Flagship Wealth Advisors LLC Decreases Holdings in VanEck Semiconductor ETF $SMH

Flagship Wealth Advisors LLC reduced its stake in VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMH) by 39.2% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,850 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,483 shares during the period. Flagship Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in VanEck Semiconductor ETF were worth $1,476,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in shares of VanEck Semiconductor ETF by 170.8% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 12,174,182 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,384,288,000 after purchasing an additional 7,678,318 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in shares of VanEck Semiconductor ETF by 4.8% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,657,540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $957,061,000 after buying an additional 121,815 shares during the period. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. boosted its holdings in VanEck Semiconductor ETF by 158.7% in the 4th quarter. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. now owns 1,198,897 shares of the company’s stock worth $431,759,000 after acquiring an additional 735,425 shares during the period. Meitav Investment House Ltd. grew its position in VanEck Semiconductor ETF by 17.3% in the first quarter. Meitav Investment House Ltd. now owns 905,426 shares of the company’s stock valued at $347,140,000 after acquiring an additional 133,601 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth grew its position in VanEck Semiconductor ETF by 906.5% in the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 745,768 shares of the company’s stock valued at $268,562,000 after acquiring an additional 671,673 shares in the last quarter.

VanEck Semiconductor ETF Stock Up 0.4%

SMH opened at $540.82 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $598.05 and its 200-day moving average is $492.24. VanEck Semiconductor ETF has a 52-week low of $279.19 and a 52-week high of $671.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $66.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.83 and a beta of 1.71.

Key Stories Impacting VanEck Semiconductor ETF

Here are the key news stories impacting VanEck Semiconductor ETF this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Broad chip-sector rebound: U.S. equity indexes and semiconductor shares rallied sharply, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index gaining 7.5% and companies including Sandisk, Micron, and AMD among the strongest performers. The sector-wide rebound is directly supportive of SMH, which holds a diversified basket of chip companies. Update: US Equity Indexes Jump Amid Rebound in Chipmakers
• Positive Sentiment: Improving technology sentiment: Wall Street futures pointed higher as a technology-led revival spread across global markets. Reports that Microsoft has eased some investor concerns about artificial-intelligence spending may also be helping restore confidence in the AI trade, a key theme for SMH holdings. Tech Revival Buoys Wall Street Pre-Bell; Asia Rallies, Europe Up A New Reality for the AI Trade
• Positive Sentiment: More AI chip investment: MediaTek approved a discretionary financing budget of up to $5 billion to support long-term growth, including expansion into AI data-center chips. The announcement reinforces expectations for sustained AI infrastructure demand across the semiconductor industry. MediaTek plans $5 billion financing for AI data-center chips
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical recovery remains fragile: SMH rebounded from its lows, but traders are watching the $543 area as an important level. Failure to hold the recovery could signal that recent strength is only a short-term bounce rather than the beginning of a sustained rally. Chip ETF dip-buyers need strong stomachs: Azure lifts SMH off lows, but $543 holds key
• Negative Sentiment: China competition risk: Analysis suggesting China can produce memory products but still lacks certain advanced base-die capabilities highlights both a limitation and a continuing geopolitical and competitive risk for semiconductor companies. China Can Build The Memory, It Can’t Build The Base Die

About VanEck Semiconductor ETF

The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MVIS US Listed Semiconductor 25 index, a market-cap-weighted index of 25 of the largest US-listed semiconductors companies. SMH was launched on May 5, 2000 and is managed by VanEck.