iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.44

iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th will be given a dividend of 0.4363 per share by the exchange traded fund on Friday, December 19th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 16th.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SOXX opened at $297.85 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $294.62 and its two-hundred day moving average is $262.35. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a 1-year low of $148.31 and a 1-year high of $317.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.51.

Institutional Trading of iShares Semiconductor ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Bison Wealth LLC bought a new position in iShares Semiconductor ETF during the 4th quarter worth $201,000. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 27.7% during the first quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 3,955 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $744,000 after acquiring an additional 857 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 7.0% in the 1st quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 345,761 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $65,062,000 after acquiring an additional 22,675 shares during the period. Quantbot Technologies LP increased its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 35.4% in the 1st quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 3,445 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $648,000 after acquiring an additional 900 shares during the period. Finally, HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $943,000.

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).