iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX Stock Holdings Trimmed by D.A. Davidson & CO.

D.A. Davidson & CO. reduced its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 9,467 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 75 shares during the quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO.’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $2,260,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of SOXX. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 220.2% in the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 968,262 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $182,198,000 after acquiring an additional 665,867 shares during the period. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd boosted its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 4,151.3% in the first quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 380,062 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $71,516,000 after acquiring an additional 371,122 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 7.3% in the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 843,995 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $158,815,000 after acquiring an additional 57,350 shares during the period. Avondale Wealth Management boosted its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 528.7% in the second quarter. Avondale Wealth Management now owns 44,796 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,693,000 after acquiring an additional 37,671 shares during the period. Finally, Clark Capital Management Group Inc. acquired a new position in iShares Semiconductor ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $6,149,000.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Stock Up 1.6%

Shares of SOXX stock opened at $295.86 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $266.02 and a two-hundred day moving average of $234.02. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a 52 week low of $148.31 and a 52 week high of $298.22. The company has a market cap of $15.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.34.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 16th were paid a $0.5407 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 16th. This is an increase from iShares Semiconductor ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. This represents a $2.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Company Profile

iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF, formerly iShares PHLX SOX Semiconductor Sector Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the United States-listed semiconductor stocks as represented by the PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index (the Index).