iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX Shares Sold by Sigma Planning Corp

Sigma Planning Corp decreased its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 57.8% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 9,839 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 13,492 shares during the period. Sigma Planning Corp’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $2,349,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of SOXX. Bison Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $201,000. D.A. Davidson & CO. raised its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 55.0% in the 1st quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 9,542 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,796,000 after acquiring an additional 3,385 shares during the last quarter. World Investment Advisors grew its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 12.1% in the 1st quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 5,356 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,008,000 after buying an additional 576 shares during the period. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 18.8% in the 1st quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 10,554 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,986,000 after buying an additional 1,672 shares during the period. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 10.0% in the 1st quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 129,461 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $24,361,000 after buying an additional 11,789 shares during the period.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Price Performance

iShares Semiconductor ETF stock opened at $296.26 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $274.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of $241.42. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a 1-year low of $148.31 and a 1-year high of $312.79. The stock has a market cap of $15.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.51.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 16th were paid a $0.5407 dividend. This is a positive change from iShares Semiconductor ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 16th. This represents a $2.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%.

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).