Prostatis Group LLC Has $1.21 Million Stock Position in iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX

Prostatis Group LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 2.0% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 5,087 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 99 shares during the quarter. Prostatis Group LLC’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $1,214,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 220.2% in the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 968,262 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $182,198,000 after purchasing an additional 665,867 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in 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 valued at $158,815,000 after acquiring an additional 57,350 shares in the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd lifted its position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 4,151.3% during the 1st quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 380,062 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $71,516,000 after acquiring an additional 371,122 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 7.0% during the 1st quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 345,761 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $65,062,000 after acquiring an additional 22,675 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 1.8% during the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 284,042 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $53,444,000 after purchasing an additional 5,107 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Stock Down 6.3%

SOXX opened at $271.99 on Friday. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a twelve month low of $148.31 and a twelve month high of $292.51. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $257.32 and a 200 day simple moving average of $226.48. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.34.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 16th were paid a dividend of $0.5407 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 16th. This is a boost from iShares Semiconductor ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. This represents a $2.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%.

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).