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- ProShares Decline of the Retail Store ETF (EMTY) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, corresponding to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the Solactive-ProShares Bricks and Mortar Retail Store Index. The fund provides short exposure to an equal-weighted index of 34 publicly traded U.S. bricks-and-mortar retail companies principally deriving revenue from in-store sales, including Advance Auto Parts Inc., AutoZone Inc., BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp., Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., Dollar General Corp., Home Depot Inc., Kroger Co., Lowe's Cos. Inc., Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc., Sherwin-Williams Co., Target Corp., and others across segments such as other specialty retail (27.55%), consumer staples merchandise retail (17.02%), food retail (16.33%), automotive retail (11.85%), apparel retail (8.89%), broadline retail (6.39%), home improvement retail (5.83%), apparel/accessories/luxury goods (3.33%), and specialty chemicals (2.80%). EMTY achieves its objective through swap agreements with counterparties including BNP Paribas, UBS AG, Societe Generale, and Goldman Sachs International; it features a 0.65% expense ratio, quarterly distributions, options availability, and trades on NYSE Arca under ticker EMTY (intraday EMTY.IV, CUSIP 74347B367).
Launched on November 14, 2017, and managed by ProShare Advisors LLC, a subsidiary of ProShares Trust headquartered at 7272 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, the ETF targets investors seeking to profit from downturns in traditional retail amid trends like e-commerce growth and store oversaturation, or to hedge retail sector exposure.
In recent developments, ProShares surpassed $100 billion in assets under management across its ETF and mutual fund businesses in October 2025, expanded its New York presence with a new Hudson Yards office, and bolstered senior leadership; the firm also declared a quarterly distribution for EMTY of $0.1943 and continues quarterly payouts, with the latest ex-dividend date June 25, 2025.