Ibex Wealth Advisors Acquires 1,542 Shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX

Ibex Wealth Advisors raised its position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 24.0% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 7,971 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,542 shares during the quarter. Ibex Wealth Advisors’ holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $2,161,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in SOXX. Bison Wealth LLC purchased a new position in iShares Semiconductor ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $201,000. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake 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 in the last quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. raised its position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 102.6% in the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 3,495 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $834,000 after buying an additional 1,770 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 27.5% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 165,116 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $39,413,000 after buying an additional 35,655 shares during the period. Finally, Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in iShares Semiconductor ETF in the second quarter valued at about $253,000.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Stock Performance

Shares of SOXX stock opened at $352.29 on Friday. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a 1 year low of $148.31 and a 1 year high of $368.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.35 billion, a PE ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.51. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $337.74 and a two-hundred day moving average of $299.16.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were paid a dividend of $0.4363 per share. This represents a $1.75 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th.

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). 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.