Carrera Capital Advisors Purchases Shares of 1,878 iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX

Carrera Capital Advisors bought a new position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 1,878 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $448,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group grew its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 2.4% in the 2nd quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group now owns 1,801 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $430,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares during the period. CWM LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 4,846 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,157,000 after acquiring an additional 49 shares during the period. RB Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 2.7% during the 2nd quarter. RB Capital Management LLC now owns 2,033 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $485,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares during the period. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 4.7% during the 1st quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,194 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $225,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the period. Finally, Money Concepts Capital Corp grew its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 0.5% during the 1st quarter. Money Concepts Capital Corp now owns 11,090 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,087,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares during the period.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Stock Performance

SOXX stock opened at $295.86 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $15.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.34. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $148.31 and a fifty-two week high of $298.22. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $266.02 and a 200-day moving average of $233.47.

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 dividend of $0.5407 per share. This represents a $2.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 16th. This is a positive change from iShares Semiconductor ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.48.

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).