Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd Sells 75,245 Shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX

Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd lessened its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 92.1% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 6,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 75,245 shares during the period. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $1,951,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 47.9% in the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,904,638 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $874,732,000 after purchasing an additional 941,363 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in 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 worth $562,835,000 after purchasing an additional 159,203 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,041,783 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $313,733,000 after acquiring an additional 17,038 shares during the period. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 22.7% during the 4th quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 406,107 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $122,299,000 after acquiring an additional 75,257 shares during the period. Finally, Barclays PLC grew its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 80.7% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 326,144 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $88,424,000 after acquiring an additional 145,698 shares during the period.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Stock Performance

SOXX opened at $596.25 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $485.32 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $383.63. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a 52 week low of $220.30 and a 52 week high of $618.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $38.64 billion, a PE ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.80.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th were issued a $0.2079 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 17th. This represents a $0.83 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.1%.

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.