{"url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/szk-vs-xlpu","section":"compare","title":"SZK vs XLPU: which held to its multiple? | ETFIQ","description":"SZK sets out to return -2 times XLP each day and XLPU +3 times. Over the month to Sep 30, 2026 they finished +1.0 pts and \u22120.5 pts away.","as_of":"Sep 30, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Are SZK and XLPU levered on the same thing?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes. Both are levered on State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF, SZK at -2 times and XLPU at +3 times the daily move."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I hold SZK or XLPU for a year?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Both reset every day, so the multiple in the name applies to a single day and the daily results compound. Over a year the total is not the multiple times the year\u2019s move, and in a market that falls and comes back it is reliably less. 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Over the month to Sep 30, 2026 they finished +1.0 pts and \u22120.5 pts away.","dateModified":"2026-09-30","creator":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"isAccessibleForFree":true,"url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/szk-vs-xlpu","license":"https://etfiq.com/standards/","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","creativeWorkStatus":"Published","distribution":[{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/leverage.json"}],"variableMeasured":["Stated multiple","Underlying return","What the stated multiple implies","Fund total return","Difference against the label","Volatility of the underlying","Expense ratio"],"keywords":["exchange-traded funds","ETF","Leveraged ETFs","fund data","SEC filings"]}],"characters":5834,"truncated":true,"content":"ETFIQ / Leveraged ETFs / Head to head / SZK vs XLPU \n ETFIQ etfiq.com \u00b7 independent ETF data \n\n Data as of Sep 30, 2026 .\n\n SZK vs XLPU: which held to its multiple?\n\n SZK returns -2 times XLP each day and XLPU +3 times, and they share no window yet.\n Copy this for sharing \n \n ProShares UltraShort Consumer Staples and MicroSectors 3x Long Consumer Staples (XLP) ETNs.\n\n Download as PDF \n\n +5.6% SZK returned, 3 months \n \u22127.5% XLPU returned, since launch \n +0.4 pts SZK from its stated multiple \n \u22120.5 pts XLPU from its stated multiple \n\n SZK On its stated multiple \u00b7 3 months to Sep 30, 2026 [SZK re","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","citation":"ETFIQ, as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/szk-vs-xlpu","a":{"ticker":"SZK","name":"ProShares UltraShort Consumer Staples","issuer":"ProShares","desk":"leverage","as_of":"2026-09-30","verdict":"Three months to Sep 30, 2026: SZK returned +5.6% where its own daily promise gave +3.5%, 2.2 points over.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/szk","key_facts":[{"label":"What XLP did","value":"\u22122.6%","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":null},{"label":"What \u22122 times a day gives","value":"+3.5%","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":null},{"label":"What the fund returned","value":"+5.6%","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":null},{"label":"The fund itself added","value":"+2.2 pts","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$790,823","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":"issuer page, as of Sep 30, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.95%","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Sep 25, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"XLPU","name":"MicroSectors 3x Long Consumer Staples (XLP) ETNs","issuer":"MicroSectors","desk":"leverage","as_of":"2026-09-30","verdict":"Since launch to Sep 30, 2026: XLPU returned \u22127.5% where its own daily promise gave \u22127.1%, 0.4 points short.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/xlpu","key_facts":[{"label":"What XLP did","value":"\u22122.4%","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":null},{"label":"What 3 times a day gives","value":"\u22127.1%","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":null},{"label":"What the fund returned","value":"\u22127.5%","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":null},{"label":"The fund itself cost","value":"\u22120.4 pts","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"an exchange traded note holds no assets; it is the issuing bank\u2019s unsecured debt","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":null},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"not read by ETFIQ","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":null}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/szk-vs-xlpu"}