iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX Stock Position Lowered by Ellis Investment Partners LLC

Ellis Investment Partners LLC decreased its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,095 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 73 shares during the quarter. Ellis Investment Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $739,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its position 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 worth $182,198,000 after acquiring an additional 665,867 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 7.3% in the 1st quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 843,995 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $158,815,000 after purchasing an additional 57,350 shares in the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd lifted its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 4,151.3% during 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 purchasing an additional 371,122 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 7.0% during the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 345,761 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $65,062,000 after buying an additional 22,675 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 1.8% in the first quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 284,042 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $53,444,000 after buying an additional 5,107 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SOXX opened at $271.99 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $14.58 billion, a PE ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.34. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $257.32 and a 200-day moving average of $226.68. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a one year low of $148.31 and a one year high of $292.51.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 16th were given a $0.5407 dividend. This is a positive change from iShares Semiconductor ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 16th. This represents a $2.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%.

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).