FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFD) Short Interest Down 86.2% in July
by Kim Johansen · The Markets DailyFT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFD – Get Free Report) was the target of a significant drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 10,715 shares, a drop of 86.2% from the July 15th total of 77,897 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 276,584 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of BUFD. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new position in FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF in the second quarter valued at $463,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 41.2% during the second quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 13,230 shares of the company’s stock worth $393,000 after buying an additional 3,860 shares during the period. Arkadios Wealth Advisors boosted its stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 13.8% during the first quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 57,321 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,605,000 after buying an additional 6,945 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its holdings in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 10.4% during the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 28,549 shares of the company’s stock worth $799,000 after buying an additional 2,680 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advisory Services Network LLC increased its position in FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 181,903 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,137,000 after acquiring an additional 1,224 shares during the period.
FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF Price Performance
Shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF stock opened at $30.27 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $29.78 and its 200-day simple moving average is $29.07. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.83 and a beta of 0.41. FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF has a 12 month low of $26.96 and a 12 month high of $30.36.
FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF Company Profile
The FT Cboe Vest Fund of Deep Buffer ETFs (BUFD) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund is an actively-managed fund-of-funds that holds a laddered portfolio of FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETFs. BUFD was launched on Jan 20, 2021 and is managed by First Trust.