TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. Grows Stock Holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. grew its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 1.7% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 65,681 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 1,070 shares during the quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. owned 0.07% of iShares Semiconductor ETF worth $39,349,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of SOXX. Bison Wealth LLC purchased a new position in iShares Semiconductor ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $201,000. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 83.9% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,238 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $421,000 after purchasing an additional 1,021 shares during the period. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. raised its holdings in 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 acquiring an additional 1,770 shares in the last quarter. Amundi acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $831,000. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC raised its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 9.0% in the second quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 5,817 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,389,000 after buying an additional 482 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Stock Up 3.5%

SOXX stock opened at $519.86 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $46.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.80. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $244.13 and a fifty-two week high of $655.95. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $537.81 and a 200 day moving average price of $479.84.

Shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF are going to split on Thursday, November 5th. The 3-1 split was recently announced. The newly minted shares will be payable to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, November 4th.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $0.2827 dividend. This represents a $1.13 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. This is a boost from iShares Semiconductor ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

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.