Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC Increases Holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX

Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC grew its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 29,350.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,068 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,044 shares during the period. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $2,129,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in SOXX. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF in the third quarter valued at about $25,000. Financial Consulate Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF in the third quarter valued at about $34,000. Strategic Advocates LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF in the third quarter valued at about $35,000. Wellington Shields & Co. LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF in the third quarter valued at about $41,000. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 39.6% in the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 155 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $42,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Trading Up 1.3%

Shares of SOXX stock opened at $344.10 on Tuesday. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a 12-month low of $148.31 and a 12-month high of $368.82. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $344.17 and its 200-day moving average price is $315.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.51.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th were issued a $0.2079 dividend. This represents a $0.83 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 17th.

iShares Semiconductor ETF 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.