Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC Raises Position in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX)

Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 8.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,473 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 268 shares during the period. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $748,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,244,540 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $286,979,000 after acquiring an additional 24,055 shares during the last quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. increased its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 15.3% during the third quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 4,618 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,065,000 after purchasing an additional 613 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 410,509.7% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 15,225,408 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,510,827,000 after purchasing an additional 15,221,700 shares during the period. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 47.3% in the 3rd quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund now owns 2,960,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $682,546,000 after purchasing an additional 950,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Quantbot Technologies LP grew its stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 74.5% during the 3rd quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 1,806 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $416,000 after buying an additional 771 shares during the period.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of SOXX opened at $231.07 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $221.96 and its 200 day simple moving average is $222.54. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a twelve month low of $192.87 and a twelve month high of $267.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.60 and a beta of 1.34.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were issued a dividend of $0.3578 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

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).