FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFZ) Short Interest Update

FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFZ) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 160,839 shares, a decline of 37.0% from the July 15th total of 255,217 shares. Currently, 0.8% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 189,407 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days.

FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF Price Performance

Shares of BUFZ stock opened at $28.36 on Wednesday. FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF has a 1-year low of $25.32 and a 1-year high of $28.50. The firm has a market cap of $589.89 million, a PE ratio of 24.79 and a beta of 0.40. The company has a 50-day moving average of $28.02 and a two-hundred day moving average of $27.34.

Institutional Trading of FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Arlington Capital Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF by 5.9% in the 1st quarter. Arlington Capital Management Inc. now owns 10,228 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,000 after buying an additional 568 shares during the period. Founders Financial Securities LLC boosted its holdings in FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF by 2.8% during the 1st quarter. Founders Financial Securities LLC now owns 22,165 shares of the company’s stock valued at $595,000 after acquiring an additional 601 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada grew its position in FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF by 28.1% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 4,453 shares of the company’s stock valued at $117,000 after acquiring an additional 977 shares in the last quarter. FSB Premier Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF by 4.0% in the 2nd quarter. FSB Premier Wealth Management Inc. now owns 34,753 shares of the company’s stock valued at $866,000 after acquiring an additional 1,329 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Noble Wealth Management PBC purchased a new stake in FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF during the second quarter worth about $42,000.

About FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF

The FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF (BUFZ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund is an actively managed fund-of-funds that invests in an equal-weighted portfolio of First Trusts twelve-monthly Equity Moderate Buffer ETFs. The underlying ETFs target specific buffered losses and capped gains on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ticker: SPY). BUFZ was launched on Oct 25, 2023 and is issued by First Trust.