Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Has $2.04 Million Stock Holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans trimmed its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by 38.4% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 8,565 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 5,350 shares during the quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $2,044,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. 17 Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 21.1% in the second quarter. 17 Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,863 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $445,000 after acquiring an additional 324 shares during the last quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 1.1% during the 2nd quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC now owns 10,944 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,612,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares during the period. CW Advisors LLC lifted its position in iShares Semiconductor ETF by 140.5% during the 2nd quarter. CW Advisors LLC now owns 3,530 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $843,000 after purchasing an additional 2,062 shares during the period. Grandview Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,070,000. Finally, RoundAngle Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF by 3.4% during the 2nd quarter. RoundAngle Advisors LLC now owns 4,329 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,033,000 after buying an additional 144 shares during the period.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Price Performance

SOXX opened at $304.96 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $296.27 and a 200 day simple moving average of $265.92. iShares Semiconductor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $148.31 and a fifty-two week high of $317.35. The company has a market cap of $16.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.84 and a beta of 1.51.

iShares Semiconductor ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were paid a $0.4363 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th. This represents a $1.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%.

iShares Semiconductor ETF 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.