Cresta Advisors Ltd. Decreases Stock Position in iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX

Cresta Advisors Ltd. lessened its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 22.5% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 939 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 273 shares during the quarter. Cresta Advisors Ltd.’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $224,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 220.2% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 968,262 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $182,198,000 after buying an additional 665,867 shares during the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd boosted its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 4,151.3% during the 1st quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 380,062 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $71,516,000 after buying an additional 371,122 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 7.3% during the 1st quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 843,995 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $158,815,000 after buying an additional 57,350 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 18,717.2% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 35,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,586,000 after buying an additional 34,814 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 49.9% during the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 101,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $19,167,000 after buying an additional 33,908 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Trading Down 0.3%

iShares Semiconductor ETF stock opened at $268.24 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $14.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.34. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $249.49 and a 200-day moving average of $220.32. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a 52 week low of $148.31 and a 52 week high of $272.13.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced 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 is an increase from iShares Semiconductor ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 16th. This represents a $2.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%.

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).