Short Interest in FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF (BATS:BUFG) Drops By 58.9%

Posted by Joseph Casey on May 16th, 2026

FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF (BATS:BUFG – Get Free Report) saw a large decline in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 11,341 shares, a decline of 58.9% from the April 15th total of 27,625 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 22,613 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days.

FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF stock opened at $28.93 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $303.77 million, a PE ratio of 25.02 and a beta of 0.69. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $27.79 and its 200 day moving average is $27.60. FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $24.25 and a 1 year high of $29.10.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. bought a new stake in FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $101,000. Arkadios Wealth Advisors grew its holdings in FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF by 44.6% during the 3rd quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 12,166 shares of the company’s stock worth $328,000 after acquiring an additional 3,750 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its holdings in FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF by 34.0% during the 4th quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 13,430 shares of the company’s stock worth $370,000 after acquiring an additional 3,408 shares during the last quarter. American Trust grew its holdings in FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. American Trust now owns 18,942 shares of the company’s stock worth $521,000 after acquiring an additional 448 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC bought a new stake in FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $525,000.

FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF Company Profile

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The FT Cboe Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF (BUFG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust index. The fund is an actively-managed fund-of-funds that allocates exposure to defined outcome buffer ETFs referencing the SPY. BUFG was launched on Oct 26, 2021 and is managed by First Trust.