Fund overview

This is a US-listed ETF from ProShares. It tracks the S&P Utilities Select Sector Index. Key facts — expense ratio 0.95%; net assets about $12M; inception Jan 30, 2007. Its 1-year return is -18.84%.

Index tracked
S&P Utilities Select Sector Index
Provider
ProShares
Expense ratio
0.95%
Net assets (AUM)
$12M
Inception
Jan 30, 2007
1-year return
-18.84%
Holdings
37
52-week range
$17.57–$26.8
Fund details

Fund overview

This is a US-listed ETF from ProShares. It tracks the S&P Utilities Select Sector Index. Key facts — expense ratio 0.95%; net assets about $12M; inception Jan 30, 2007. Its 1-year return is -18.84%.

Index tracked
S&P Utilities Select Sector Index
Provider
ProShares
Expense ratio
0.95%
Net assets (AUM)
$12M
Inception
Jan 30, 2007
1-year return
-18.84%
Holdings
37
52-week range
$17.57–$26.8

20 identified stocks · net exposure / NAV 53.22%. Display weights are normalized to 100%; calculations retain original exposures without an additional leverage multiplier. Cash and unallocated contracts are excluded from stock attribution.

Weight and calculation basis

20 identified stocks · net exposure / NAV 53.22%. Display weights are normalized to 100%; calculations retain original exposures without an additional leverage multiplier. Cash and unallocated contracts are excluded from stock attribution.

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Holdings not priced
70.6%
Top-10 weight
693
Concentration HHI (Low)
Utilities
Top sector

We have this ETF's holdings, but the prices for those particular listings are outside our quote coverage (currently Korea- and US-listed securities). So today's contribution and return are not computed — showing 0% would claim it did not move, which is a different statement. The holdings and weights below follow the calculation basis above.

Today's summary

Its top 10 holdings make up about 70.6% of the fund. The concentration index (HHI) is 693 — Low — evenly diversified, and the largest sector is Utilities (100%). The higher the concentration, the more one stock or sector drives the whole ETF's return.

Structural health

A five-axis read on how this fund is built. It is not a return forecast or a recommendation, and a low score does not mean a bad fund — leveraged products score low by design. Each axis shows the figure behind it.

29/ 100
DHigh-risk structure
DiversificationHHI 69368

Concentration is below 1,500 (693), so no single holding dominates.

Sector balanceUtilities 100%0

Utilities alone is 100%. This is effectively a bet on that one industry — if the sector falls, diversification will not help.

Cost0.95%/yr22

0.95% a year is on the high side — about 9.5% over a decade, so it needs a reason to earn that.

Fund size$12M0

Net assets of $12M are small. Thin funds trade at wider spreads, and very small ones get closed or merged.

Structural simplicityLeveraged 2x35

A 2x leveraged fund. It resets exposure daily, so over more than a few days the result drifts from "index move × 2". Built for short holds.

Concentration and diversification

Structural health

A five-axis read on how this fund is built. It is not a return forecast or a recommendation, and a low score does not mean a bad fund — leveraged products score low by design. Each axis shows the figure behind it.

29/ 100
DHigh-risk structure
DiversificationHHI 69368

Concentration is below 1,500 (693), so no single holding dominates.

Sector balanceUtilities 100%0

Utilities alone is 100%. This is effectively a bet on that one industry — if the sector falls, diversification will not help.

Cost0.95%/yr22

0.95% a year is on the high side — about 9.5% over a decade, so it needs a reason to earn that.

Fund size$12M0

Net assets of $12M are small. Thin funds trade at wider spreads, and very small ones get closed or merged.

Structural simplicityLeveraged 2x35

A 2x leveraged fund. It resets exposure daily, so over more than a few days the result drifts from "index move × 2". Built for short holds.

Top 20 holdings

5 derivative positions are excluded. Stock contributions do not explain the entire ETF return.

Weights are normalized to 100% of absolute exposures across analysed positions, including positions outside this top list. Cash, collateral and unverified assets are excluded. Contributions retain original signed NAV exposures; leverage is not applied twice.

Normalized to 100% of analysed positions

Weights are normalized to 100% of absolute exposures across analysed positions, including positions outside this top list. Cash, collateral and unverified assets are excluded. Contributions retain original signed NAV exposures; leverage is not applied twice.

Tile size = weight, colour = the day's return (deeper = larger). Covers the top 20 holdings, 53.2% of the fund. Labels are dropped where a tile is too small; hover any tile for its name and figures.
#HoldingWeight
1NextEra EnergyNEE15.07%
2The SouthernSO9.51%
3Duke EnergyDUK8.59%
4Constellation EnergyCEG8.10%
5American Electric PowerAEP6.28%
6Dominion EnergyD5.06%
7SempraSRE4.94%
8EntergyETR4.43%
9VistraVST4.34%
10Xcel EnergyXEL4.32%
11ExelonEXC4.06%
12Consolidated EdisonED3.76%
13Public Service EnterprisePEG3.23%
14WEC EnergyWEC3.21%
15AmerenAEE2.65%
16PG&EPCG2.61%
17Atmos EnergyATO2.56%
18DTE EnergyDTE2.44%
19American Water WorksAWK2.42%
20CenterPoint EnergyCNP2.42%

Holdings below 0.5% or outside the top list are folded into “Others” and omitted above.

Where the weight sits — sector mix

Listed equity weights summed by sector and normalized to 100%. Each band is one sector's share.

Utilities100.0%
Industry breakdown
Electric Utilities: Central57.6%
Power Generation32.4%
Natural Gas Distribution4.9%
Oil/Gas Transmission2.6%
Water Supply2.4%
Concentration at a glanceHHI 693well spread
spread1,0001,8002,500concentrated

HHI sums the squared weights. The more it leans on a few names, the higher it goes — and the more the whole ETF moves with them.

Leverage / inverse caveat

This fund tracks its index at 2x.

That 2x applies to a **single day**. Held longer, the daily reset makes the period return drift from 2x the index: if the index chops up and down and returns to where it started, this fund is still down. That is volatility decay.

It bites hardest in sideways markets and compounds with holding time. These are built for short directional trades.

How concentrated is it

Concentration (HHI) is low at 693, with the top 10 holdings at just 70.6% of equity weight. No single name can dominate the fund.

Good for damping single-stock risk — and equally, a big winner inside gets diluted.

HHI squares each weight and sums them: 10,000 means one stock is everything, and the more evenly spread the holdings, the closer it falls to zero.

Where the sector weight sits

By sector, Utilities alone is 100% — whatever the fund is called, this is a bet on that industry.

Bad news for the sector moves the whole fund. Worth checking against anything else you hold in the same space.

Weights above sum the individually listed equities and normalize that equity total to 100%.

How much it overlaps others

Even its closest peer, XLU, overlaps only 28% (20 shared names).

Funds filed under the same label can hold quite different companies, so pairing this one with another may genuinely spread risk.

What it is made of

The fund holds 37 positions in total; this page lists the largest 20 and folds the rest into "Others".

Equities are 53.2% of the fund, the rest swaps and cash — index exposure built synthetically rather than by owning the shares, which adds counterparty risk.

The expense ratio is 0.95% a year, which is not cheap. Fees come out of returns every year you hold, so it is worth checking whether the same index is available for less.

This page is not investment advice. Investment decisions and responsibility are your own.

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