Greenspring Advisors LLC Makes New Investment in iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX

Greenspring Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 5,296 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $1,595,000.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Lido Advisors LLC grew its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 24,634 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,878,000 after acquiring an additional 568 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 47.9% in the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,904,638 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $874,732,000 after acquiring an additional 941,363 shares in the last quarter. Kesler Norman & Wride LLC bought a new stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $203,000. IAG Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 24.5% in the fourth quarter. IAG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 437 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $132,000 after acquiring an additional 86 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Spinnaker Trust grew its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Spinnaker Trust now owns 27,586 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $8,308,000 after acquiring an additional 417 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Stock Up 1.8%

SOXX stock opened at $615.68 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $39.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.75. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a 12 month low of $213.54 and a 12 month high of $618.84. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $451.62 and a two-hundred day moving average of $369.92.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.