iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX Shares Sold by Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.

Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. lowered its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 0.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 397,656 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 2,539 shares during the period. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. owned about 0.66% of iShares Semiconductor ETF worth $119,754,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 47.9% during the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,904,638 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $874,732,000 after purchasing an additional 941,363 shares during the last quarter. Oasis Management Co Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 100.4% in the 4th quarter. Oasis Management Co Ltd. now owns 3,100 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $934,000 after purchasing an additional 804,400 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 30.0% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,368,608 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $713,307,000 after purchasing an additional 547,109 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 5,159.3% in the 4th quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 451,617 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $136,005,000 after purchasing an additional 443,030 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Quadrature Capital Ltd boosted its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 6,111.9% during the 3rd quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd now owns 264,625 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $71,772,000 after purchasing an additional 260,365 shares during the period.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Price Performance

Shares of SOXX opened at $639.45 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $41.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.80. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $512.46 and a 200 day moving average price of $395.19. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a 12 month low of $221.86 and a 12 month high of $644.43.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were issued a dividend of $0.2827 per share. This represents a $1.13 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. This is a positive change from iShares Semiconductor ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

About iShares Semiconductor ETF

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.