iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX Shares Acquired by Wealthfront Advisers LLC

Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 20.4% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 48,342 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 8,184 shares during the quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $15,888,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in SOXX. Bison Wealth LLC purchased a new position in iShares Semiconductor ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $201,000. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 83.9% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,238 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $421,000 after acquiring an additional 1,021 shares during the last quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. raised its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 102.6% in the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 3,495 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $834,000 after purchasing an additional 1,770 shares during the period. Amundi purchased a new stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF in the second quarter valued at $831,000. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 9.0% in the 2nd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 5,817 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,389,000 after purchasing an additional 482 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Trading Down 4.5%

NASDAQ SOXX opened at $530.50 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $43.45 billion, a PE ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.77. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a twelve month low of $232.33 and a twelve month high of $655.95. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $570.15 and a 200-day simple moving average of $433.54.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $0.2827 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. This is an increase from iShares Semiconductor ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. This represents a $1.13 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%.

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). The Index is an equity benchmark for the United States-listed semiconductor stocks. The Index includes companies primarily involved in the design, distribution, manufacture and sale of semiconductors.