Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC Acquires 54 Shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX

Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 4.7% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,194 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 54 shares during the quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $225,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. raised its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 20.4% in the first quarter. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. now owns 153,218 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $28,831,000 after buying an additional 25,908 shares during the last quarter. Clark Capital Management Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF in the first quarter valued at about $6,149,000. Banque Transatlantique SA bought a new position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF in the first quarter valued at about $146,000. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 83.9% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,238 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $421,000 after buying an additional 1,021 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec raised its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 2.0% in the first quarter. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec now owns 23,418 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,407,000 after buying an additional 454 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Trading Up 1.8%

Shares of NASDAQ:SOXX opened at $253.45 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.34. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a 1-year low of $148.31 and a 1-year high of $255.06. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $245.32 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $216.19.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 16th were issued a dividend of $0.4833 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 16th. This represents a $1.93 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. This is an increase from iShares Semiconductor ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.31.

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).