ProShares Short Financials (SEF)

NYSE Arca: SEFExchange-traded fund from ProShares.

  • Expense ratio0.95%
  • Net assets$17.4M
  • Dividend yield2.82%
  • 1-year return-0.90%
  • Holdings104

SEF ETF price chart

SEF quote & trading statistics

SEF performance

Total return · as of October 17, 2026
  • YTD+1.50%
  • 1 year-0.90%
  • 3 years-12.34%/yr
  • 5 years-5.76%/yr
  • 10 years-12.21%/yr
1Y volatility
14.76%
3Y volatility
14.92%
3Y Sharpe ratio
-1.05

Returns include reinvested distributions; 3-, 5- and 10-year figures are annualized.

SEF top 10 holdings

ProShares Short Financials largest holdings by weight
#SymbolNameWeight
1JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co7.60%
2BRK.BBerkshire Hathaway Inc7.24%
3VVisa Inc. Class A5.74%
4MAMastercard Inc4.72%
5BACBank of America Corp4.55%
6WFCWells Fargo & Company3.18%
7CCitigroup Inc.2.87%
8AMTAmerican Tower Corp1.73%
9AXPAmerican Express Company1.44%
10GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc1.36%

The top 10 holdings make up 40.4% of the fund (104 holdings in total). As of October 17, 2026.

SEF asset allocation

Other
50.6%
Cash
49.4%

About ProShares Short Financials

The fund invests in financial instruments that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should produce daily returns consistent with the Daily Target. The index is designed to measure the performance of financial companies included in the S&P 500 Index. Under normal circumstances, the fund will obtain inverse exposure to at least 80% of its total assets in components of the index or in instruments with similar economic characteristics. The fund is non-diversified.

SEF ETF FAQ

What is the SEF expense ratio?

ProShares Short Financials has a net expense ratio of 0.95%, or $95.00 a year for every $10,000 invested.

How much money is in SEF?

ProShares Short Financials has about $17.4M in net assets.

What are the top holdings of SEF?

The largest positions in SEF are JPMorgan Chase & Co (7.60%), Berkshire Hathaway Inc (7.24%), Visa Inc. Class A (5.74%). The fund holds 104 securities in total.

How has SEF performed?

SEF returned -0.90% over the past year and -5.76% a year over the past five years, including reinvested distributions.

Does SEF pay dividends?

SEF has a dividend yield of 2.82% and pays distributions na.

When was SEF launched?

ProShares Short Financials began trading on June 10, 2008.

ETFs similar to SEF

Funds that track the same index or whose top-10 holdings overlap most with SEF's. Overlap: shared top-10 weight as a share of the larger top-10 total of the two funds.

ETFs with holdings most similar to SEF, compared by expense ratio, assets and 1-year return
SymbolFundOverlapExpense ratioNet assets1-year return
SEFProShares Short Financials—0.95%$17.4M-0.90%
SKFProShares UltraShort Financials98%0.93%$10.3M-6.64%
VFHVanguard Financials ETF76%0.10%$13.15B+9.22%
FNCLFidelity MSCI Financials ETF75%0.07%$2.24B+9.22%
UYGProShares Ultra Financials75%0.93%$752.0M+10.29%
XLFFinancial Select Sector SPDR Fund65%0.09%$52.15B+8.50%
TFNST. Rowe Price Financials ETF65%—$18.4M+7.92%
IXGiShares Global Financials ETF63%0.43%$695.3M+17.29%
IYGiShares U.S. Financial Services ETF60%0.39%$2.23B+8.75%