iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX Shares Sold by Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc.

Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. lowered its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 19.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 6,421 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,588 shares during the period. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $1,934,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in SOXX. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 27,470.8% during the third quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 330,850 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $89,700,000 after purchasing an additional 329,650 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 3,068.9% in the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 271,415 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $73,586,000 after buying an additional 262,850 shares in the last quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd grew its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 6,111.9% in the third quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd now owns 264,625 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $71,772,000 after buying an additional 260,365 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 7.2% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,357,919 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $562,835,000 after buying an additional 159,203 shares during the period. Finally, Barclays PLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 80.7% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 326,144 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $88,424,000 after buying an additional 145,698 shares during the period.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Trading Up 0.3%

SOXX opened at $530.03 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $392.70 and its 200 day moving average price is $345.73. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a 12-month low of $199.93 and a 12-month high of $533.74. The firm has a market cap of $34.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.75.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th were paid a dividend of $0.2079 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 17th. This represents a $0.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%.

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). 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.