VanEck Semiconductor ETF $SMH Shares Sold by Blair William & Co. IL

Blair William & Co. IL cut its holdings in VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMH) by 61.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 26,549 shares of the company’s stock after selling 42,307 shares during the quarter. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in VanEck Semiconductor ETF were worth $8,665,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in VanEck Semiconductor ETF by 93.3% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,458,395 shares of the company’s stock valued at $406,718,000 after acquiring an additional 703,799 shares during the period. Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD. boosted its holdings in VanEck Semiconductor ETF by 15.5% during the second quarter. Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD. now owns 573,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $159,938,000 after buying an additional 77,000 shares in the last quarter. Meitav Investment House Ltd. boosted its holdings in VanEck Semiconductor ETF by 17.0% during the third quarter. Meitav Investment House Ltd. now owns 556,289 shares of the company’s stock worth $181,266,000 after buying an additional 80,957 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its position in VanEck Semiconductor ETF by 8.3% during the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 534,989 shares of the company’s stock worth $149,198,000 after buying an additional 40,831 shares during the period. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its position in VanEck Semiconductor ETF by 8.5% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 485,249 shares of the company’s stock worth $135,326,000 after buying an additional 37,955 shares during the period.

VanEck Semiconductor ETF Trading Up 3.6%

Shares of VanEck Semiconductor ETF stock opened at $394.37 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $397.78 and a two-hundred day moving average of $358.19. VanEck Semiconductor ETF has a 12-month low of $170.11 and a 12-month high of $427.94. The stock has a market cap of $43.10 billion, a PE ratio of 34.83 and a beta of 1.52.

VanEck Semiconductor ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed an annual dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Investors of record on Monday, December 22nd were issued a dividend of $1.1047 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 22nd. This represents a yield of 31.0%.

VanEck Semiconductor ETF Profile

The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MVIS US Listed Semiconductor 25 index, a market-cap-weighted index of 25 of the largest US-listed semiconductors companies. SMH was launched on May 5, 2000 and is managed by VanEck.