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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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ProShares UltraShort Industrials is an open-end management investment company. The Fund seeks daily investment results that correspond to twice the inverse daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the industrial industry of the United States equity market. The Fund takes positions in securities and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar daily return characteristics as -200% of the daily return of the Index. As of May 31 2013, the Fund's total assets and investment portfolio totaled $5,839,461 and $5,829,059, respectively. According to our SIJ split history records, ProShares Trust - Ultrashort Industrials April 2021 has had 4 splits. | |
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ProShares Trust - Ultrashort Industrials April 2021 (SIJ) has 4 splits in our SIJ split history database. The first split for SIJ took place on February 25, 2011. This was a 1 for 4 reverse split, meaning for each 4 shares of SIJ owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 250 share position following the split. SIJ's second split took place on January 24, 2014. This was a 1 for 4 reverse split, meaning for each 4 shares of SIJ owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 250 share position pre-split, became a 62.5 share position following the split. SIJ's third split took place on January 21, 2021. This was a 1 for 2 reverse split, meaning for each 2 shares of SIJ owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 62.5 share position pre-split, became a 31.25 share position following the split. SIJ's 4th split took place on May 25, 2021. This was a 1 for 2 reverse split, meaning for each 2 shares of SIJ owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 31.25 share position pre-split, became a 15.625 share position following the split.
When a company such as ProShares Trust - Ultrashort Industrials April 2021 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 SIJ split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 15.625 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into ProShares Trust - Ultrashort Industrials April 2021 shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of SIJ, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete SIJ split history.

Growth of $10,000.00
With Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
10/01/2013 |
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End date: |
09/27/2023 |
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Start price/share: |
$265.60 |
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End price/share: |
$14.41 |
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Starting shares: |
37.65 |
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Ending shares: |
39.33 |
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Dividends reinvested/share: |
$1.34 |
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Total return: |
-94.33% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-24.96% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$567.04 |
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Years: |
9.99 |
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Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
10/01/2013 |
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End date: |
09/27/2023 |
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Start price/share: |
$265.60 |
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End price/share: |
$14.41 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$1.34 |
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Total return: |
-94.07% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-24.62% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$593.24 |
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Years: |
9.99 |
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Date |
Ratio |
02/25/2011 | 1 for 4 | 01/24/2014 | 1 for 4 | 01/21/2021 | 1 for 2 | 05/25/2021 | 1 for 2 |
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