Roman Butler Fullerton & Co. Trims Stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX

Roman Butler Fullerton & Co. trimmed its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 26.1% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 851 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 301 shares during the period. Roman Butler Fullerton & Co.’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $205,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of SOXX. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 220.2% during the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 968,262 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $182,198,000 after acquiring an additional 665,867 shares during the period. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd raised its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 4,151.3% during the first 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. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 7.3% during the first 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 during the period. Avondale Wealth Management raised its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 528.7% during the second quarter. Avondale Wealth Management now owns 44,796 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,693,000 after acquiring an additional 37,671 shares during the period. Finally, Clark Capital Management Group Inc. bought a new stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF during the first quarter valued at about $6,149,000.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Stock Up 2.4%

NASDAQ:SOXX opened at $291.06 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $265.07 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $232.55. The stock has a market cap of $15.41 billion, a PE ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.34. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a 52 week low of $148.31 and a 52 week high of $295.00.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 16th were issued a dividend of $0.5407 per share. This is a boost from iShares Semiconductor ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. This represents a $2.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 16th.

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).