iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX Holdings Lowered by Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC

Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC reduced its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 13.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 11,473 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,714 shares during the period. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $7,352,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Bison Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $201,000. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 83.9% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,238 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $421,000 after purchasing an additional 1,021 shares during the period. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. increased its position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 102.6% during the 2nd 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 bought a new stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $831,000. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC raised 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 worth $1,389,000 after buying an additional 482 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF stock opened at $534.20 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $47.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.80. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $565.51 and a 200-day simple moving average of $458.78. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $237.10 and a fifty-two week high of $655.95.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.