FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFS) Short Interest Up 185.4% in June

Posted by Joseph Casey on Jun 28th, 2026

FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFS – Get Free Report) saw a large growth in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 71,326 shares, a growth of 185.4% from the May 31st total of 24,993 shares. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 29,481 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days.

Institutional Trading of FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of BUFS. Brookstone Capital Management purchased a new position in FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $362,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $400,000. NewEdge Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $461,000. Advisory Services Network LLC increased its holdings in shares of FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF by 15.4% in the fourth quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 23,012 shares of the company’s stock valued at $526,000 after purchasing an additional 3,074 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kestra Advisory Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF by 161.6% in the first quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 39,969 shares of the company’s stock valued at $922,000 after purchasing an additional 24,689 shares during the last quarter.

FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of BUFS opened at $24.99 on Friday. FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF has a 52-week low of $20.88 and a 52-week high of $25.04. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $24.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $23.68.

About FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

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The FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF (BUFS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund is an actively managed fund-of-funds that invests in an equal-weighted, laddered portfolio of four FT Vest US Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETFs. The fund targets specific buffered losses and capped gains on the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) BUFS was launched on May 29, 2024 and is issued by First Trust.