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Is there a fixed positive integer $x$ satisfing :${\sigma}^{k}(x)\equiv 0\mod x$ for all positive integer $ k$?

This question related to this question from SE. I'm interested to know if there exists a positive integer $x$ that satisfies $${\sigma}^{k}(x)\equiv 0\pmod{x}$$ for all positive integers $k$.

Note. $\sigma(x)$ is the sum of divisors of $x$, and ${\sigma}^{k}(x )=\sigma(\sigma(\sigma(\sigma(\cdots x))))$ is $\sigma$ iterated $k$ times.